Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

held the line

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English

Syllables
held the -line
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does held the line mean?
simple past and past participle of hold the line

How to pronounce held the line

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