Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dropped the ball

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables
dropped the ball
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does dropped the ball mean?
simple past and past participle of drop the ball

How to pronounce dropped the ball

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