Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giving the lie to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

Syllables
giv-ing the lie -to
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of give the lie to

Questions

What does giving the lie to mean?
present participle and gerund of give the lie to

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