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when you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
when y-ou find- y-our-self in a -hole, the -first thing -to -do is stop dig-ging
IPA
95
Scrabble Score
56
Letters
10
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Synonym of if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

Questions

What does when you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging mean?
Synonym of if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

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