Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

letting sleeping dogs lie

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
let-ting sleep-ing -dogs lie
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of let sleeping dogs lie

Questions

What does letting sleeping dogs lie mean?
present participle and gerund of let sleeping dogs lie

How to pronounce letting sleeping dogs lie

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