Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

the story goes

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English

Syllables: the s-to-ry -goes
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

The story is usually depicted as follows.

Example Sentences

"The story goes that they won the day."
"James Kirkwood's play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! opened nearly three years ago on Broadway, and, so the story goes, was promptly killed by critics — presumably because of its gay material."

Phrases

rumour has it

Frequently Paired Words

rumour has it

Questions

What does the story goes mean?: The story is usually depicted as follows.

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