Rule
How words are described
| normal | normal rule | normal stroke |
| certain | certain rule | certain stroke |
| single | single rule | single stroke |
| real | real rule | real stroke |
| Other adjectives: little, final, last. | ||
Common collocations
| side | rule side | stroke side |
Both words in one sentence
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In the same film, Happy actually is offered the unplayable-lie rule, but doesn't use it to avoid the penalty stroke.
Source: Artistic License Sports -
However, in a master stroke of Rule of Funny he was given a hip American accent to fit with his rock 'n' roll image on the show.
Source: Series / Spitting Image -
This serves the Rule of Drama, especially if time can be magically stopped, slowed or reversed to give the characters more time before the twelfth stroke.
Source: When the Clock Strikes Twelve
Cite this Source
Stroke and Rule. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rule/stroke
Rule & Stroke. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/rule/stroke>.
Stroke or Rule. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/rule/stroke.
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