Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poisoning the well

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
poi-son-ing the well
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of poison the well

Questions

What does poisoning the well mean?
present participle and gerund of poison the well

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