Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

painting oneself into a corner

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
paint-ing one-self in-to a -corner
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of paint oneself into a corner.

Questions

What does painting oneself into a corner mean?
present participle and gerund of paint oneself into a corner.

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