Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turning the clocks back

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
turn-ing the -clock-s back
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of turn the clocks back

Questions

What does turning the clocks back mean?
present participle and gerund of turn the clocks back

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