What does kill the messenger mean?

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kill the messenger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: kil-l the mes-sen-ger
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verb

Alternative form of shoot the messenger.

Example Sentences

"To disbelieve the message and seek to kill the messenger will not destroy the message."

Inflected Forms

kills the messenger (present, singular) killing the messenger (participle, present) killed the messenger (participle, past) killed the messenger (past)

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What does kill the messenger mean?: Alternative form of shoot the messenger.

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