Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having one's fingers in many pies

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing one's fin-ger-s in -many pies
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have one's fingers in many pies

Questions

What does having one's fingers in many pies mean?
present participle and gerund of have one's fingers in many pies

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