Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

letting the cat out of the bag

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables
let-ting the -cat out of the bag
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of let the cat out of the bag

Questions

What does letting the cat out of the bag mean?
present participle and gerund of let the cat out of the bag

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