Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pulled one's punches

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
pulled one's punch-es
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does pulled one's punches mean?
simple past and past participle of pull one's punches

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