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to and fro
collapse
related words >
alternately
,
back and forth
,
backward and forward
,
backwards and forwards
,
by turns
,
capriciously
,
changeably
,
desultorily
,
erratically
,
every other
,
hitch and hike
,
in and out
,
in rotation
,
in turns
,
inconstantly
,
make and break
,
mutatis mutandis
,
off and on
,
on and off
,
reciprocally
,
ride and tie
,
round and round
,
seesaw
,
shuttlewise
,
turn about
,
uncertainly
,
unsteadfastly
,
unsteadily
,
up and down
,
variably
,
vice versa
,
waveringly
nearby
collapse
close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"
not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"
related words >
about
,
accessible
,
adjacent
,
along toward
,
around
,
aside
,
at close quarters
,
at hand
,
away
,
beside
,
by
,
circa
,
close
,
close about
,
close at hand
,
close by
,
convenient
,
convenient to
,
easily reached
,
fast by
,
handy
,
hard
,
hard by
,
hereabout
,
hereabouts
,
immediate
,
in juxtaposition
,
in spitting distance
,
in the vicinity
,
near
,
near at hand
,
nearabout
,
nearabouts
,
nigh
,
nigh about
,
not far
,
on one side
,
on the side
,
only a step
,
propinquant
,
propinquous
,
ready at hand
,
round
,
sidelong
,
thereabout
,
thereabouts
,
to hand
,
to one side
,
to the side
,
within call
,
within earshot
,
within hearing
,
within reach
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
collapse
any two people who are hard to tell apart
related words >
Castor and Pollux
,
Gemini
,
Siamese twins
,
Twin Stars
,
dead heat
,
deadlock
,
draw
,
even break
,
exact mates
,
fair shake
,
fraternal twins
,
identical twins
,
knotted score
,
neck-and-neck race
,
pair of twins
,
photo finish
,
stalemate
,
standoff
,
the same
,
tie
,
twins
abdicate
collapse
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
acknowledge defeat
,
be pensioned
,
be superannuated
,
cashier
,
cast
,
cease
,
cede
,
cry quits
,
demit
,
desist from
,
drop
,
forgo
,
forswear
,
give over
,
give up
,
hand over
,
have done with
,
jettison
,
lay down
,
leave
,
leave off
,
pension off
,
quit
,
reject
,
relinquish
,
renounce
,
renounce the throne
,
resign
,
retire
,
retire from office
,
scrap
,
shed
,
slough
,
stand aside
,
stand down
,
step aside
,
superannuate
,
surrender
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
throw up
,
vacate
,
waive
,
withdraw from
,
wrest
,
yield
gunshot
collapse
related words >
ace
,
bang
,
bark
,
bit
,
blast
,
bowshot
,
brief span
,
bullet
,
burst
,
cannon
,
close quarters
,
close range
,
crack
,
detonation
,
discharge
,
earreach
,
earshot
,
ejection
,
explosion
,
fulmination
,
fusillade
,
gun
,
gunfire
,
hair
,
hair space
,
hairbreadth
,
hairsbreadth
,
inch
,
little
,
little ways
,
pistol shot
,
pop
,
potshot
,
salvo
,
short distance
,
short piece
,
short way
,
shot
,
span
,
spitting distance
,
spray
,
step
,
stoneshot
,
tattoo
,
volley
pause
collapse
temporary inactivity
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
related words >
abeyance
,
accent
,
accent mark
,
afterthought
,
back down
,
balance
,
bar
,
bashfulness
,
bind
,
blench
,
block
,
blockage
,
boggle
,
boggling
,
boundary
,
breach
,
break
,
breath
,
breathe
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
breve rest
,
bureaucratic delay
,
caesura
,
call a break
,
call a recess
,
call time
,
cancel
,
cease-fire
,
cessation
,
character
,
cigarette break
,
clause boundary
,
clause terminal
,
close juncture
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
colon
,
comma
,
compunction
,
custos
,
day off
,
debate
,
declare a recess
,
delay
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
demurral
,
detention
,
diffidence
,
direct
,
discontinuance
,
discontinuation
,
discontinue
,
discontinuity
,
dot
,
double take
,
downtime
,
dragging
,
drop
,
eighth rest
,
enforced respite
