Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding back

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing back
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold back

Questions

What does holding back mean?
present participle and gerund of hold back

How to pronounce holding back

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