Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picking up steam

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
pick-ing up steam
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pick up steam

Questions

What does picking up steam mean?
present participle and gerund of pick up steam

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