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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calling the shots

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables
call-ing the shots
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of call the shots

Questions

What does calling the shots mean?
present participle and gerund of call the shots

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