Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

getting ahead of oneself

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables
get-ting a-head- of one-self
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of get ahead of oneself

Questions

What does getting ahead of oneself mean?
present participle and gerund of get ahead of oneself

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