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tested the waters

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
test-ed the wa-ters
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of test the waters

Questions

What does tested the waters mean?
simple past and past participle of test the waters

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