Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stood on someone's shoulders

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
stood on -some-one's shoul-ders
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does stood on someone's shoulders mean?
simple past and past participle of stand on someone's shoulders

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