Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took a step back

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables
took a step back
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took a step back mean?
simple past of take a step back

How to pronounce took a step back

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