You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for November 13.

World Kindness Day

Today’s word is iron, spelled i-r-o-n.

iron /ˈaɪən $ ˈaɪərn/ noun

pump iron

informal to do exercises by lifting heavy weights

Before I met her I used to pump iron.

They pump iron for hours every morning.

rule with an iron fist/hand idiom

chiefly US

: to rule a country, area, group, etc., in a very strict and often cruel way

The dictator ruled (the country) with an iron fist.

He runs the company with an iron fist.

iron2 verb [transitive]

to make clothes smooth using an iron SYN press

Have you ironed my shirt?

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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