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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| drag | / | Verb, Noun |
| get behind | /x/ | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| hang back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| trail | / | Verb, Noun, Verb |
| fall behind | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| dropped | / | Adjective |
| trail behind | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| throw back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fetch up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| break down | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Noun |
| catch up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| run down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| break | / | Noun |
| fall away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lose | / | Verb |
| flop | / | Noun |
| slump | / | Noun |
| declined | x/ | Adjective |
| throw out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| worst | / | Adjective |
| poor | / | Adjective |
| downfall | /x | Noun |
| degrade | x/ | Verb |
| fail | / | Verb |
| drop off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| disappoint | xx/ | Verb |
| throw over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| fall over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| step aside | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| default | x/ | Noun |
| stagger | /x | Noun |
| get on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| droop | / | Noun |
| set back | // | Phrase, Verb |
| deteriorate | x/xxx | Verb |
| retard | x/ | Verb |
| blow | / | Noun |
| dwindle | /x | Verb |
| drag through the mud | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| throw down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| give way | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tank | / | Noun |
| fade | / | Noun |
| die off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| succeed | x/ | Verb |
| forsake | x/ | Verb |
| fall back upon | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| downgrade | // | Noun |
| dash | / | Noun |
| date | / | Noun |
| languish | /x | Verb |
| downed | / | Adjective |
| mess up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bomb | / | Noun |
| throw under the bus | //xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| depreciate | x/xx | Verb |
| let down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lie behind | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| pair | / | Noun |
| drill | / | Noun |
| follow through | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| submit | x/ | Verb |
| slip | / | Noun |
| derail | x/ | Verb |
| stink | / | Noun |
| lose out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| throw off | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| impair | x/ | Verb |
| leave | / | Verb |
| flat out | // | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| retire | x/ | Verb |
| blow up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall apart | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| fall in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| retrograde | /xx | Adjective |
| die out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| obsolete | xx/ | Adjective |
| sell out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| worsen | /x | Verb |
| get off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| turn one's back | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| fall out | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| push off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| sink | / | Noun |
| drift off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lurch | / | Noun |
| come down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bring down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| slide | / | Noun |
| decay | x/ | Noun |
| backlog | /x | Noun |
| look down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| forget | x/ | Verb |
| break through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| catch | / | Noun |
| exit | /x | Noun |
| collapse | x/ | Noun |
| lapse | / | Noun |
| descend | x/ | Verb |
| follow | /x | Verb |
| screw up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| abandon | x/x | Verb |
| cast down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| fall flat | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bottleneck | /xx | Noun |
| drift | / | Noun |
| reduce | x/ | Verb |
| spill | / | Noun |
| bog down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| dry up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| befall | x/ | Verb |
| lower | /x | Adjective |
| truck | / | Noun |
| devolve | x/ | Verb |
| bounce | / | Noun |
| wear out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| bug out | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| send down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| abatement | x/x | Noun |
| abolish | x/x | Verb |
| abort | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| absorption | x/x | Noun |
| across | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| add | / | Verb, Noun |
| affixing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| afford | x/ | Verb |
| aft | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb |
| after | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| afterwards | /xx | Adverb |
| age | / | Noun, Verb |
| ago | x/ | Adjective, Noun |
| ahead | x/ | Adverb |
| alleviation | xxx/x | Noun |
| alongside | x// | Adverb |
| around | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| arrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| arse | / | Noun, Verb |
| aside | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| ask | / | Verb, Noun |
| ass | / | Noun, Adjective |
| astern | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| attend to | x// | Phrase, Verb |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| background | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| backsliding | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| backward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| backyard | /x | Noun |
| baggy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| balance | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bars | / | Noun |
| bead | / | Noun, Verb |
| before | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| behold | x/ | Verb |
| bellies | /x | Noun |
| bellows | /x | Noun, Verb |
| below | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| beneath | x/ | Adverb |
| beside | x/ | Adverb |
| better | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| beyond | x/ | Adverb, Noun |
| bicycle | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| bit | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| black | / | Adjective, Name, Verb |
| booty | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| breakdown | /x | Noun |
| bum | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| buns | / | Noun, Adjective |
| bust | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| buttocks | /x | Verb |
| button | /x | Noun, Verb |
| can | / | Verb, Noun |
| cancel | /x | Verb, Noun |
| cast | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cast off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| caused | / | Verb |
| cease | / | Verb, Noun |
| checking | /x | Noun |
| chop down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| chute | / | Noun, Verb |
| clap | / | Noun, Verb |
| classify | /xx | Verb |
| clear | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| cohesive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| collar | /x | Noun, Verb |
| commit | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| constitutionalist | xx/xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| consume | x/ | Verb |
| contraction | x/x | Noun |
| counting | /x | Noun |
| coward | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| cowardly | /xx | Adjective, Adverb |
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crevasse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| curtailment | x/x | Noun |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cut down | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| cutback | /x | Noun |
| dangle | /x | Verb, Noun |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| deceleration | xxx/x | Noun |
| decreased | x/ | Adjective |
| decrement | xxx | Noun, Verb |
| degenerate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| degradation | xx/x | Noun |
| delay | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| delete | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| deletion | x/x | Noun |
| delivery | x/xx | Noun |
| demise | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| demotion | x/x | Noun |
| deplete | x/ | Verb |
| deposit | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| depressed | x/ | Adjective |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| desist | x/ | Verb |
| detach | x/ | Verb |
| deterioration | x/xxxx | Noun |
| dim | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| diminish | x/x | Verb |
| diminution | xx/x | Noun |
| dip | / | Noun, Verb |
| direct | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Verb |
| discard | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| discontinue | xx/x | Verb |
| dismiss | x/ | Verb |
| disposal | x/x | Noun |
| dispose | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| ditch | / | Noun, Verb |
| dive | / | Noun, Verb |
| dividing | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| doom | / | Noun, Verb |
| dope | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| downside | /x | Noun |
| downsizing | /xx | Noun |
| downstream | // | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| downturn | /x | Noun, Verb |
| doze | / | Verb, Noun |
| drawdown | /x | Noun |
| drink | / | Noun, Verb |
| drip | / | Noun, Verb |
| drop cloth | // | Phrase, Noun |
| dropdown | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| droplet | /x | Noun |
| dropout | /x | Noun |
| dump | / | Noun, Verb |
| earlier | /xx | Adverb, Adjective |
| ease | / | Noun, Verb |
