Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took someone up short

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables
took -some-one up short
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of take someone up short

Questions

What does took someone up short mean?
simple past of take someone up short

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