Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

had the world by the tail on a downhill pull

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
had the -world by the -tail on a -down-hill pull
IPA
63
Scrabble Score
35
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of have the world by the tail on a downhill pull

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What does had the world by the tail on a downhill pull mean?
simple past and past participle of have the world by the tail on a downhill pull

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