Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

had it both ways

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

Syllables
had it both- ways
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does had it both ways mean?
simple past and past participle of have it both ways

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