Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holds down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
hold-s -down
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

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

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