Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cracking down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
crack-ing -down
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of crack down

Questions

What does cracking down mean?
present participle and gerund of crack down

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