Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brought up short

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables
brought up short
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of bring up short

Questions

What does brought up short mean?
simple past and past participle of bring up short

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