,
expression mark
,
falling terminal
,
falter
,
faltering
,
fear
,
fermata
,
fight shy of
,
fissure
,
flinch
,
gap
,
half rest
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
hang-up
,
happy hour
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitance
,
hesitancy
,
hesitate
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hindrance
,
hold
,
hold off
,
hold up
,
hold-up
,
holdup
,
holiday
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermit
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interrupt
,
interruption
,
interval
,
intervene
,
jam
,
jib
,
juncture
,
key signature
,
knock off
,
lacuna
,
lag
,
lagging
,
lapse
,
lay off
,
layoff
,
lead
,
let up
,
letup
,
ligature
,
logjam
,
lull
,
make bones about
,
mark
,
mark time
,
measure
,
metronomic mark
,
minim
,
modesty
,
moratorium
,
notation
,
objection
,
obstruction
,
off-time
,
open juncture
,
paperasserie
,
period
,
plateau
,
point
,
point of repose
,
ponder
,
presa
,
protest
,
pull back
,
quail
,
qualm
,
qualm of conscience
,
qualmishness
,
quarter rest
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
recoil
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
relief
,
remission
,
reprieve
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retardance
,
retardation
,
retreat
,
rising terminal
,
sandhi
,
scruple
,
scrupulosity
,
scrupulousness
,
segno
,
semicolon
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shyness
,
sign
,
signature
,
sixteenth rest
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowness
,
slur
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stickling
,
stop
,
stop for breath
,
stop to consider
,
stoppage
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
surcease
,
suspend
,
suspension
,
swell
,
symbol
,
take a break
,
take a recess
,
take a rest
,
take five
,
take ten
,
take time out
,
tea break
,
tempo mark
,
terminal
,
think twice about
,
tie
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
time off
,
time out
,
time signature
,
truce
,
vacation
,
vinculum
,
wait
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
word boundary
,
yield
befall
collapse
become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
related words >
be found
,
be met with
,
be realized
,
bechance
,
betide
,
break
,
chance
,
come
,
come about
,
come along
,
come down
,
come off
,
come to pass
,
come true
,
develop
,
eventuate
,
fall
,
fall out
,
go
,
go off
,
hap
,
happen
,
happen along
,
happen by chance
,
hazard
,
occur
,
pass
,
pass off
,
pop up
,
take place
,
transpire
,
turn up
betide
collapse
related words >
be found
,
be met with
,
be realized
,
bechance
,
befall
,
break
,
chance
,
come
,
come about
,
come along
,
come down
,
come off
,
come to pass
,
come true
,
develop
,
eventuate
,
fall
,
fall out
,
go
,
go off
,
hap
,
happen
,
happen along
,
happen by chance
,
hazard
,
occur
,
pass
,
pass off
,
pop up
,
take place
,
transpire
,
turn up
debunk
collapse
expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
related words >
awaken
,
break the spell
,
burst the bubble
,
correct
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
discover
,
disenchant
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
enlighten
,
expose
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
prick the bubble
,
put straight
,
set right
,
set straight
,
show up
,
tell the truth
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
uncloak
,
undeceive
,
undress
,
unmask
,
unshroud
,
unspell
,
wake up
dawn
collapse
the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world"
the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
related words >
A
,
advent
,
alpha
,
antemeridian
,
appear
,
appearance
,
arise
,
arrival
,
arrive
,
aurora
,
auroral
,
awakening
,
begin
,
beginning
,
birth
,
blast-off
,
break
,
break of day
,
brighten
,
brightening
,
