Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

softens up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
soft-en-s up
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of soften up

Questions

What does softens up mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of soften up

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