| Part of speech denoting an action |
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| Sink or swim, e.g. |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Action word (4) ACROSS: 1 Accrual 5 Gifts 8 Alias 9 Algebra 10 Subsided 11 Vice 13 Skulks 15 Nagged 18 Paid 19 Succumbs 22 Odorous 23 Lisps 24 Samoa 25 Entices. |
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| Part of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Jun 2025 |
| Word of some brevity returned (4) |
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| What often follows a noun |
New York Times |
19 May 2025 |
| Never bellow part of speech (4) |
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| Preposition's pal |
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| Action word |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Be, beg, or betray, e.g. |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Apr 2025 |
| Sink or swim, e.g. |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Part of speech denoting an action |
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| Doing word |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Sink or swim |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Word such as "compile" |
The Times Concise |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Conjugation target |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2025 |
| Clever brains provide part of the speech |
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| Action word |
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| Doing word |
Mirror Classic |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Doing word in grammar |
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| Action word in grammar |
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| Word of action |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Word indicating an action (4) |
The Sun Mini |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Sink or swim |
LA Times Mini |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Somewhat overblown part of speech (4) |
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| Part of the speech to be found in clever books |
|
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| Segment of overblown part of speech (4) |
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| It indicates action of lover boy's heart (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
17 Dec 2024 |
| A "doing" word (4) |
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| Never be sure it contains part of the speech |
|
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| Action word |
|
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| Little River Band's Reminiscing, say (4) |
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| Doing word |
Mirror Classic |
03 Dec 2024 |
| Part of a sentence |
Mirror Quick |
02 Dec 2024 |
| Overburdened with a word |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 Dec 2024 |
| What "is" is |
Universal |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Overburdened with a word |
Mirror Cryptic |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Type of word |
Mirror Quick |
17 Nov 2024 |
| To be, or not to be, that is the answer (4) |
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| Part of speech backed bishop and reverend (4) |
|
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| A word used to describe an action (4) |
|
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| Clever behaviour with this part of speech (4) |
|
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| Part of speech which has an infinitive |
Puzzler Backwords |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Word like "buy" or "sell" |
Newsday |
02 Oct 2024 |
| 'Doing' word |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Sep 2024 |
| Conjugated word |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Word of action |
Mirror Tea Time |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Word indicating action |
|
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| Doing word |
Mirror Classic |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Verbose characters cut short by part of speech |
|
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| Word of action |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jun 2024 |
| 'Doing' word (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Part of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jun 2024 |
| "Push" or "pull," perhaps |
Universal |
09 Jun 2024 |
| 'Doing' part of speech (4) |
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| Word signifying an action (4) |
Puzzler |
14 May 2024 |
| Last but not least? |
New York Times |
02 May 2024 |
| A clever bard uses a part of speech which asserts |
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| As such, there's no difference between best and worst |
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| Cast or oil, sometimes |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Part of speech |
Mirror Classic |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Overburdened with word (4) |
|
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| Part of speech denoting an action |
|
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| Hunt or fish |
Newsday |
23 Mar 2024 |
| Action word, in grammar |
|
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| Make or break, for instance (4) |
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| A word of action (4) |
|
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| Do for one bishop and cleric, looking back |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Mar 2024 |
| Part of speech that indicates what something does (4) |
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| Hit or miss, perhaps |
New York Times |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Part of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Feb 2024 |
| What "man" actually is in the sentence "The old man the boat" |
New York Times Mini |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Word of action |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Feb 2024 |
| Part of speech |
Mirror Classic |
06 Feb 2024 |
| Action word |
|
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| Active word |
|
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| Part of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Never be involved in making up a speech! (4) |
|
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| Grammatical category |
The Times Concise |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Often-conjugated word |
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| Trick or treat, e.g.? |
|
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| Tucked away in a silver bullet, in a manner of speaking (4) |
|
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| Word of action |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Dec 2023 |
| Part of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Nov 2023 |
| Part of speech, word for word? First half |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Sep 2023 |
| Part of speech |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Sep 2023 |
| Action word in grammar |
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| Do-ing word |
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| Sink or swim |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Part of speech never bettered, but only part |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Jul 2023 |
| One may be conjugated |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jun 2023 |
| Word like "make" or "break," e.g. |
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| Action word |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2023 |
| Trick or treat |
LA Times Daily |
10 May 2023 |
| Move or groove |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2023 |
| Buy or sell |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2023 |
