Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hanging one's hat on

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables
hang-ing one's hat on
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hang one's hat on

Questions

What does hanging one's hat on mean?
present participle and gerund of hang one's hat on

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