Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lie at one's door

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables
lie at one's -door
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be directly imputable to one; to be one's own fault.

Inflected Forms

lies at one's door (present, singular) lying at one's door (participle, present) lay at one's door (past) lain at one's door (participle, past)

Questions

What does lie at one's door mean?
To be directly imputable to one; to be one's own fault.

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