Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

locking down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
lock-ing -down
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of lock down

Questions

What does locking down mean?
present participle and gerund of lock down

How to pronounce locking down

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