broad day
,
chanticleer
,
cockcrow
,
cocklight
,
come to mind
,
commence
,
commencement
,
crack of dawn
,
creation
,
cutting edge
,
dawning
,
day
,
day glow
,
day-peep
,
daybreak
,
daylight
,
dayshine
,
dayspring
,
daytide
,
daytime
,
develop
,
dusk
,
edge
,
emerge
,
emergence
,
establishment
,
first brightening
,
first light
,
flying start
,
foundation
,
fresh start
,
full sun
,
genesis
,
gleam
,
green flash
,
grow bright
,
grow light
,
inauguration
,
inception
,
institution
,
jump-off
,
kick-off
,
leading edge
,
light
,
light of day
,
lighten
,
matin
,
matinal
,
matutinal
,
midday sun
,
morn
,
morning
,
new departure
,
noonlight
,
noontide light
,
occur to
,
oncoming
,
onset
,
opening
,
origin
,
originate
,
origination
,
outbreak
,
outset
,
outstart
,
peep of day
,
prime
,
ray of sunshine
,
rise
,
running start
,
send-off
,
setting in motion
,
setting-up
,
shine
,
square one
,
start
,
start-off
,
starting point
,
sun spark
,
sunbeam
,
sunbreak
,
sunburst
,
sunlight
,
sunrise
,
sunshine
,
sunup
,
take-off
,
twilight
,
unfold
,
vestibule of Day
wear thin
collapse
related words >
bomb
,
break
,
cave in
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
crumble
,
decline
,
disintegrate
,
droop
,
drop
,
fade
,
fail
,
faint
,
fall flat
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
give out
,
give way
,
go downhill
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
hit the skids
,
languish
,
peg out
,
peter out
,
pine
,
poop out
,
sink
,
weaken
,
wear away
,
wilt
,
yield
go to the dogs
collapse
related words >
be ruined
,
become insolvent
,
break
,
bust
,
collapse
,
come down
,
crash
,
decline
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
fail
,
fold
,
fold up
,
go bankrupt
,
go broke
,
go downhill
,
go into receivership
,
go to glory
,
go to hell
,
go to perdition
,
go to pot
,
go to ruin
,
go to shivers
,
go to smash
,
go to smithereens
,
go under
,
go up
,
go wrong
,
have a comedown
,
hit rock bottom
,
reach the depths
,
shut down
,
sink
,
slip
,
touch bottom
valuate
collapse
related words >
appraise
,
appreciate
,
assay
,
assess
,
calculate
,
calibrate
,
caliper
,
call
,
check a parameter
,
class
,
compute
,
dial
,
divide
,
estimate
,
evaluate
,
fair-trade
,
fathom
,
figure
,
form an estimate
,
gauge
,
give an appreciation
,
graduate
,
guess
,
make an estimation
,
mark
,
measure
,
mensurate
,
mete
,
meter
,
pace
,
plumb
,
price
,
prize
,
probe
,
quantify
,
quantize
,
quote a price
,
rank
,
rate
,
reckon
,
set at
,
size
,
size up
,
sound
,
span
,
step
,
survey
,
take a reading
,
triangulate
,
valorize
,
value
,
weigh
intermezzo
collapse
a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera
a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony
related words >
abeyance
,
act
,
afterpiece
,
anacrusis
,
bass passage
,
bit
,
bourdon
,
break
,
bridge
,
burden
,
cadence
,
caesura
,
cease-fire
,
chaser
,
chorus
,
coda
,
coffee break
,
curtain
,
curtain call
,
curtain raiser
,
day off
,
development
,
divertimento
,
divertissement
,
division
,
downtime
,
drop
,
epilogue
,
exode
,
exodus
,
exposition
,
expository scene
,
figure
,
finale
,
folderol
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
harmonic close
,
hesitation
,
hoke act
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
introduction
,
introductory phrase
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
letup
,
lull
,
measure
,
movement
,
musical phrase
,
musical sentence
,
number
,
off-time
,
ornament
,
part
,
passage
,
pause
,
period
,
phrase
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
prologue
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
refrain
,
relief
,
remission
,
resolution
,
respite
,
response
,
rest
,
resting point
,
ritornello
,
routine
,
scene
,
section
,
shtick
,
sketch
,
skit
,
song and dance
,
stand-down
,
stand-up comedy act
,
