Speakur

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see how the land lies

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
see how the -land lies
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wait for all the information about something before taking action.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

sees how the land lies (present, singular) seeing how the land lies (participle, present) saw how the land lay (past) seen how the land lay (participle, past)

Phrases

lay of the land test the waters

Frequently Paired Words

lay of the land test the waters

Synonyms

find out how the land lies

Questions

What does see how the land lies mean?
To wait for all the information about something before taking action.

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