Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

setting the ball rolling

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables
set-ting the bal-l rolling
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of set the ball rolling

Questions

What does setting the ball rolling mean?
present participle and gerund of set the ball rolling

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