Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sailing under false colors

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
sail-ing un-der -false -col-ors
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of sail under false colors

Questions

What does sailing under false colors mean?
present participle and gerund of sail under false colors

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