Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thrown the baby out with the bathwater

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
thrown the baby out with- the -bath-wa-ter
IPA
65
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of throw the baby out with the bathwater

Questions

What does thrown the baby out with the bathwater mean?
past participle of throw the baby out with the bathwater

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