Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fall upon someone's neck

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
fal-l upon -some-one's -neck
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

falls upon someone's neck (present, singular) falling upon someone's neck (participle, present) fell upon someone's neck (past) fallen upon someone's neck (participle, past)

Questions

What does fall upon someone's neck mean?
Alternative form of fall on someone's neck.

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