Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come calling

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.90 in modern English

Syllables
come -call-ing
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make one's presence felt (due to large numbers, strength, qualities etc).

Colloquial

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, calling.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

comes calling (present, singular) coming calling (participle, present) came calling (past)

Questions

What does come calling mean?
To make one's presence felt (due to large numbers, strength, qualities etc).

How to pronounce come calling

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