Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took up a collection

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables
took up a -col-lec-tion
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of take up a collection

Questions

What does took up a collection mean?
simple past of take up a collection

How to pronounce took up a collection

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