| Hit or miss |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Doing word |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Kind of word sent round in brief note |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Oct 2022 |
| Mad Libs prompt |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Sep 2022 |
| Part of speech |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Aug 2022 |
| After shortening, deliver best part of speech |
The Times Cryptic |
17 Aug 2022 |
| Action word |
USA Today |
06 Aug 2022 |
| Sink or swim |
LA Times Daily |
03 Aug 2022 |
| Short note written about part of speech |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Jul 2022 |
| Word denoting action |
The Guardian Speedy |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Action word |
Premier Sunday |
03 Jul 2022 |
| Parser's concern |
Canadiana |
06 Jun 2022 |
| Part of speech from bishop backing retired vicar, perhaps |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Apr 2022 |
| "Eat" or "drink," perhaps |
Universal |
26 Mar 2022 |
| 5 years oddly cut back from the opening part of sentence |
|
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| "May" or "march," at times |
Universal |
26 Feb 2022 |
| Important part of a sentence |
Family Time |
20 Feb 2022 |
| Base word of a gerund |
USA Today |
13 Feb 2022 |
| Part of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Dec 2021 |
| Noun follower, often |
Premier Sunday |
14 Nov 2021 |
| Kind of word that either part of down clue can be, never across |
|
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| Kind of word that either part of down clue can be, never across |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Oct 2021 |
| Part of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Sep 2021 |
| Trick or treat |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2021 |
| Trick or treat |
The Washington Post |
14 Sep 2021 |
| Rain or shine |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2021 |
| Swim, say, in river Beas |
|
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| Word of action |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jul 2021 |
| Pop or rock, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Conjugation target |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2021 |
| Word of action? |
|
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| Part of a predicate |
Universal |
18 Jun 2021 |
| Word ending in -ify, often |
USA Today |
17 May 2021 |
| Part of speech, a 'doing word' |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
09 May 2021 |
| Word ending in -ize, often |
USA Today |
24 Mar 2021 |
| Win or draw, at times? |
Universal |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Hop, skip or jump, perhaps? |
Universal |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Sink or swim |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Action word |
Universal |
09 Nov 2020 |
| Word of action |
The Times Concise |
05 Nov 2020 |
| Bought or sold |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Doing word |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Oct 2020 |
| Part of speech penned by Beaverbrook |
|
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| "Cross," "word" or "puzzle," at times |
Universal |
04 Aug 2020 |
| Action word in grammar |
|
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| Come or go, e.g |
The Washington Post |
13 Jul 2020 |
| Come or go, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jul 2020 |
| Have or hold? |
Universal |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Almost any word ending in -ize |
New York Times |
03 Jun 2020 |
| Word of action |
|
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| Word like ''bring'' or ''be'' |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2020 |
| Give or take, say |
The Washington Post |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Give or take, say |
LA Times Daily |
05 Apr 2020 |
| British minister turning up for part of speech |
|
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| However, being locked in is part of sentence |
|
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| Part of speech like ''go'' and ''be'' |
Newsday |
04 Nov 2019 |
| 14 describing action concealed by clever boy |
|
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| Action word |
|
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| Word of action? |
|
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| Part of a sentence |
Family Time |
29 Jul 2019 |
| Sort of word used by clever bloke |
|
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| Word of action? |
|
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| Win or lose, perhaps, it's some clever betting |
|
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| Word of action |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Subject-___ agreement |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 Jan 2019 |
| Word from ever-beloved |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Action word |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Jan 2019 |
| Action word |
|
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| "Go" in "I'll go" |
Universal |
26 Dec 2018 |
| "Stop," in "Don't stop" |
Universal |
21 Dec 2018 |
| Action word |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2018 |
| Trick or treat, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Oct 2018 |
| A word that describes an action |
|
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| Run or swim, grammatically |
Universal |
05 Oct 2018 |
| 'Cross,' 'word' or 'puzzle,' at times |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2018 |
| Action word in grammar |
|
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| A lot of very black paint, for example? |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Aug 2018 |
| Action word |
|
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| Part of speech |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jun 2018 |
| Sentence part |
Family Time |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Word from lover boy |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 May 2018 |
| Former Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale component |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Former Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale component |
The Washington Post |
04 Mar 2018 |
| Some clever boy doing part of sentence |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jan 2018 |
| Win or lose, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Action word |
|
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| Trick or treat, e.g. |
|
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| "Cross," "word" or "puzzle," at times |
|
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| Run or swim, grammatically |
|
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| "Stop," in "Don't stop" |
|
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| "Go" in "I'll go" |
|
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| Action word |
The Washington Post |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Action word |
LA Times Daily |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Reverberate, for example, but not much |
|
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| Word of action |
|
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| For example, steal lover boy's heart |
|
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| The predicate of a sentence |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Sep 2017 |
| Word of action, as with grammar |
|
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| Noun go-with |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2017 |
| Word of action |
|
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| Part of speech denoting an action |
|
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| Part of speech like ''go'' |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2017 |
