Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get blood from a stone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables: get blood- from a -s-tone
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of get blood out of a stone.

Example Sentences

"“I can’t get blood from a stone,” said Representative Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat facing re-election in a competitive district. “I’m not in the Senate. They’re clearly having problems negotiating among themselves. And I will just — for my constituents — take what I can get.”"

Inflected Forms

gets blood from a stone (present, singular) getting blood from a stone (participle, present) got blood from a stone (past) got blood from a stone (UK, participle) gotten blood from a stone (US, participle)

Questions

What does get blood from a stone mean?: Alternative form of get blood out of a stone.

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