Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pulls punches

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
pull-s punch-es
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does pulls punches mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of pull punches

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