Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pull the long bow

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables
pul-l the -long bow
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).

Inflected Forms

pulls the long bow (present, singular) pulling the long bow (participle, present) pulled the long bow (participle, past) pulled the long bow (past)

Synonyms

draw the long bow

Questions

What does pull the long bow mean?
Synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).

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