Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pulled punches

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
pulled punch-es
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does pulled punches mean?
simple past and past participle of pull punches

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