Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

making the best of a bad bargain

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
mak-ing the best of a bad bar-gain
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
3
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of make the best of a bad bargain

Questions

What does making the best of a bad bargain mean?
present participle and gerund of make the best of a bad bargain

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