Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backing down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables
back-ing -down
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of back down

Questions

What does backing down mean?
present participle and gerund of back down

How to pronounce backing down

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