Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

getting one's ass into gear

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
get-ting one's ass in-to gear
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of get one's ass into gear

Questions

What does getting one's ass into gear mean?
present participle and gerund of get one's ass into gear

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