Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took someone's breath away

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables
took -some-one's breath -away
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took someone's breath away mean?
simple past of take someone's breath away

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