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birth pangs

birth pangs noun: the difficulty associated with a new project. Also the plural of birth pang.

Noun

birth pangs

  1. (broadly) The difficulty associated with a new project.

Also used as

birth pangs is also the plural of birth pang.

Questions about birth pangs

What does birth pangs mean?
Birth pangs means the difficulty associated with a new project.
What part of speech is birth pangs?
Birth pangs is a noun.

Words near birth pangs in the dictionary

  1. birth mother
  2. birth mothers
  3. birth name
  4. birth names
  5. birth pang
  6. birth pangs
  7. birth parent
  8. birth parents
  9. birth pill
  10. birth pills
  11. birth plan

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