Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing out
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold out

Questions

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

How to pronounce holding out

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