Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

working to rule

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
work-ing -to rule
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of work to rule

Questions

What does working to rule mean?
present participle and gerund of work to rule

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