Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

let the sleeping dogs lie

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
let the sleep-ing -dogs lie
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of let sleeping dogs lie.

Inflected Forms

lets the sleeping dogs lie (present, singular) letting the sleeping dogs lie (participle, present)

Questions

What does let the sleeping dogs lie mean?
Alternative form of let sleeping dogs lie.

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