Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fought fire with fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables
fought -fire with- -fire
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does fought fire with fire mean?
simple past and past participle of fight fire with fire

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