Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pull someone over the coals

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
pul-l -some-one over the -coals
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of haul someone over the coals.

Inflected Forms

pulls someone over the coals (present, singular) pulling someone over the coals (participle, present) pulled someone over the coals (participle, past) pulled someone over the coals (past)

Synonyms

haul someone over the coals

Questions

What does pull someone over the coals mean?
Synonym of haul someone over the coals.

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