Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get someone for a tartar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables
get -some-one -for a -tar-tar
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of catch a Tartar (“to discover that someone is stronger than expected”).

Inflected Forms

gets someone for a Tartar (present, singular) getting someone for a Tartar (participle, present) got someone for a Tartar (past) got someone for a Tartar (UK, participle) gotten someone for a Tartar (US, participle)

Synonyms

catch a Tartar

Questions

What does get someone for a tartar mean?
Synonym of catch a Tartar (“to discover that someone is stronger than expected”).

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