Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

held back

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables
held back
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of hold back

Questions

What does held back mean?
simple past and past participle of hold back

How to pronounce held back

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