Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laid the hammer down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
laid the ham-mer -down
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does laid the hammer down mean?
simple past and past participle of lay the hammer down

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