Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picked up the ball and ran with it

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables
picked up the bal-l and ran with- it
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
3
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of pick up the ball and run with it

Questions

What does picked up the ball and ran with it mean?
simple past of pick up the ball and run with it

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