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hitting the nail on the head

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
hit-ting the -nail on the -head
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hit the nail on the head

Questions

What does hitting the nail on the head mean?
present participle and gerund of hit the nail on the head

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