stanza
,
statement
,
stay
,
strain
,
striptease
,
suspension
,
tailpiece
,
time off
,
time out
,
truce
,
turn
,
tutti
,
tutti passage
,
vacation
,
variation
,
verse
put upon
collapse
related words >
abashed
,
administer
,
afflicted
,
agitated
,
apply
,
barge in
,
beset
,
bestow
,
bothered
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burden with
,
burst in
,
butt in
,
cast down
,
chagrined
,
chapfallen
,
charge
,
charge in
,
come between
,
confused
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
deceive
,
demand
,
discomfited
,
discomforted
,
discomposed
,
disconcerted
,
disquieted
,
distressed
,
disturbed
,
dose
,
dose with
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
embarrassed
,
encroach
,
enforce upon
,
enjoin
,
entrench
,
exact
,
fasten upon
,
foist in
,
foist on
,
force
,
force upon
,
freight with
,
give
,
horn in
,
hung up
,
ill at ease
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
infiltrate
,
inflict on
,
inflict upon
,
infringe
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
lay
,
lay on
,
levy
,
mete out to
,
mortified
,
obtrude
,
out of countenance
,
pass off on
,
pass the buck
,
perturbed
,
place
,
play on
,
prescribe for
,
press in
,
presume upon
,
push in
,
put
,
put across
,
put down
,
put on
,
put over
,
put-out
,
rush in
,
saddle with
,
set
,
shift the blame
,
shift the responsibility
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
subject to
,
take advantage of
,
task
,
tax
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
trench
,
trespass
,
troubled
,
uncomfortable
,
uneasy
,
upset
,
weight down with
,
work in
,
work on
,
worm in
,
yoke with
underlayer
collapse
related words >
band
,
bed
,
bedding
,
bedrock
,
belly
,
belt
,
bottom
,
bottom side
,
breech
,
buttocks
,
couche
,
course
,
deck
,
downside
,
floor
,
fundament
,
gallery
,
hardpan
,
layer
,
ledge
,
level
,
lower side
,
lowest layer
,
lowest level
,
measures
,
nether side
,
nethermost level
,
overlayer
,
overstory
,
rock bottom
,
seam
,
shelf
,
stage
,
step
,
story
,
stratum
,
substratum
,
superstratum
,
thickness
,
tier
,
topsoil
,
underbelly
,
underneath
,
underside
,
understory
,
understratum
,
zone
suppurate
collapse
cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
related words >
break up
,
canker
,
corrupt
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
decay
,
decompose
,
disintegrate
,
fall into decay
,
fall to pieces
,
fester
,
gangrene
,
go bad
,
go to pieces
,
matter
,
mildew
,
mold
,
molder
,
mortify
,
necrose
,
putrefy
,
putresce
,
rankle
,
ripen
,
rot
,
run
,
sphacelate
,
spoil
,
weep
quantify
collapse
express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?"
use as a quantifier
related words >
apportion
,
appraise
,
appreciate
,
assay
,
assess
,
calculate
,
calibrate
,
caliper
,
call off
,
call over
,
call the roll
,
census
,
check a parameter
,
compute
,
count
,
decrease
,
dial
,
divide
,
enumerate
,
estimate
,
evaluate
,
fathom
,
fix
,
foliate
,
gauge
,
graduate
,
increase
,
measure
,
mensurate
,
mete
,
meter
,
number
,
numerate
,
pace
,
page
,
paginate
,
parcel
,
plumb
,
poll
,
prize
,
probe
,
quantize
,
rate
,
reduce
,
run over
,
size
,
size up
,
sound
,
span
,
step
,
survey
,
take a reading
,
tally
,
tell
,
triangulate
,
valuate
,
value
,
weigh
redouble
collapse
make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled"
double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled"
double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio"
related words >
accelerate
,
aggravate
,
beef up
,
blow up
,
come again
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
copy
,
deepen
,
ditto
,
do a repeat
,
do again
,
do over
,
double
,
dupe
,
duplicate
,
echo
,
enhance
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
geminate
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
imitate
