Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

send a boy to do a man's job

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: send a boy -to -do a -man's job
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To send an inexperienced person to do something they are not qualified for.

Example Sentences

"“Guess it was too much to expect a bunch of corporate-payroll little girls to do a woman’s job.”"

Inflected Forms

sends a boy to do a man's job (present, singular) sending a boy to do a man's job (participle, present) sent a boy to do a man's job (participle, past) sent a boy to do a man's job (past)

Questions

What does send a boy to do a man's job mean?: To send an inexperienced person to do something they are not qualified for.

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