Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep one's head upon one's shoulders

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
keep- one's -head- upon one's shoul-ders
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of keep one's head.

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

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

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