Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taken a knife to a gunfight

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
tak-en a knife -to a -gun-fight
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does taken a knife to a gunfight mean?
past participle of take a knife to a gunfight

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