Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep your friends close, and your enemies closer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: keep- y-our friend-s -close, and y-our en-e-mies -clos-er
IPA

63

Scrabble Score

40

Letters

10

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

One should maintain outwardly friendly relations even with their adversaries to give them a false sense of trust, thereby making it easier to closely monitor their intentions and anticipate their actions.

Frequently Paired Words

frenemies

Questions

What does keep your friends close, and your enemies closer mean?: One should maintain outwardly friendly relations even with their adversaries to give them a false sense of trust, thereby making it easier to closely monitor their intentions and anticipate their actions.

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