Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peeling back the onion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
peel-ing back- the o-nion
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of peel back the onion

Questions

What does peeling back the onion mean?
present participle and gerund of peel back the onion

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