Speakur

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with the skin of one's teeth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables
with- the skin of one's -teeth
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Synonym of by the skin of one's teeth.

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Usage

Synonyms

by the skin of one's teeth

Questions

What does with the skin of one's teeth mean?
Synonym of by the skin of one's teeth.

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