Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bang some heads together

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: bang -some -head-s -to-geth-er
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Attempt to get results from a previously ineffectual or argumentative group, typically by coercion or force.

Example Sentences

"We need to bang some heads together to get the plan finished before the deadline."
"Your role as a chieftain is to bring peace to your hall, and sometimes it is going to mean banging some heads together, other times it is going to require some skilful diplomacy."
"What we need is somebody to bang some heads together and make sure that the funding, the infrastructure and the direction are there to promote the kind of excellence in research that we would like."
"The Bosnian War ended during the Clinton administration when Richard Holbrooke banged some heads together in Dayton, Ohio."

Inflected Forms

bangs some heads together (present, singular) banging some heads together (participle, present) banged some heads together (participle, past) banged some heads together (past)

Questions

What does bang some heads together mean?: Attempt to get results from a previously ineffectual or argumentative group, typically by coercion or force.

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