Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paying back in someone's own coin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
pay-ing back- in -some-one's own -coin
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pay back in someone's own coin

Questions

What does paying back in someone's own coin mean?
present participle and gerund of pay back in someone's own coin

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