Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take one's sweet little time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
take one's sweet- lit-tle -time
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.

Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

takes one's sweet little time (present, singular) taking one's sweet little time (participle, present) took one's sweet little time (past) taken one's sweet little time (participle, past)

Synonyms

take one's sweet time

Questions

What does take one's sweet little time mean?
To take a very long time; to be too slow or leisurely in getting something done.

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