Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keeping one's head above the water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
keep-ing one's -head- above the wa-ter
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
5
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of keep one's head above the water

Questions

What does keeping one's head above the water mean?
present participle and gerund of keep one's head above the water

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