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from the cradle to the grave

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables
from the cradle -to the -grave
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Spanning an entire lifetime; from birth to death.

Inflected Forms

from cradle to grave (alternative) from the cradle to the deathbed (alternative)

Phrases

cradle-to-grave womb to tomb hatch, match, and dispatch

Frequently Paired Words

cradle-to-grave womb to tomb hatch, match, and dispatch

Questions

What does from the cradle to the grave mean?
Spanning an entire lifetime; from birth to death.

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