Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding to ransom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing -to ran-som
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold to ransom

Questions

What does holding to ransom mean?
present participle and gerund of hold to ransom

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