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sell one's life dearly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables
sel-l- one's life dear-ly
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do great injury to the enemy before being killed by them.

Inflected Forms

sells one's life dearly (present, singular) selling one's life dearly (participle, present) sold one's life dearly (participle, past) sold one's life dearly (past)

Phrases

Pyrrhic victory Cadmean victory

Frequently Paired Words

Pyrrhic victory Cadmean victory

Questions

What does sell one's life dearly mean?
To do great injury to the enemy before being killed by them.

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