How to pronounce “thread the needle”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (idiomatic) To perform a tedious task with extreme precision; to manage to find harmony or strike a balance between conflicting forces, interests, etc.
• (skydiving) To fly through a narrow gap; typically using a wingsuit.
• [Noun]
• A game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding their neighbor, runs between the others.

Practice Nearby Words

unthread, thread, thrid, interthread, walk a tightrope, walk the line, triangulate, hang by a thread, fall between two stools, butter one's bread on both sides, move the needle, take the rough with the smooth, tram, work both ends against the middle, angle, play both ends against the middle, tread water, hang by a hair, play both sides against the middle, budge the needle, angle for, strain a point, get between, tick over, fish in troubled waters, throw a wrench in, pull through, throw a wrench in the gears, stick to one's knitting, juggle, make heavy weather, work both sides against the middle, muddle through, go through hoops, twine, tread carefully, cut it fine, spin one's wheels, traverse, jump through hoops, play the angles, keep to one's knitting, interdeal, have the tiger by the tail, keep one's head above water, scrape through, throw a monkey wrench in the works, make the best of a bad bargain, throw a spanner in the works, throw a spanner into the works, strain at a gnat, have a tiger by the tail, tend to one's knitting, put a spanner in the works, go through fire and water, keep to one's own knitting, finesse, squeak through, transpose, play hardball, hack it, slip through, spin a yarn, ride with the punches, tend to one's own knitting, meander, finagle, muddle along, wring, weave, twiddle, turn up trumps, windlass, make the best of one's way, stick to one's own knitting, attend to one's knitting, bewind, pull teeth, slip through someone's fingers, feel one's way, nut out, cut it close, pick one's way, hit a snag, finangle, feed two birds with one scone, toe-dance, get one's undies in a bundle, tightrope, hang in the balance, sniggle, pull a few strings, threadjack, get one's panties in a pretzel, tip the scales, tread softly, twist the knife, multitask, paint oneself into a corner, treadle

Similar Sounds

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