Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stop to smell the roses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
stop -to s-mell the ros-es
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of stop and smell the roses.

Inflected Forms

stops to smell the roses (present, singular) stopping to smell the roses (participle, present) stopped to smell the roses (participle, past) stopped to smell the roses (past)

Questions

What does stop to smell the roses mean?
Alternative form of stop and smell the roses.

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