Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kept the ball rolling

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
kep-t the bal-l rolling
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does kept the ball rolling mean?
simple past and past participle of keep the ball rolling

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