Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

softening up the ground

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
soft-en-ing up the -ground
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of soften up the ground

Questions

What does softening up the ground mean?
present participle and gerund of soften up the ground

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