Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having the world by the neck

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing the -world by the -neck
IPA
51
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have the world by the neck

Questions

What does having the world by the neck mean?
present participle and gerund of have the world by the neck

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