Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hold a mirror up to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: hold a mir-ror up -to
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of hold a mirror to.

Example Sentences

"To hold as ’twere the mirror up to nature."
"There are so many times when someone needs to hold a mirror up to the face of the Church..."
"Just as the Sphinx presented a paradigm of self-reference to hold a mirror up to Oedipus, the myth of Oedipus also holds a mirror up to us as witnesses."
"Catherine used comedy to hold a mirror up to her people, to expose and therefore correct the problems of her society."

Inflected Forms

holds a mirror up to (present, singular) holding a mirror up to (participle, present) held a mirror up to (participle, past) held a mirror up to (past)

Questions

What does hold a mirror up to mean?: Alternative form of hold a mirror to.

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