Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taught someone a lesson

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
taugh-t -some-one a -les-son
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does taught someone a lesson mean?
simple past and past participle of teach someone a lesson

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