Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

left the ball in someone's court

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables
left- the bal-l in -some-one's -court
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does left the ball in someone's court mean?
simple past and past participle of leave the ball in someone's court

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