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testing the waters

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
test-ing the wa-ters
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of test the waters

Questions

What does testing the waters mean?
present participle and gerund of test the waters

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