Speakur

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shooting oneself in the foot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
shoot-ing one-self in the -foot
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shoot oneself in the foot

Questions

What does shooting oneself in the foot mean?
present participle and gerund of shoot oneself in the foot

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