Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beaten around the bush

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
beat-en around the bush
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of beat around the bush

Questions

What does beaten around the bush mean?
past participle of beat around the bush

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