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by leaps and starts

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables
by leap-s and s-tarts
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Synonym of by starts and leaps.

Synonyms

by starts and leaps

Questions

What does by leaps and starts mean?
Synonym of by starts and leaps.

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