Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

living to tell the tale

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
liv-ing -to tel-l the -tale
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of live to tell the tale

Questions

What does living to tell the tale mean?
present participle and gerund of live to tell the tale

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