Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turned the clocks back

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
turned the -clock-s back
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does turned the clocks back mean?
simple past and past participle of turn the clocks back

How to pronounce turned the clocks back

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