Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take the words out of someone's mouth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
take the -word-s out of -some-one's -mouth
IPA
51
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To say what someone else was about to say themselves.

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What does take the words out of someone's mouth mean?
To say what someone else was about to say themselves.

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