Speakur

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taking the wind out of someone's sails

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing the wind out of -some-one's -sails
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
5
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take the wind out of someone's sails

Questions

What does taking the wind out of someone's sails mean?
present participle and gerund of take the wind out of someone's sails

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