Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

law of holes

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables
law of -holes
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The informal law stating that "if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging".

Inflected Forms

the law of holes (canonical)

Synonyms

Healey's law

Questions

What does law of holes mean?
The informal law stating that "if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging".

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