,
ingeminate
,
intensify
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
mount
,
multiply by two
,
parrot
,
plagiarize
,
quote
,
ramify
,
redo
,
reduplicate
,
reecho
,
regurgitate
,
reincarnate
,
reinforce
,
renew
,
repeat
,
replicate
,
reproduce
,
revive
,
rise
,
rouse
,
say again
,
sharpen
,
soup up
,
step up
,
strengthen
,
triple
,
twin
,
whet
perambulate
collapse
walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park"
make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years"
related words >
ambulate
,
ankle
,
circumambulate
,
course
,
cover
,
do
,
foot
,
foot it
,
go over
,
hoof it
,
jaywalk
,
jog on
,
leg
,
leg it
,
measure
,
overpass
,
pace
,
pad
,
parade
,
pass over
,
pass through
,
patrol
,
pedestrianize
,
peregrinate
,
pererrate
,
peripateticate
,
ply
,
promenade
,
range
,
range over
,
reconnoiter
,
scour
,
scour the country
,
scout
,
shuffle along
,
step
,
stretch the legs
,
stride
,
stump it
,
sweep
,
take a stretch
,
take a walk
,
track
,
traipse
,
transit
,
travel over
,
travel through
,
traverse
,
tread
,
voyage
,
walk
negate
collapse
prove negative; show to be false
related words >
abate
,
abnegate
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
agree to disagree
,
annihilate
,
annul
,
be at cross-purposes
,
be contrary to
,
be unmoved
,
be unwilling
,
beg off
,
belie
,
blow sky-high
,
blow up
,
break
,
break off
,
bring to naught
,
bring to nothing
,
buffer
,
call into question
,
cancel
,
cancel out
,
challenge
,
clash
,
collide
,
come to nothing
,
conflict
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
counteract
,
counterbalance
,
countercheck
,
cross
,
decline
,
decline to accept
,
deflate
,
deny
,
differ
,
disaccord
,
disaffirm
,
disagree
,
disallow
,
disbelieve
,
disclaim
,
disconfirm
,
discredit
,
disprove
,
dissent
,
explode
,
expose
,
frustrate
,
gag on
,
gainsay
,
hold out against
,
impugn
,
invalidate
,
jangle
,
jar
,
jostle
,
misbelieve
,
mismatch
,
mismate
,
negativate
,
negative
,
neutralize
,
not admit
,
not believe
,
not buy
,
not consent
,
not hear of
,
not swallow
,
not think of
,
nullify
,
object
,
offset
,
oppugn
,
prove the contrary
,
puncture
,
quash
,
rebut
,
redress
,
refuse
,
refuse consent
,
refuse to admit
,
refuse to credit
,
reject
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
resist entreaty
,
resist persuasion
,
revoke
,
say nay
,
say no
,
shake the head
,
show up
,
stand aloof
,
stultify
,
thwart
,
traverse
,
turn down
,
unbelieve
,
undercut
,
undo
,
vary
,
vitiate
,
void
,
vote nay
,
vote negatively
blooper
collapse
related words >
bloomer
,
blunder
,
bobble
,
bonehead play
,
boner
,
boo-boo
,
boob stunt
,
boot
,
break
,
bull
,
bungle
,
dumb trick
,
faux
,
fluff
,
fool mistake
,
foozle
,
foul-up
,
gaffe
,
goof
,
howler
,
impropriety
,
indecorum
,
lapse
,
louse-up
,
mistake
,
muck-up
,
pratfall
,
screamer
,
screw-up
,
slip
,
solecism
,
trip
triangulate
collapse
composed of or marked with triangles
survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot"
measure by using trigonometry; "triangulate the angle"
divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard"
related words >
allocate
,
appraise
,
appreciate
,
assay
,
assess
,
assign
,
calculate
,
calibrate
,
caliper
,
check a parameter
,
collocate
,
compute
,
deploy
,
dial
,
dispose
,
divide
,
emplace
,
estimate
,
evaluate
,
fathom
,
fix
,
gauge
,
get a fix
,
graduate
,
home in on
,
install
,
localize
,
locate
,
measure
,
mensurate
,
mete
,
meter
,
navigate
,
pace
,
pin down
,
pinpoint
,
place
,
plumb
,
position
,
prize
,
probe
,
put in place
,
quantify
,
quantize
,
rate
,
situate
,
size
,
size up
,
sound
,
span
,
spot
,
step
,
survey
,
take a reading
,
valuate
,
value
,
weigh
,
zero in on
look up
collapse
related words >
advance
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
angle for
,
ask for
,
