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hold one's head above water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
hold one's -head- above wa-ter
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of keep one's head above water.

Inflected Forms

holds one's head above water (present, singular) holding one's head above water (participle, present) held one's head above water (participle, past) held one's head above water (past)

Questions

What does hold one's head above water mean?
Alternative form of keep one's head above water.

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