Related Words for passed the baton

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abelian
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Adjective, Noun
abortion
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Noun
absurd
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Adjective, Noun
accepted
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Adjective
achieved
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Adjective
acknowledged
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Adjective
adjacent
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Adjective, Noun
admitted
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Noun
adopt
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Verb
adoption
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Noun
agreed
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Adjective
allowable
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Adjective, Noun
an
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Noun
anionic
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Adjective, Noun
apologies
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Noun
approval
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Noun
approve
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Verb
assault
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Noun, Verb
atrocious
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Adjective
attempted
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Adjective
attestations
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Noun
au
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Noun, Adjective
awarded
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Verb
bad
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
baggage
/x
Noun
bagged
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Adjective
bar
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
barge
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Noun, Verb
bat
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Noun, Verb
batons
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Verb
battery
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Noun
bayonet
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Noun, Verb
beacon
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Noun, Verb
beater
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Noun
been
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Verb
blackjack
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Noun, Verb
blaze
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Noun, Verb
borne
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Adjective, Noun
bracelet
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Noun, Verb
broadcast
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
broom
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Noun, Verb
came
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Noun
cane
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Noun, Verb
carried
/x
Verb
changed
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Adjective
channelled
/x
Adjective
circulated
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Adjective
clogs
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Adjective
closing
/x
Noun, Adjective
club
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Noun, Verb
command
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Noun, Verb
communicated
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Verb
communiqué
x///
Noun
completed
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Adjective
concur
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Verb
continuity
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Noun
control
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Noun, Verb
controversial
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Adjective, Noun
conveyed
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Verb
cookie
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Noun, Verb
cor
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Noun
cord
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Noun, Verb
crossed
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Adjective
dagger
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Noun, Verb
dead
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
debated
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Adjective
deceased
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Adjective, Noun
decided
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Adjective, Noun
decimated
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Verb
declaratory
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Adjective
delivered
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Adjective
dictated
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Adjective
died
/
Adjective
disclosed
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Adjective
disposed
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Adjective
disseminated
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Adjective
distant
/x
Adjective
done
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
drunk
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Adjective, Noun
dumping
/x
Noun
elapsed
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Adjective
electrostatic
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Adjective
embraced
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Adjective
enacted
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Verb
ended
/x
Adjective
endorsed
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Adjective
entrusted
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Verb
espoused
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Verb
evidence
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Noun, Verb
exceeded
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Verb
experienced
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Adjective
expired
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Adjective
eyewitness
//x
Noun, Verb
fallen
/x
Adjective, Noun
finished
/x
Adjective
forwarded
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Verb
given
/x
Noun, Adjective
goblet
/x
Noun
goma
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Name
gone
/
Adjective
grown
/
Adjective
handed
/x
Adjective
handover
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Noun
happened
/x
Verb
heirloom
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Noun
hoops
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Noun
impacted
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Adjective
implemented
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Adjective
imposed
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Adjective
increased
x/
Adjective
indicator
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Noun
ingested
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Noun
inherited
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Adjective
interfaced
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Verb
intermediate
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
introduced
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Adjective
isolated
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Adjective
issued
/x
Verb
laments
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Verb
lance
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Noun, Verb
lapsed
/
Adjective
lays
/
Verb, Noun
leaked
/
Adjective
legislated
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Adjective
mace
/
Noun, Verb
made
/
Noun
managed
/x
Verb
mantle
/x
Noun, Verb
matured
x/
Adjective
met
/
Verb, Noun
minder
/x
Noun
moved
/
Adjective
obtained
x/
Verb
occupied
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Adjective
outdated
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Adjective
outgrown
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Verb
outpaced
/x
Verb
outperformed
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Verb
outstripped
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Verb
overcame
/x/
Verb
overrun
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Verb, Noun
overtaken
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Adjective
overwhelmed
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Adjective
paddle
/x
Noun, Verb
pass
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Verb, Noun
passage
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
past
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
paton
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Name
pole
/
Noun, Verb
preindustrial
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Adjective
proceeded
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Verb
proclaimed
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Adjective
promulgated
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Adjective
pronounced
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Adjective
provided
x/x
Verb
punished
/x
Adjective
qualified
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Adjective
quiescent
x/x
Adjective
ran
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Noun
ratified
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Adjective
reached
/
Adjective
received
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Adjective
reconstructed
xx/x
Adjective
redeployed
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Verb
redirected
xx/x
Verb
referred
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Verb
reflected
x/x
Adjective
reform
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
refused
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Adjective
relay
/x
Noun, Verb
released
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Verb
relocated
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Adjective
remote
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
rendered
/x
Verb
reported
x/x
Adjective
risen
/x
Adjective, Noun
rod
/
Noun, Verb
rouge
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
routed
/x
Adjective
rubber
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sabre
/x
Noun, Verb
sampled
/x
Verb
sanctioned
/x
Adjective
satisfied
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Adjective
sent
/
Noun
shall
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Verb
shank
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
shared
/
Adjective
shifted
/x
Verb
slack
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
sold
/
Noun
spear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
spent
/
Adjective
spoken
/x
Adjective
spoon
/
Noun, Verb
staff
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Noun, Verb
stick
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
submitted
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Verb
succeed
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Verb
suffered
/x
Verb
supplied
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Verb
surmounted
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Adjective
surpassed
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Verb
sword
/
Noun, Verb
taken
/x
Adjective
tell
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Verb, Noun
telltale
/x
Adjective, Noun
testament
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Noun, Verb
testimony
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Noun
through
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
toll
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Noun, Verb
torch
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Noun, Verb
tracer
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Noun
transferred
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Verb
transmission
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Noun
transmit
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Verb
traversed
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Verb
treasurers
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Noun
trespassed
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Verb
trickle
/x
Noun, Verb
trident
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Noun
turbo
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
turned
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Adjective
undergone
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Verb
undertaken
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Verb
via
/x
Noun
voted
/x
Verb
wand
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Noun, Verb
whip
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Noun, Verb
wills
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Noun
withstood
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Verb
witness
/x
Noun, Verb
wrote
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Verb