Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teaching someone a lesson

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
teach-ing -some-one a -les-son
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of teach someone a lesson

Questions

What does teaching someone a lesson mean?
present participle and gerund of teach someone a lesson

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