Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pull one's punches

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
pul-l one's punch-es
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of pull punches.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

pulls one's punches (present, singular) pulling one's punches (participle, present) pulled one's punches (participle, past) pulled one's punches (past)

Questions

What does pull one's punches mean?
Alternative form of pull punches.

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