Related Words for spit and polish

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elbow grease
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Phrase, Noun
spit in the ocean
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
grind
/
Noun
scrape
/
Noun
shave
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Verb
lick and a promise
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
spin
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Noun
crack
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Noun
grease spot
//
Phrase, Noun
fist
/
Noun
soak
/
Verb
ins and outs
///
Phrase, Noun
lick
/
Noun
slap on the wrist
//x/
Phrase, Verb, Noun
bash
/
Noun
chop
/
Noun
clean sheet
//
Phrase, Noun
tough love
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
hack
/
Noun
cut and thrust
///
Phrase, Noun
wash up
//
Phrase, Verb
swot
/
Name
grasp
/
Noun
blot on the escutcheon
//xx/x
Phrase, Noun
fly in the ointment
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
beat up
/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
throw up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
trick of the trade
//x/
Phrase, Noun
works
/
Noun
pep talk
//
Phrase, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
stab
/
Noun
clean break
//
Phrase, Noun
running
/x
Verb
seeing to
/x/
Phrase, Noun
crunch
/
Noun
third degree
/x/
Phrase, Noun
contact
/x
Noun
toss
/
Noun
boot
/
Noun
hatchet job
/x/
Phrase, Noun
trick
/
Noun
crash course
//
Phrase, Noun
grease
/
Noun
grip
/
Noun
slam dunk
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
beat
/
Noun
burn
/
Noun
modus operandi
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
testing ground
/x/
Phrase, Noun
pink slip
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
prowl car
//
Phrase, Noun
hang
/
Verb
play
/
Noun
tackle
/x
Noun
pretend
x/
Verb
fire drill
/x/
Phrase, Noun
railroad
/x
Noun
smash
/
Noun
whack
/
Noun
touch
/
Noun
beeswax
/x
Noun
thing
/
Noun
thrust
/
Noun
deep dive
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
bright spot
//
Phrase, Noun
fronting
/x
Verb
crash
/
Noun
blow
/
Noun
spare tire
//x
Phrase, Noun
everything but the kitchen sink
/xx/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
stretch
/
Noun
hustle
/x
Noun
save
/
Verb
pinch
/
Noun
pass
/
Noun
torture
/x
Noun
picnic
/x
Noun
parting shot
/x/
Phrase, Noun
proverbial
x/xx
Adjective
aaron
/x
Name
abel
/x
Name
abutment
x/x
Noun
acorn
/x
Noun
aeneas
/xx
Name
aft
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
albania
x/xx
Name
albanian
x/xx
Name, Adjective
algeria
x/xx
Name
algerian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
amber
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
anchor
/x
Noun, Verb
armor
/x
Noun, Verb
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
arrowhead
/xx
Noun
azerbaijani
xxx/x
Name, Adjective
ball
/
Noun, Verb
blacking
/x
Noun
bleached
/
Adjective
bohemian
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
boom
/
Noun, Verb
boys
/
Noun
brass
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
breathe
/
Verb
bright
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
brindle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
broiled
/
Adjective
brooch
/
Noun, Verb
brush up
//
Phrase, Verb
bucket
/x
Noun, Verb
buff
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bulgarian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
bullet
/x
Noun, Verb
bump
/
Noun, Verb
cambodian
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
car
/
Noun
champagne
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chew
/
Verb, Noun
chocolate
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
civilize
/xx
Verb
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
consecrated
/xxx
Adjective
coolest
/x
Adjective, Noun
coppery
/xx
Adjective
cough
/
Noun, Verb
courteous
/xx
Adjective
croatian
x/x
Adjective, Name
cuban
/x
Adjective, Name
cuddly
/x
Adjective
cultivate
/xx
Verb
czech
/
Name, Adjective
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
darn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
deflected
x/x
Adjective
deflection
x/x
Noun
dented
/x
Adjective
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disgust
x/
Noun, Verb
doors
/
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
dribble
/x
Noun, Verb
drivel
/x
Noun, Verb
drool
/
Noun, Verb
eat
/
Verb, Noun
educate
/xx
Verb
elegance
/xx
Noun
face
/
Noun, Verb
finish
/x
Verb, Noun
flush
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
folk
/
Noun, Adjective
frosting
/x
Noun
furniture
/xx
Noun
german
/x
Adjective, Name
girt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
glaze
/
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
gum
/
Noun, Verb
hungarian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
indigo
/xx
Noun, Adjective
invite
x/
Verb, Noun
isthmus
/x
Noun
knock
/
Verb, Noun
lacquer
/x
Noun, Verb
laotian
x/x
Adjective, Noun
latvian
/xx
Adjective, Name
lavender
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
lipstick
/x
Noun, Verb
lithuanian
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
luster
/x
Noun, Verb
lustre
/x
Noun, Verb
mexican
/xx
Adjective, Name
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
nail
/
Noun, Verb
nasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
onion
/x
Noun
orange
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
paint
/
Noun, Verb
pap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
paste
/
Noun, Verb
patina
x/x
Noun, Adjective
patter
/x
Noun, Verb
pet
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
phlegm
/
Noun
pin
/
Noun, Verb
poland
/x
Name
pole
/
Noun, Verb
polished
/x
Adjective
pool
/
Noun, Verb
refine
x/
Verb
refinement
x/x
Noun
roasting
/x
Noun, Adjective
romanian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
round off
//
Phrase, Verb
rub
/
Verb, Noun
rumanian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
saliva
x/x
Noun
school
/
Noun, Verb
separate
/xx
Adjective, Verb, Noun
serbian
/xx
Adjective, Name
shine
/
Verb, Noun
shoe
/
Noun, Verb
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
shore
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
sidewalk
/x
Noun
silesia
x/x
Name
skewer
/x
Noun, Verb
sleek
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
slick
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
slime
/
Noun, Verb
slovak
/x
Name, Adjective
smooth
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
spat
/
Verb, Noun
spatter
/x
Noun, Verb
spew
/
Verb, Noun
spike
/
Noun, Verb
spill
/
Noun, Verb
spindle
/x
Noun, Verb
spire
/
Noun, Verb
spittle
/x
Noun, Verb
split
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
sprinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
sputum
/x
Noun
squashed
/
Adjective
sting
/
Noun, Verb
swallow
/x
Verb, Noun
tan
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tobacco
x/x
Noun, Verb
tobacco juice
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
tongue
/
Noun, Verb
train
/
Noun, Verb
ukrainian
x/xx
Name, Adjective
up
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
varnish
/x
Noun, Verb
veneer
x/
Noun, Verb
vermilion
x/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
warsaw
/x
Name
water
/x
Noun, Verb
wave
/
Noun, Verb
wax
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb