Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picked up the phone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables
picked up the -phone
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does picked up the phone mean?
simple past and past participle of pick up the phone

How to pronounce picked up the phone

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