Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

getting one's hands dirty

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables
get-ting one's hand-s dirty
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of get one's hands dirty

Questions

What does getting one's hands dirty mean?
present participle and gerund of get one's hands dirty

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