Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking a knife to a gunfight

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing a knife -to a -gun-fight
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take a knife to a gunfight

Questions

What does taking a knife to a gunfight mean?
present participle and gerund of take a knife to a gunfight

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