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have been in the wars

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
have been in the wars
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have been seriously hurt, or greatly damaged.

Australian usage; British usage; Humorous

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

has been in the wars (present, singular) having been in the wars (participle, present) had been in the wars (participle, past) had been in the wars (past)

Questions

What does have been in the wars mean?
To have been seriously hurt, or greatly damaged.

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