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retaking

How many syllables in retaking?

  3 syllables

Divide retaking into syllables:   re-tak-ing
How to say retaking:

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What rhymes with retaking

2 syllables
  • aching
  • braking
  • caking
  • flaking
  • quaking
  • retal
  • snaking
  • taking
  • baking
  • breaking
  • faking
  • making
  • raking
  • shaking
  • staking
3 syllables
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