Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

before you can say knife

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: be-fore y-ou -can say knife
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Very quickly; quicker than one expects.

Example Sentences

"'Oh, we'll pull you off before you can say knife. Take care of His Excellency. I shall try to get a little sleep now.'"
"‘Ginger, Ginger, before you can say knife she'll make you into a damned missionary.’ I don't know that I'd mind that so much if we had a little mission of our own."

Synonyms

before you can say Jack Robinson

Questions

What does before you can say knife mean?: Very quickly; quicker than one expects.

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