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sail the high seas

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
sail the high- seas
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sail, the, high seas.

verb

To engage in piracy.

Etymology

From sail, the, or high seas (“regions of the Internet in which piracy is prevalent”).

Inflected Forms

sails the high seas (present, singular) sailing the high seas (participle, present) sailed the high seas (participle, past) sailed the high seas (past)

Questions

What does sail the high seas mean?
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sail, the, high seas.
Where does sail the high seas come from?
From sail, the, or high seas (“regions of the Internet in which piracy is prevalent”).

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