Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took up the hatchet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
took up the hatch-et
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took up the hatchet mean?
simple past of take up the hatchet

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