Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keeping one's powder dry

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
keep-ing one's pow-der dry
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of keep one's powder dry

Questions

What does keeping one's powder dry mean?
present participle and gerund of keep one's powder dry

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