Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colour outside the lines

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: colour out-side the -lines
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of color outside the lines.

Example Sentences

"Now individuals and teams need to be willing to colour outside the lines and not work only from inside a box, a silo, a discipline, and so on."
"At Southwest we don't want clones – everyone is expected to colour outside the lines."
"Perhaps she should colour outside the lines more often. Not that icecream was much of a step over the lines."

Inflected Forms

colours outside the lines (present, singular) colouring outside the lines (participle, present) coloured outside the lines (participle, past) coloured outside the lines (past)

Rhymes With

fine lines gas lines co-signs fuel lines bread lines number nines sixty-nines 69s 99s wines and dines overlines undefines

Questions

What does colour outside the lines mean?: Alternative form of color outside the lines.

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