Show
Related Words for have one foot in the grave
Compiled automatically from published text to show words that appear in related contexts.
Read More
Results may indicate historical usage, and do not reflect the views of Merriam-Webster.
Send us feedback.
| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| have had it | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| kick the bucket | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| fall asleep | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bite the dust | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| put one foot in front of the other | ///x//x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| hang by a thread | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| ghost | / | Noun |
| cash in | /x | Phrase, Verb |
| whistle past the graveyard | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| lose his head | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| buy it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| shoot oneself in the foot | /x/xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| lose their head | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| come to grief | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| put a foot wrong | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| wake | / | Noun |
| go to sleep | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| totter | /x | Noun |
| find oneself | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| teeter | /x | Noun |
| lose her head | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take the biscuit | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| run short | // | Phrase, Verb |
| wait on someone hand and foot | ///x/// | Phrase, Verb |
| toe the line | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| live on the edge | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| walk into | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| commit suicide | x//xx | Phrase, Verb |
| play dead | // | Phrase, Verb |
| kick off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| stand a chance | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| flounder | /x | Noun |
| hit the dirt | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| cross my heart and hope to die | //////x | Phrase, Verb |
| hang on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| go to pot | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| die hard | // | Phrase, Verb |
| look out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| abalone | xx/x | Noun |
| abound | x/ | Verb |
| abstain | x/ | Verb |
| accept | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| access | /x | Noun, Verb |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| ace | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| achieve | x/ | Verb |
| acquire | x/x | Verb |
| action | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| acute | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| admiration | xx/x | Noun |
| admit | x/ | Verb |
| adopt | x/ | Verb |
| adversely | x/x | Adverb |
| affect | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| affluent | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| afford | x/ | Verb |
| aggravated | /xxx | Adjective |
| agreement | x/x | Noun |
| alarming | x/x | Adjective |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| allow | x/ | Verb |
| alone | x/ | Adverb, Adjective |
| among | x/ | |
| amongst | x/ | |
| amounts | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| an | / | Noun |
| ane | / | Noun, Adjective |
| angry | /x | Adjective, Verb |
| ankle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| another | x/x | Verb |
| anybody | /xxx | Noun |
| anyone | /xx | Noun |
| appalling | x/x | Adjective |
| apply | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| are | / | Noun |
| argument | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| arise | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| arm | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| arrange | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| arrival | x/x | Noun |
| ask | / | Verb, Noun |
| aspect | /x | Noun, Verb |
| assume | x/ | Verb |
| available | x/xx | Adjective |
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| badly | /x | Adverb, Adjective |
| baffling | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ball | / | Noun, Verb |
| basal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| base | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| bass | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| become | x/ | Verb |
| bed | / | Noun, Verb |
| ben | / | Name, Adverb, Adjective |
| bench | / | Noun, Verb |
| benefit | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| best | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| bier | / | Noun |
| big | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| big toe | // | Name, Name |
| biggie | /x | Noun |
| bill | / | Noun, Verb |
| bin | / | Noun, Verb |
| birth | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| bitter | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| blast | / | Noun, Verb |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| bleak | / | Adjective, Noun |
| block | / | Noun, Verb |
| boast | / | Verb, Noun |
| boot | / | Noun, Verb |
| booze | / | Noun, Verb |
| borne | / | Adjective, Noun |
| borrow | /x | Verb, Noun |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| break up | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun |
| bright | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| brim | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| bring | / | Verb |
| bristle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| build | / | Verb, Noun |
| bump | / | Noun, Verb |
| burdensome | /xx | Adjective |
| burial | /xx | Noun |
| burrow | /x | Noun, Verb |
| burst | / | Verb, Noun |
| but | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| buzz | / | Noun, Verb |
| calcaneus | xxxx | Noun |
| came | / | Noun |
| cardinal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun |
| case | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| casket | /x | Noun, Verb |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| cave | / | Noun, Verb |
| cavern | /x | Noun, Verb |
| celebrate | /xx | Verb |
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
| centimeter | /xxx | Noun |
| centre | /x | Noun, Verb |
| character | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| cholera | /xx | Noun |
| churchyard | /x | Noun |
| circular | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| circulate | /xx | Verb |
| clad | / | Verb, Adjective |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| coffin | /x | Noun, Verb |
| collapse | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| combine | /x | Verb, Noun |
| commercial | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| compare | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| comprise | x/ | Verb |
| con | / | Noun, Verb |
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| considerable | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| constitute | /xx | Verb, Noun |
| consume | x/ | Verb |
| contain | x/ | Verb |
| continue | x/x | Verb, Noun |
| corpse | / | Noun, Verb |
| count | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| country | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| crack | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| crack up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| craggy | /x | Adjective |
| create | x/ | Verb, Adjective |
| creation | x/x | Noun |
| critical | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| crucial | /x | Adjective |
| cumbersome | /xx | Adjective |
| damaging | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| danger | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dangerous | /xx | Adjective |
| daunting | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| day | / | Noun, Verb |
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| deal | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| death | / | Noun |
| deathbed | /x | Noun |
| decline | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| delegations | xx/x | Noun |
| deliver | x/x | Verb, Adjective |
| demonstrate | /xx | Verb |
| depth | / | Noun |
| descend | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| deserve | x/ | Verb |
| desist | x/ | Verb |
| desperate | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| detain | x/ | Verb |
| devastating | /xxx | Adjective |
| develop | x/x | Verb |
| development | x/xx | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| difficult | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| dig | / | Verb, Noun |
| digger | /x | Noun |
| digit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| dire | / | Adjective, Noun |
| dirt | / | Noun, Verb |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| dispense | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| display | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dispose | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| distribute | x/x | Verb |
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective |
| ditch | / | Noun, Verb |
| dizzy | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| do | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
