walk on broken glass
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To do everything possible to achieve something, even if it involves great risk or discomfort.
Example Sentences
- "“We’ve got a lot of players not playing domestic football week in, week out. What is it? Is it the crest on their chest that makes them raise their game? It must be. It’s playing for Wales. It’s powerful and everybody would walk on broken glass to get into this squad. Credit goes to the players.”"
- "Trump won’t succeed, as his successive losses of the House, Senate, presidency and last week’s midterm results show. Too many Americans would crawl on broken glass to vote against him, no matter who his general election opponent may be. They have seen enough."
Inflected Forms
walks on broken glass (present, singular)
walking on broken glass (participle, present)
walked on broken glass (participle, past)
walked on broken glass (past)
walk across broken glass (alternative)
crawl on broken glass (alternative)
crawl across broken glass (alternative)