Related Words for take the wheel

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take the helm
/x/
Phrase, Verb
guide
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Noun
helm
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Noun
take
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Verb
stand
/
Noun
conn
/
Noun
give way
//
Phrase, Verb
embark
x/
Verb
sail
/
Noun
set sail
//
Phrase, Verb
canoe
x/
Noun
ride
/
Noun
motorboat
/xx
Noun
tend
/
Verb
stem
/
Noun
carry
/x
Verb
keel
/
Noun
make way
//
Phrase, Verb
pilot
/x
Noun
ship
/
Noun
stern
/
Noun
crew
/
Noun
board
/
Noun
boat
/
Noun
haul
/
Noun
turn round
//
Phrase, Verb
come about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
round to
//
Phrase, Verb
skipper
/x
Noun
port
/
Noun
bear down
//
Phrase, Verb
keel over
//x
Phrase, Verb
wind
/
Noun
lock up
/x
Phrase, Verb
shoot
/
Noun
come to
//
Phrase, Verb
cruise
/
Noun
head off
//
Phrase, Verb
navigate
/xx
Verb
veer
/
Noun
catch
/
Noun
heel
/
Noun
pull in
/x
Phrase, Verb
put to sea
///
Phrase, Verb
skiff
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Noun
stand on
//
Phrase, Verb
weigh
/
Verb
toss
/
Noun
sit out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
reach
/
Noun
lay on
//
Phrase, Verb
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
bend
/
Noun
scull
/
Noun
tail
/
Noun
windlass
/x
Noun
slew
/
Noun
shove off
//
Phrase, Verb
cross the line
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pay off
//
Phrase, Verb
head up
//
Phrase, Verb
heave to
//
Phrase, Verb
berth
/
Noun
go to sea
///
Phrase, Verb
capsize
/x
Noun
go by the board
//x/
Phrase, Verb
back and fill
///
Phrase, Verb
roll
/
Noun
put about
/x/
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
stand out
//
Phrase, Verb
steve
/
Name
carry away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
warp
/
Noun
paddle
/x
Noun
lock
/
Noun
pass
/
Noun
dock
/
Noun
weather
/x
Noun
ride down
//
Phrase, Verb
launch
/
Noun
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
winch
/
Noun
yacht
/
Noun
point
/
Noun
feather
/x
Noun
ride out
//
Phrase, Verb
gather
/x
Verb
bear up
//
Phrase, Verb
jet ski
/x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
conde
/
Name
plane
/
Noun
sweep
/
Noun
hull
/
Noun
surfboard
/x
Noun
rake
/
Noun
hand
/
Noun
swing
/
Noun
beach
/
Noun
beat
/
Noun
shorten
/x
Verb
hike
/
Noun
steamboat
/x
Noun
ware
/
Noun
lay to
//
Phrase, Verb
cradle
/x
Noun
weigh anchor
//x
Phrase, Verb
whip
/
Noun
catch a crab
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tack
/
Noun
touch
/
Noun
shipwreck
/x
Noun
gangway
/x
Noun
render
/x
Verb
overreach
/xx
Noun
bear
/
Noun
learn the ropes
/x/
Phrase, Verb
flagship
/x
Noun
spring
/
Noun
beat up
/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
kayak
/x
Noun
gondola
/xx
Noun
canal
x/
Noun
rowboat
/x
Noun
range
/
Noun
sheer
/
Adjective
fall off
//
Phrase, Verb
trim
/
Noun
sail through
//
Phrase, Verb
round in
/x
Phrase, Verb
reef
/
Noun
speedboat
/x
Noun
cape
/
Noun
abduct
x/
Verb
abide
x/
Verb
absorb
x/
Verb
abstain
x/
Verb
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
accommodate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accomplish
x/x
Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adhere
x/
Verb
admit
x/
Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
adoption
x/x
Noun
adversarial
xx/xx
Adjective
affect
x/
Verb, Noun
afford
x/
Verb
agonistic
/x/x
Adjective
agree
x/
Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
ake
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
allow
x/
Verb
angular
/xx
Adjective, Noun
annex
/x
Noun, Verb
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
approve
x/
Verb
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
arrive
x/
Verb
ask
/
Verb, Noun
aspirate
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
assign
x/
Verb, Noun
assume
x/
Verb
attach
x/
Verb
attend
x/
Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
audit
/x
Noun, Verb
avail
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
axle
/x
Noun
bag
/
Noun, Verb
bail out
//
Phrase, Verb
bale out
//
Phrase, Verb
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
barrel
/x
Noun, Verb
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beacon
/x
Noun, Verb
become
x/
Verb
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
believe
x/
Verb
ben
/
Name, Adverb, Adjective
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
bicycle
/xx
Noun, Verb
bike
/
Noun, Verb
bin
/
Noun, Verb
birdie
/x
Noun, Verb
bobbin
/x
Noun
bolt
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
bone
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
booze
/
Noun, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
brake
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
breathe
/
Verb
briefing
/x
Noun
bring
/
Verb
bring back
//
Phrase, Verb
brush
/
Noun, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
bulkhead
/x
Noun
bullock
/x
Noun, Verb
bur
/
Noun
burl
/
Noun, Verb
burr
/
Name, Verb
businesslike
/xx
Adjective
butterfly
/xx
Noun, Verb
buy
/
Verb, Noun
calf
/
Noun
call for
//
Phrase, Verb
call in
/x
Phrase, Verb
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
candle
/x
Noun, Verb
capitalize
/xxx
Verb
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
car
/
Noun
care
/
Noun, Verb
cash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cast off
//
Phrase, Verb
caster
/x
Noun, Verb
castor
/x
Noun
cause
/
Noun, Verb
chain
/
Noun, Verb
chair
/
Noun, Verb
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
charter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
chip away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
choose
/
Verb, Noun
church
/
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
cite
/
Verb, Noun
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clear away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
clear off
//
Phrase, Verb
clear up
//
Phrase, Verb
clock
/
Noun, Verb
clutch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
collegial
x/xx
Adjective
comb
/
Noun, Verb
come
/
Verb, Noun
commence
x/
Verb
commit
x/
Verb, Noun
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
comply
x/
Verb
comprehend
xx/
Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
conference
/xx
Noun, Verb
confiscate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
conflictual
x/xx
Adjective
confrontational
xx/xx
Adjective
conquer
/x
Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
constructive
x/x
Adjective
consume
x/
Verb
contain
x/
Verb
contemplate
/xx
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
convene
x/
Verb
convey
x/
Verb
cooperative
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
cope
/
Verb, Noun
cost
/
Noun, Verb
coupling
/x
Noun
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
crank
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cream
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cream off
//
Phrase, Verb
create
x/
Verb, Adjective
cross
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crumb
/
Noun, Verb
cry for
//
Phrase, Verb
cube
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cycle
/x
Noun, Verb
cylinder
/xx
Noun, Verb
dally
/x
Name, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
decide
x/
Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
dedicate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
defuse
x/
Verb
degas
/x
Verb
delay
x/
Noun, Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun