Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

be taken bad

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English

Syllables
be -tak-en bad
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become ill.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

is taken bad (present, singular) being taken bad (participle, present) was taken bad (past) been taken bad (participle, past)

Synonyms

fall ill take ill be taken ill

Questions

What does be taken bad mean?
To become ill.

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