Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took a turn for the better

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.01 in modern English

Syllables
took a -turn -for the -bet-ter
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took a turn for the better mean?
simple past of take a turn for the better

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