Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playing someone at their own game

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

Syllables
play-ing -some-one at their own game
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of play someone at their own game

Questions

What does playing someone at their own game mean?
present participle and gerund of play someone at their own game

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