Speakur

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pulling someone's chestnuts out of the fire

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
pulling -some-one's ch-est-nut-s out of the -fire
IPA
55
Scrabble Score
36
Letters
7
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

Questions

What does pulling someone's chestnuts out of the fire mean?
present participle and gerund of pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

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