Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shown one's true colors

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
shown one's true -col-ors
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does shown one's true colors mean?
past participle of show one's true colors

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