Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding the line

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing the -line
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold the line

Questions

What does holding the line mean?
present participle and gerund of hold the line

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