Related Words for basket case

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choke
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Verb
time bomb
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Phrase, Noun
bomb
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Noun
bloodbath
/x
Noun
bag of tricks
///
Phrase, Noun
bug out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
torture
/x
Noun
knock
/
Noun
sack
/
Noun
pressure cooker
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
beat up
/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
bottleneck
/xx
Noun
booby trap
/x/
Phrase, Noun
whack
/
Noun
crash
/
Noun
pickle
/x
Noun
last straw
//
Phrase, Noun
toast
/
Noun
runner
/x
Noun
fist
/
Noun
burn
/
Noun
hair trigger
//x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
bang
/
Noun
shell shock
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
blame game
//
Phrase, Noun
ramp
/
Noun
tightrope
/x
Noun
cannonball
/xx
Noun
race against time
/x//
Phrase, Noun
sitting duck
/x/
Phrase, Noun
beat
/
Noun
truckload
/x
Noun
slam dunk
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
bust
/
Noun
practical joke
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
breaking point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
shakedown
/x
Noun
douse
/
Verb
sucker punch
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
stab
/
Noun
fall
/
Noun
toss
/
Noun
game face
//
Phrase, Noun
lead
/
Noun
blow
/
Noun
crash course
//
Phrase, Noun
snag
/
Noun
trip
/
Noun
slide
/
Noun
fuse
/
Noun
blot on the escutcheon
//xx/x
Phrase, Noun
tackle
/x
Noun
pinch
/
Noun
fish out of water
////x
Phrase, Noun
catch
/
Noun
fade
/
Noun
clinch
/
Noun
slap on the wrist
//x/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb
kiss of death
///
Phrase, Noun
flat out
//
Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
pass
/
Noun
cross
/
Noun
uphill battle
///x
Phrase, Noun
joke
/
Noun
shot in the dark
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
smash
/
Noun
warning sign
/x/
Phrase, Noun
helping hand
/x/
Phrase, Noun
scrape
/
Noun
tale
/
Noun
barroom brawl
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stab in the back
/xx/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
seeing to
/x/
Phrase, Noun
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
absence
/x
Noun
accident
/xx
Noun, Adjective
account
x/
Noun, Verb
accusation
xx/x
Noun
acting
/x
Noun, Adjective
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
addition
x/x
Noun
advertisement
x/xx
Noun
affair
x/
Noun
affaire
x/
Noun
aforementioned
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
allegation
xx/x
Noun
analysis
x/xx
Noun
appeal
x/
Noun, Verb
applicable
/xxx
Adjective
application
xx/x
Noun
applies
x/
Verb
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
area
/xx
Noun
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
argumentation
xxx/x
Noun
article
/xx
Noun, Verb
asia
/x
Name
assortment
x/x
Noun
assumption
x/x
Noun
axe
/
Noun, Verb
bag
/
Noun, Verb
baggage
/x
Noun
ball
/
Noun, Verb
ballgame
x/
Noun
bargain
/x
Noun, Verb
baseline
/x
Noun, Verb
basin
/x
Noun, Verb
basis
/x
Noun
basketball
/xx
Noun, Verb
baskets
/x
Verb
beer
/
Noun, Verb
bill
/
Noun, Verb
bin
/
Noun, Verb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
block
/
Noun, Verb
body
/x
Noun, Verb
book
/
Noun, Verb
bottle
/x
Noun, Verb
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
bread
/
Noun, Verb
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bridge
/
Noun, Verb
briefcase
/x
Noun
broom
/
Noun, Verb
brush
/
Noun, Verb
bucket
/x
Noun, Verb
bushel
/x
Noun, Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
butter
/x
Noun, Verb
cabinet
/xx
Noun
cage
/
Noun, Verb
calabash
xx/
Noun
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cart
/
Noun, Verb
carton
/x
Noun, Verb
casa
/x
Noun
cased
/
Adjective
caseload
/x
Noun
casework
/x
Noun
cash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
category
/xxx
Noun
causa
/x
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
cell
/
Noun, Verb
chair
/
Noun, Verb
chance
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
character
/xx
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
checkbox
/x
Noun
circumstance
/xx
Noun, Verb
cite
/
Verb, Noun
claim
/
Noun, Verb
client
/x
Noun
clip
/
Noun, Verb
closed
/
Adjective
club
/
Noun, Verb
coincidence
x/xx
Noun
collar
/x
Noun, Verb
collective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
comb
/
Noun, Verb
comes
/
Noun
common
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
communication
xxx/x
Noun
compact
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complainant
x/x
Noun
complaint
x/
Noun
composite
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
condition
x/x
Noun, Verb
connection
x/x
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
container
x/x
Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
contrary
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
court
/
Noun, Verb
crate
/
Noun, Verb
creel
/
Noun, Verb
crime
/
Noun, Verb
crude
/
Adjective, Noun
cup
/
Noun, Verb
dan
/
Noun
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
defence
x/
Noun, Verb
demand
x/
Noun, Verb
detailed
x/
Adjective, Noun
determination
xxx/x
Noun
dish
/
Noun, Verb
dispatch box
x//
Phrase, Noun
dispatch case
x//
Phrase, Noun
dispute
x/
Noun, Verb
dissertation
xx/x
Noun
docket
/x
Noun, Verb
doctor
/x
Noun, Verb
documentation
xxx/x
Noun
dossier
x/
Noun
downfall
/x
Noun, Verb
drain
/
Verb, Noun
drawer
/
Noun
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dustbin
/x
Noun
eases
/x
Verb, Noun
easter
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
eccentric
x/x
Adjective, Noun
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
eggs
/
Verb
encapsulated
x/xxx
Verb, Adjective
enclosure
x/x
Noun
envelope
/xx
Noun, Verb
epidemiologic
xxxxx/x
Adjective
episode
/xx
Noun
equal
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
even
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
eventuality
xxx/xx
Noun
evidence
/xx
Noun, Verb
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
example
x/x
Noun, Verb
exception
x/x
Noun
experiment
x/xx
Noun, Verb
experimental
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
face
/
Noun, Verb
fact
/
Noun
factorial
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
fashion
/x
Noun, Verb
feasibility
xx/xx
Noun
field
/
Noun, Verb
field goal
//
Phrase, Noun
file
/
Noun, Verb
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flower
/x
Noun, Verb
folder
/x
Noun