Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throw oneself on someone's mercy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: throw one-self on -some-one's mer-cy
IPA

45

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To put oneself in a situation where someone else is in a position to rescue or forgive one.

Inflected Forms

throws oneself on someone's mercy (present, singular) throwing oneself on someone's mercy (participle, present) threw oneself on someone's mercy (past) thrown oneself on someone's mercy (participle, past)

Questions

What does throw oneself on someone's mercy mean?: To put oneself in a situation where someone else is in a position to rescue or forgive one.

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