Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

putting the genie back in the bottle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
putting the -ge-nie back- in the bot-tle
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of put the genie back in the bottle

Questions

What does putting the genie back in the bottle mean?
present participle and gerund of put the genie back in the bottle

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