| What fish or chicken can be, but not turkey |
New York Times |
04 Aug 2017 |
| Win, lose or draw |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2017 |
| "Hit" or "miss," for example |
|
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| Part of speech that "is" belongs to |
|
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| Conjugation target |
Wall Street Journal |
10 May 2017 |
| Buy or sell |
Newsday |
30 Apr 2017 |
| Sentence part |
Universal |
06 Mar 2017 |
| Publish or perish |
The Washington Post |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Action word |
|
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| Noun go-with |
|
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| Sentence part |
|
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| Win, lose or draw |
|
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| What fish or chicken can be, but not turkey |
|
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| Speak or creak |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2016 |
| Part of speech some deliver brilliantly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Nov 2016 |
| Tucked away in a silver bullet, in a manner of speaking |
Irish Times Crosaire |
31 Oct 2016 |
| Sink or swim, e.g |
New York Times |
27 Oct 2016 |
| Make or break, e.g |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2016 |
| Table or chair, sometimes |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
07 Oct 2016 |
| 'Like' or 'leave', e.g |
Jonesin |
27 Sep 2016 |
| Part of speech |
The Guardian Speedy |
24 Sep 2016 |
| Part of speech |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Beg, borrow, or steal |
The Washington Post |
15 Aug 2016 |
| It often follows a noun |
Universal |
08 Apr 2016 |
| Give or take |
The Washington Post |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Hop, skip or jump |
New York Times |
12 Feb 2016 |
| Sink or swim, e.g |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
12 Feb 2016 |
| Something to conjugate |
The Washington Post |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Beg, borrow or steal |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2016 |
| Part of a sentence |
Universal |
25 Jan 2016 |
| Hop, skip or jump |
|
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| Table or chair, sometimes |
|
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| Sink or swim, e.g. |
|
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| Beg, borrow or steal |
|
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| Speak or creak |
|
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| Sink or swim, e.g. |
|
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| Make or break, e.g. |
|
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| Part of a sentence |
|
|
| Feed, but not food |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2015 |
| Word of action |
Universal |
16 Nov 2015 |
| Hit or miss |
LA Times Daily |
12 Nov 2015 |
| Do or die |
Newsday |
05 Sep 2015 |
| Trick or treat? |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Sep 2015 |
| What 'is' is |
New York Times |
20 May 2015 |
| Hop, skip or jump, e.g |
Universal |
06 May 2015 |
| Word after a noun, often |
Premier Sunday |
19 Apr 2015 |
| Word type |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Jan 2015 |
| Action word |
|
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| Hit or miss |
|
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| Word after a noun, often |
|
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| What "is" is |
|
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| Do or die |
|
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| Word of action |
|
|
| Hop, skip or jump, e.g. |
|
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| Trick or treat, e.g. |
|
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| Feed, but not food |
|
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| "Make" or "break" |
|
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| Trick or treat, at times |
|
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| Noun chaser, often |
|
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| Trick or treat, e.g. |
|
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| Word like "be" or "go" |
|
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| Schoolhouse Rock "I get my thing in action: __!" |
|
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| What a fragment may lack |
|
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| Action word |
|
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| Heads or tails |
|
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| Win, lose, or draw |
|
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| Sentence necessity |
|
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| It may be helping or linking |
|
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| Grammar class subject |
|
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| Beg, borrow, or steal, e.g. |
|
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| "Walk" or "crawl" or "sink" or "swim" |
|
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| Action part of a sentence |
|
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| Sink or swim |
|
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| Grammar class subject, sometimes |
|
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| 3-Down, e.g. |
|
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| Word of action |
|
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| "Trick" or "treat" |
|
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| Give or take, e.g. |
|
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| Word of action |
|
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| Shake, rattle or roll |
|
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| "Sink" or "swim" |
|
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| "Trick" or "treat" |
|
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| Twist or shout, for example |
|
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| Fly or drive |
|
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| Grammar class subject |
|
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| Give or take, e.g. |
|
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| 3-Down, e.g. |
|
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| Shake, rattle, or roll |
|
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| Stand or deliver? |
|
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| It may be helping or linking |
|
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| Conjugated word |
|
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| Hit or miss? |
|
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| Subject follower |
|
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| Hit or miss? |
|
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| "Give" or "take," e.g. |
|
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| "Give" or "take," e.g. |
|
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| Hit or miss? |
|
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| Auxiliary, e.g. |
|
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| Noun follower, often |
|
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| "Come" or "go," e.g. |
|
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| Noun follower, often |
|
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| "Be" or "bring" |
|
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| Stop, look, or listen |
|
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| Part of speech |
|
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| Give or take |
|
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| Trick or treat? |
|
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| Conjugated word |
|
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| Trick or treat? |
