Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holds against

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables
hold-s a-gainst
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does holds against mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of hold against

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