Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took the shadow for the substance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
took the shad-ow -for the -sub-stance
IPA
52
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of take the shadow for the substance

Questions

What does took the shadow for the substance mean?
simple past of take the shadow for the substance

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