Collocations for "plot"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "plot" in context.
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plot
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [futuristic, rural, 19th-century, war] plot
- a [movie, story] plot
- the plot of the [movie]
- a [convoluted, complicated, simple, straightforward] plot
- [a confusing, an interesting, a boring] plot
- found the plot was [confusing]
- the plot thickens!
- [another, several, many] twists in the plot
- the plot and characters
- the climax of the plot
- historical: the Gunpowder Plot
- a plot to [oust, overthrow, assassinate, kill]
- a [garden, yard, vegetable, burial] plot
- a [large, small, substantial, vacant] plot of land
- build [houses, apartments, offices] on the plot
- [grow, plant] vegetables on the plot
- [foiled, discovered] their plot
- a plot twist
- [several, confusing, unconnected] plot points
- plot the [points, values, data, information]
- plot [the progress, its development, your profits, their losses]
- plot them on a [graph, chart]
- plot it on the [horizontal, vertical] axis
- [value, variable] to plot on the [horizontal] axis
- plotting [revenge, his escape, the murder]
- [accused, cleared, convicted, suspected] of plotting to
- of plotting to [overthrow, kill, murder, steal]
- plot against the [government, police, organization]
- are plotting something
'plot' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
axis
- brain
- chart
- clever
- cloak
- compass
- confused
- counterfeit
- course
- crafty
- dark
- desirable
- develop
- device
- diagram
- dimension
- downfall
- dwelling
- equally
- escape
- evil
- exact
- fashion
- forced
- freight
- graph
- hatch
- journey
- land
- map
- matrix
- neglect
- outline
- overthrow
- peak
- progress
- rambling
- ratio
- scarcely
- scary
- scheme
- sex
- similar
- sixty
- skeleton
- strand
- sum
- surprising
- survey
- thread