Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

went for the jugular

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
wen-t -for the jugu-lar
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of go for the jugular

Questions

What does went for the jugular mean?
simple past of go for the jugular

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