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throw an ant into a sty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English

Syllables
throw an an-t in-to a sty
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause confusion.

British usage; Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

throws an ant into a sty (present, singular) throwing an ant into a sty (participle, present) threw an ant into a sty (past) thrown an ant into a sty (participle, past)

Questions

What does throw an ant into a sty mean?
To cause confusion.

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