Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

going the extra mile

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
go-ing the ex-tra mile
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of go the extra mile

Questions

What does going the extra mile mean?
present participle and gerund of go the extra mile

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