Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paying it forward

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables
pay-ing it -for-ward
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pay it forward

Questions

What does paying it forward mean?
present participle and gerund of pay it forward

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