Speakur

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had the world by the neck

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables
had the -world by the -neck
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of have the world by the neck

Questions

What does had the world by the neck mean?
simple past and past participle of have the world by the neck

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