Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

softening up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
soft-en-ing up
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of soften up

Questions

What does softening up mean?
present participle and gerund of soften up

How to pronounce softening up

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