Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

showing one's true colors

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
show-ing one's true -col-ors
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of show one's true colors

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What does showing one's true colors mean?
present participle and gerund of show one's true colors

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