Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

getting the ball rolling

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
get-ting the bal-l rolling
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of get the ball rolling

Questions

What does getting the ball rolling mean?
present participle and gerund of get the ball rolling

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