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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| overstep the mark | /xxx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| overstep the line | /xxx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| draw the line | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| toe the line | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go too far | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| draw a line | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| step out of line | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| run afoul of | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| run over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| toe the mark | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| walk over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| step on someone's toes | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cut corners | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| bend the rules | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go over someone's head | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go against the grain | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| push it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| go out of one's way | ///// | Phrase, Verb |
| run across | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| live on the edge | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| come across | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| get one's wires crossed | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take liberties | //xx | Phrase, Verb |
| know no bounds | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| overplay one's hand | /x/// | Phrase, Verb |
| turn the corner | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| hit the road | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| boil over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| take a risk | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go the extra mile | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| carry on | /x/ | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| pull over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| fall off the wagon | //x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| shoot off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| paint oneself into a corner | /x/x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| stop at nothing | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| bend over backwards | //x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| lose one's way | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| go all the way | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| move the goalposts | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| wear out one's welcome | ////x | Phrase, Verb |
| throw under the bus | //xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take leave of one's senses | /////x | Phrase, Verb |
| miss the mark | /x/ | Name, Verb |
| work over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| jump the shark | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go to the wall | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| push one's luck | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| kick over the traces | //xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| burn one's bridges | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| take a chance | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| get away with | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| play with fire | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| go by the board | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take a turn | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| break the mold | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lose it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| cut it close | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| put one's foot in it | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make the cut | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bark up the wrong tree | //x// | Phrase, Verb |
| get one's leg over | ////x | Phrase, Verb |
| fly in the face of | /xx// | Phrase, Verb |
| sail close to the wind | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run wild | // | Name, Verb |
| hurt someone's feelings | //x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| break the bank | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lay down the law | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| break into a run | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go to great lengths | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| knock oneself out | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| take one's time | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| play fast and loose | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| lose the plot | /xx | Phrase, Verb |
| cut to the quick | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| go the distance | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| run to | // | Phrase, Verb |
| sally | /x | Name |
| stick one's neck out | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| blaze a trail | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| run a risk | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| slip up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| foray | /x | Noun |
| taboo | x/ | Noun |
| fall between the cracks | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| break ranks | // | Phrase, Verb |
| walk into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| move on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bite off more than one can chew | /////x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| tread on someone's toes | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| break new ground | /// | Name, Verb |
| run along | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| throw caution to the wind | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| rise above | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall through the cracks | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fly off the handle | //x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| jump the gun | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| break through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| break one's neck | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| skip out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| walk away from | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| blow one's top | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| accord | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| accordance | x/x | Noun |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| activity | x/xx | Noun |
| adaptation | xx/x | Noun |
| adapting | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| adequacy | /xxx | Noun |
| adherence | x/x | Noun |
| adjust | x/ | Verb |
| adjustment | x/x | Noun |
| agreement | x/x | Noun |
| air | / | Noun, Verb |
| airline | /x | Noun |
| airliner | /xx | Noun |
| airway | /x | Noun |
| align | x/ | Verb |
| alignment | x/x | Noun |
| altar | /x | Noun |
| amount | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| angled | /x | Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| approach | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| appropriateness | x/xxx | Noun |
| appropriation | xxx/x | Noun |
| area | /xx | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| argumentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| arrangement | x/x | Noun |
| array | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| arrowhead | /xx | Noun |
| assembly line | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| attitude | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| automated | /xxx | Adjective |
| available | x/xx | Adjective |
| axial | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| axis | /x | Noun |
| babbitt | /x | Name, Verb |
| baffle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| balance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| band | / | Noun, Verb |
| banner | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bar | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| barrier | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| based | / | Verb, Adjective |
| baseline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| battle line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| beam | / | Noun, Verb |
| bell | / | Noun, Verb |
| bent | / | Noun, Adjective |
| betray | x/ | Verb |
| bible | /x | Name |
| bilateral | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| bitter end | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| biz | / | Noun |
| blood | / | Noun, Verb |
| bloodline | /x | Noun |
| board | / | Noun, Verb |
| bolt | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| bond | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| border | /x | Noun, Verb |
| borderline | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| bottom line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| bound | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| boundaries | /xx | Noun |
| bow | / | Noun, Verb |
| branch | / | Noun, Verb |
| branch line | // | Phrase, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| breed | / | Noun, Verb |
| bridge | / | Noun, Verb |
| brink | / | Noun |
| brooch | / | Noun, Verb |
| buddha | /x | Name |
| business | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bypass | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cable | /x | Noun, Verb |
| call | / | Verb, Noun |
| canal | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| canceled | /x | Adjective |
| candlestick | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| carriageway | /xx | Noun |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| casuistry | /xx | Noun |
| category | /xxx | Noun |
| catering | /xx | Noun |
| ceiling | /x | Noun |
| celtic cross | /x/ | Name, Name |
| centerline | /xx | Noun |
| chain | / | Noun, Verb |
| chalice | /x | Noun |
| chalk | / | Noun, Verb |
| channel | /x | Noun, Verb |
| checking | /x | Noun |
| chorus | /x | Noun, Verb |
| chorus line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| christ | / | Name |
| christian | /x | Name, Adjective |
| church | / | Noun, Verb |
| circle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circuit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| circumscribe | xx/ | Verb |
| climb | / | Verb, Noun |
| clothes | / | Noun |
| coax | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| coffin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| coherence | x/x | Noun |
| coherent | x/x | Adjective |
| collection | x/x | Noun |
| column | /x | Noun |
| combined | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| combo | /x | Noun, Verb |
| comedy | /xx | Noun |
| compatible | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| compliance | x/x | Noun |
| compliant | x/x | Adjective |
| computerised | x/xx | Adjective |
| computerized | x/xx | Adjective |
| concert | /x | Noun, Verb |
| concordance | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| conduit | /xx | Noun |
| confluence | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| conformance | x/x | Noun |
| conformity | x/xx | Noun |
| conga line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| congruence | /xx | Noun |
| conjunction | x/x | Noun |
| connection | x/x | Noun |
| consensus | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| consistency | x/xx | Noun |
| consistent | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| consisting | x/x | Verb |
| consonance | /xx | Noun |
| construct | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| consumer credit | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| contact | /x | Noun, Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| contiguous | x/xx | Adjective |
| continental | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| contour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| contradiction | xx/x | Noun |
| contrast | /x | Noun, Verb |
| convergence | x/x | Noun |
| conveyor | x/x | Noun |
| conveyor belt | x/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| cord | / | Noun, Verb |
| correspond | xx/ | Verb |
| correspondence | xx/x | Noun |
| corset | /x | Noun, Verb |
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| couplet | /x | Noun |
| course | / | Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| cover | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cradle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| craft | / | Noun, Verb |
| crease | / | Noun, Verb |
| credit line | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| crescent | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| crest | / | Noun, Verb |
| crib | / | Noun, Verb |
| crinkle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| crisscross | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| croce | /x | Name |
