Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took by surprise

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables
took by -sur-prise
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took by surprise mean?
simple past of take by surprise

How to pronounce took by surprise

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