Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking-off

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.28 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing-off
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does taking-off mean?
Removal; murder. See To take off (c) , under Take , v. t.

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