Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cutting the mustard

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
cut-ting the -mus-tard
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of cut the mustard

Questions

What does cutting the mustard mean?
present participle and gerund of cut the mustard

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