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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| play down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| talk around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| talk one's way out of | ///// | Phrase, Verb |
| feel out | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tiptoe around | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| tread lightly | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| beat around the bush | /x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| stroke | / | Noun |
| soften the blow | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| flatter | /x | Verb |
| put in a good word | /xx// | Phrase, Verb |
| talk sense | // | Phrase, Verb |
| angle | /x | Noun |
| back down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| put words in someone's mouth | //x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| beg to differ | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| score points | // | Phrase, Verb |
| soap | / | Noun |
| bluff | / | Noun |
| jawbone | /x | Noun |
| pull the wool over someone's eyes | /x//x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| beg the question | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| take the easy way out | /x/x// | Phrase, Verb |
| pill | / | Noun |
| tool | / | Noun |
| get after | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| lie through one's teeth | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| cover one's tracks | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| talk a good game | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| come round | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take a hint | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make noises | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| climb down | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| talk through one's hat | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| play off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| put up | // | Phrase, Verb, Adjective |
| paper over the cracks | /x/xx/ | Phrase |
| bend the truth | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| talk down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| let someone down gently | //x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| run past | // | Phrase, Verb |
| sweep something under the rug | //x/xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| stage | / | Noun |
| feel one's way | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| pull strings | // | Phrase, Verb |
| kiss up to | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| give way | // | Phrase, Verb |
| cut corners | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| put on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| change the subject | /xx/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bounce | / | Noun |
| play possum | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| come around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| make no bones about | ///x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| bend someone's ear | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| pimp | / | Noun |
| put up to | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| play to the gallery | //x/xx | Phrase, Verb |
| fake it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| talk through | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lay down | // | Phrase, Verb |
| play | / | Noun |
| make conversation | /xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| talk at | // | Phrase, Verb |
| put one's best foot forward | /////x | Phrase, Verb |
| put the pedal to the metal | /x/x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| drive a hard bargain | /x//x | Phrase, Verb |
| get at | // | Phrase, Verb |
| back off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| take someone's part | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| walk over | //x | Phrase, Verb |
| preach to the choir | //x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| get away with | /x// | Phrase, Verb |
| get around | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| take it | // | Phrase, Verb |
| move the goalposts | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| take it easy | ///x | Phrase, Verb |
| budge an inch | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| taste blood | // | Phrase, Verb |
| lead on | // | Phrase, Verb |
| tip one's hand | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| lead someone up the garden path | //x/x/x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| hide one's light under a bushel | ////xx/x | Phrase, Verb |
| paint a rosy picture | /x/x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| sneak up | // | Phrase, Verb |
| change one's tune | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| shift one's ground | /// | Phrase, Verb |
| bite the bullet | /x/x | Phrase, Verb |
| snow | / | Noun |
| ignore | x/ | Verb |
| guess | / | Noun |
| put one's foot down | //// | Phrase, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun, Adverb |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
