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keep one's head above the water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
keep- one's -head- above the wa-ter
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of keep one's head above water.

Inflected Forms

keeps one's head above the water (present, singular) keeping one's head above the water (participle, present) kept one's head above the water (participle, past) kept one's head above the water (past)

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What does keep one's head above the water mean?
Alternative form of keep one's head above water.

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