Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep one's head on one's shoulders

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
keep- one's -head- on one's shoul-ders
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of keep one's head.

Inflected Forms

keeps one's head on one's shoulders (present, singular) keeping one's head on one's shoulders (participle, present) kept one's head on one's shoulders (participle, past) kept one's head on one's shoulders (past)

Questions

What does keep one's head on one's shoulders mean?
Alternative form of keep one's head.

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