Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pulling up short

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
pulling up short
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pull up short

Questions

What does pulling up short mean?
present participle and gerund of pull up short

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