Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

selling down the river

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
sell-ing -down the riv-er
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of sell down the river

Questions

What does selling down the river mean?
present participle and gerund of sell down the river

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