|
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| Conjugated word |
|
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| Predicate part |
|
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| Action word |
|
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| Action word |
|
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| Think, shrink, or wink |
|
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| Trick or treat, e.g. |
|
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| Make or break, e.g. |
|
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| Predicate |
|
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| Do or die |
|
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| Hit or miss, e.g. |
|
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| It can be conjugated |
|
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| Conjugation target |
|
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| Action word |
|
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| Sentence requirement |
|
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| "Sink" or "swim" |
|
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| Run or hide, e.g. |
|
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| Sink or swim |
|
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| Hit or miss |
|
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| It can be intransitive |
|
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| Buy or sell |
|
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| Buy or sell |
|
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| Predicate part |
|
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| Run or hide, e.g. |
|
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| Predicate part |
|
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| Action word |
|
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| Sentence necessity, often |
|
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| Part of speech |
|
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| Predicate part |
|
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| Grammar class subject |
|
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| Grammar class subject |
|
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| Trick or treat, e.g. |
|
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| It might be irregular |
|
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| Hop, skip or jump |
|
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| Hit or miss |
|
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| Rain or shine, e.g. |
|
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| Hop, skip or jump, e.g. |
|
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| "Sink" or "swim" |
|
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| Conjugation subject |
|
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| Rhyme or reason, e.g. |
|
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| Make or break |
|
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| Cash or charge, sometimes |
|
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| Pass, run or block, e.g. |
|
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| Hit or miss, e.g. |
|
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| Trick or treat, for example |
|
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| Hit or miss, e.g. |
|
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| Cash or charge, sometimes |
|
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| Hit or miss, e.g. |
|
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| "Stop" or "go" |
|
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| Last but not least, e.g. |
|
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| It can convey action |
|
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| Hop, skip or jump |
|
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| Action representative |
|
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| "Make" or "break" |
|
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| Sink or swim |
|
|
| Sink or swim? |
|
|
| "Come" or "go" |
|
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| "Come" or "go" |
|
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| Sentence necessity |
|
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| "Give" or "take" |
|
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| Action word |
|
|
| Part of a sentence |
|
|
| Word of action |
|
|
| "Sink" or "swim" |
|
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| Give or take |
|
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| Hit or miss |
|
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| Win, lose, or draw |
|
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| Sink or swim |
|
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| Make or break |
|
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| Part of a sentence |
|
|
| Man, but not woman |
|
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| Trick or treat |
|
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| Word of action |
|
|
| Hop, skip, or jump |
|
|
| 5-Down, for example |
|
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| Is or was |
|
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| Action word |
|
|
| Part of speech |
|
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| Predicate, or part of it |
|
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| Sentence part |
|
|
| Part of speech |
|
|
| Speak or fetch, e.g. |
|
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| Predicate part |
|
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| Action word |
|
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| Predicate word |
|
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| What is is |
|
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| Certain word |
|
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| Parser's concern |
|
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| Come or go. |
|
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| Thank, for example. |
|
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| Come or go, for example. |
|
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| Action word. |
|
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| Word expressing action. |
|
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| Be, for instance. |
|
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| 111 Down, for example. |
|
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| Word for action. |
|
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| Solve, for instance. |
|
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| Play, for instance. |
|
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| Give, for example. |
|
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| Subject's follower |
|
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| Do or die |
|
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| Heads or tails? |
|
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| Rain or shine |
|
|
| Type of word. |
|
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| Be or have, for example. |
|
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| Part of speech. |
|
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| See 62 Down. |
|
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| Infinitive. |
|
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| Solve, for one. |
|
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| Predicate. |
|
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| "Go" or "stay." |
|
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| Word form. |
|
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| Solve, for example. |
|
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| Part of a sentence. |
|
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