Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take one's eyes off the ball

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: take one's eyes of-f the ball
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of take one's eye off the ball.

Inflected Forms

takes one's eyes off the ball (present, singular) taking one's eyes off the ball (participle, present) took one's eyes off the ball (past) taken one's eyes off the ball (participle, past)

Questions

What does take one's eyes off the ball mean?: Alternative form of take one's eye off the ball.

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