Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pulled up the ladder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables
pulled up the lad-der
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does pulled up the ladder mean?
simple past and past participle of pull up the ladder

How to pronounce pulled up the ladder

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