Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: you -can't put the -tooth-paste back- in the -tube
IPA

64

Scrabble Score

36

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Once something is said or done, it cannot be unsaid or undone.

Example Sentences

"But, as they say, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube, so once it was out there for everybody to read there was no way of keeping it a secret and that inevitably led to me working it into continuity."

Inflected Forms

you can't put the toothpaste back into the tube (alternative)

Synonyms

you can't put the shit back in the horse you can't unring a bell

Questions

What does you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube mean?: Once something is said or done, it cannot be unsaid or undone.

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