Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manoeuvre the apostles

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: ma-noeu-vre the a-pos-tles
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rob Peter to pay Paul; that is, to borrow money from one person to pay another.

Archaic; Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

manoeuvres the apostles (present, singular) manoeuvring the apostles (participle, present) manoeuvred the apostles (participle, past) manoeuvred the apostles (past)

Questions

What does manoeuvre the apostles mean?: To rob Peter to pay Paul; that is, to borrow money from one person to pay another.

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