Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

going down like a sack of potatoes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
go-ing -down -like a -sack- of pota-toes
IPA
49
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
7
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of go down like a sack of potatoes

Questions

What does going down like a sack of potatoes mean?
present participle and gerund of go down like a sack of potatoes

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