beat about for
,
call
,
come along
,
come by
,
come on
,
come over
,
convalesce
,
delve for
,
develop
,
dig for
,
drop in
,
fish for
,
follow
,
gain
,
gain ground
,
get ahead
,
get along
,
go ahead
,
go forward
,
go gunning for
,
graduate
,
grow better
,
gun for
,
hunt
,
hunt for
,
hunt up
,
improve
,
look
,
look for
,
look in
,
make headway
,
make progress
,
make strides
,
meliorate
,
mend
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
pop in
,
progress
,
prowl after
,
pursue
,
quest
,
recuperate
,
run in
,
search for
,
see
,
see to
,
seek
,
seek for
,
shape up
,
show improvement
,
skyrocket
,
step in
,
still-hunt
,
take off
,
try to find
lay the foundation
collapse
related words >
base
,
blaze the trail
,
break the ice
,
build
,
build in
,
clear the way
,
cultivate the soil
,
establish
,
fix
,
found
,
go in advance
,
ground
,
install
,
invest
,
lay the groundwork
,
open the way
,
pave the way
,
pitch
,
plant
,
prepare the way
,
put in
,
put up
,
seat
,
set
,
set up
,
sow the seed
,
vest
course of action
collapse
related words >
action
,
ad hoc measure
,
answer
,
artifice
,
contrivance
,
countermove
,
coup
,
demarche
,
device
,
dodge
,
effort
,
expedient
,
gimmick
,
improvisation
,
jury-rig
,
jury-rigged expedient
,
last expedient
,
last resort
,
last shift
,
makeshift
,
maneuver
,
means
,
measure
,
move
,
pis aller
,
resort
,
resource
,
shake-up
,
shift
,
solution
,
step
,
stopgap
,
stratagem
,
stroke
,
stroke of policy
,
tactic
,
temporary expedient
,
trick
,
trump
,
working hypothesis
,
working proposition
countermove
collapse
related words >
action
,
ad hoc measure
,
answer
,
artifice
,
contrivance
,
coup
,
course of action
,
demarche
,
device
,
dodge
,
effort
,
expedient
,
gimmick
,
improvisation
,
jury-rig
,
jury-rigged expedient
,
last expedient
,
last resort
,
last shift
,
makeshift
,
maneuver
,
means
,
measure
,
move
,
pis aller
,
resort
,
resource
,
shake-up
,
shift
,
solution
,
step
,
stopgap
,
stratagem
,
stroke
,
stroke of policy
,
tactic
,
temporary expedient
,
trick
,
trump
,
working hypothesis
,
working proposition
topple
collapse
cause to topple or tumble by pushing
related words >
ataxia
,
bite the dust
,
blow down
,
blow over
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
break down
,
break up
,
bring down
,
bulldog
,
capsize
,
careen
,
cast down
,
cave in
,
chaos
,
chop down
,
clutter
,
collapse
,
come a cropper
,
crumble
,
crumble to dust
,
culbuter
,
cut down
,
dash down
,
deck
,
defeat
,
disarray
,
disintegrate
,
disorder
,
down
,
drop
,
fall
,
fall down
,
fall flat
,
fall headlong
,
fall in
,
fall over
,
fall prostrate
,
fall to pieces
,
falter
,
fell
,
fetch down
,
floor
,
flounder
,
founder
,
get a cropper
,
go down
,
go to pieces
,
ground
,
hew down
,
huddle
,
keel over
,
knock down
,
knock over
,
lay level
,
lay low
,
lay out
,
level
,
list
,
lurch
,
mow down
,
muddle
,
oust
,
overcome
,
overset
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
pitch
,
plunge
,
precipitate
,
prostrate
,
pull down
,
rase
,
raze
,
send headlong
,
slump
,
snarl
,
sprawl
,
spread-eagle
,
stagger
,
stammer
,
stumble
,
subvert
,
supinate
,
sway
,
take a fall
,
take a flop
,
take a header
,
take a pratfall
,
take a spill
,
take down
,
throw
,
throw down
,
tilt
,
tip over
,
topple down
,
topple over
,
topsy-turvify
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvy
,
totter
,
trip
,
tumble
,
turn a somersault
,
turn over
,
turn topsy-turvy
,
turn turtle
,
turn upside down
,
unhorse
,
unseat
,
upset
,
upturn
,
vanquish
,
whack down
,
wobble
disarticulate
collapse
related words >
abrupt
,
alienate
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
delete
,
depart
,
disarrange
,
disconnect
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dislocate
,
displace
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
eject
,
