Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fighting fire with fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables
fight-ing -fire with- -fire
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of fight fire with fire

Questions

What does fighting fire with fire mean?
present participle and gerund of fight fire with fire

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