Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bringing up short

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.61 in modern English

Syllables
bring-ing up short
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bring up short

Questions

What does bringing up short mean?
present participle and gerund of bring up short

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