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pulling someone over the coals

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables
pulling -some-one over the -coals
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pull someone over the coals

Questions

What does pulling someone over the coals mean?
present participle and gerund of pull someone over the coals

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