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nail one's colors to the mast

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables
nail one's -col-ors -to the -mast
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative spelling of nail one's colours to the mast.

Inflected Forms

nails one's colors to the mast (present, singular) nailing one's colors to the mast (participle, present) nailed one's colors to the mast (participle, past) nailed one's colors to the mast (past)

Questions

What does nail one's colors to the mast mean?
Alternative spelling of nail one's colours to the mast.

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