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give someone hail columbia

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
give -some-one hail -columbia
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To scold someone severely.

American usage; Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gives someone Hail Columbia (present, singular) giving someone Hail Columbia (participle, present) gave someone Hail Columbia (past) given someone Hail Columbia (participle, past)

Questions

What does give someone hail columbia mean?
To scold someone severely.

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