Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pushed the envelope

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
pushed the en-ve-lope
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does pushed the envelope mean?
simple past and past participle of push the envelope

How to pronounce pushed the envelope

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