Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took the helm

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
took the helm
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took the helm mean?
simple past of take the helm

How to pronounce took the helm

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