Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bringing down the house

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
bring-ing -down the -house
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bring down the house

Questions

What does bringing down the house mean?
present participle and gerund of bring down the house

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