Speakur

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trust someone as far as one could throw them

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables
trust -some-one as -far as one -could throw them
IPA
55
Scrabble Score
36
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To trust somebody at all; to have any trust in a person whatsoever.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

trusts someone as far as one could throw them (present, singular) trusting someone as far as one could throw them (participle, present) trusted someone as far as one could throw them (participle, past) trusted someone as far as one could throw them (past)

Synonyms

trust someone across the street trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail trust someone as far as one can spit trust someone as far as one could spit

Questions

What does trust someone as far as one could throw them mean?
To trust somebody at all; to have any trust in a person whatsoever.

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