Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gave the lie to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables
gave the lie -to
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of give the lie to

Inflected Forms

gave the (canonical)

Questions

What does gave the lie to mean?
simple past of give the lie to

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