Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sharpening up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
sharp-en-ing up
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of sharpen up

Questions

What does sharpening up mean?
present participle and gerund of sharpen up

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