estrange
,
expel
,
isolate
,
leave
,
luxate
,
part
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shut off
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
step aside
,
subtract
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
uncouple
,
unhinge
,
unjoint
,
unseat
,
unyoke
,
withdraw
shove off
collapse
leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"
related words >
be off
,
bear off
,
beat it
,
begone
,
blow
,
buy it
,
cash in
,
check in
,
check out
,
clear out
,
croak
,
depart
,
drop off
,
embark
,
exit
,
flake off
,
get
,
get going
,
get lost
,
get off
,
get out
,
get under way
,
git
,
go
,
go off soundings
,
go to sea
,
go west
,
haul off
,
have it
,
have way upon
,
hit the road
,
kick in
,
kick off
,
kick the bucket
,
knock off
,
leave
,
make yourself scarce
,
pass out
,
peg out
,
pipe off
,
pop off
,
pull out
,
push off
,
put off
,
put to sea
,
quit
,
run along
,
run from
,
sail
,
sail away
,
sail away from
,
scram
,
stand from
,
stand off
,
steer away from
,
step off
,
take off
,
vamoose
impose upon
collapse
related words >
abuse
,
abuse a privilege
,
barge in
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
bother
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burden with
,
burst in
,
butt in
,
charge
,
charge in
,
come between
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
deceive
,
demand
,
disaccommodate
,
disadvantage
,
discommode
,
disoblige
,
drain
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
encroach upon
,
enjoin
,
entrench
,
exact
,
exploit
,
fasten upon
,
foist in
,
foist on
,
freight with
,
harm
,
horn in
,
ill-use
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
incommode
,
inconvenience
,
infiltrate
,
inflict on
,
inflict upon
,
infringe
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
lay
,
lay on
,
levy
,
make free with
,
make use of
,
manipulate
,
milk
,
misuse
,
obtrude
,
obtrude upon
,
overstep
,
pass off on
,
pass the buck
,
place
,
play on
,
press in
,
presume on
,
presume upon
,
push in
,
put
,
put across
,
put down
,
put on
,
put out
,
put over
,
put to inconvenience
,
put to trouble
,
put upon
,
rush in
,
saddle with
,
set
,
shift the blame
,
shift the responsibility
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
stroke
,
subject to
,
suck dry
,
take a liberty
,
take advantage of
,
take liberties
,
task
,
tax
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
trench
,
trespass
,
trouble
,
use
,
use ill
,
weight down with
,
work in
,
work on
,
work upon
,
worm in
,
yoke with
wean
collapse
gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
detach the affections of
related words >
alien
,
alienate
,
blunt
,
break of
,
bring over
,
chill
,
convince
,
cool
,
cure
,
damp
,
dampen
,
deflect
,
deter
,
disaccustom
,
disaffect
,
discourage
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
distract
,
disunify
,
disunite
,
divert
,
evangelize
,
indispose
,
persuade
,
proselyte
,
proselytize
,
put off
,
quench
,
repel
,
stop
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn from
,
turn off
,
wean from
,
win over
lull
collapse
a period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm"
become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"
calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"
related words >
abate
,
abeyance
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
anesthetize
,
anticyclone
,
appease
,
assuage
,
awful silence
,
balm
,
becalm
,
benumb
,
breach
,
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
caesura
,
calm
,
calm down
,
calmness
,
cease
,
cease-fire
,
cessation
,
cigarette break
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
comma
,
compose
,
cool
,
cradle
,
cushion
,
day off
,
dead
,
dead calm
,
dead of night
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
deathlike calm
,
deathlike silence
,
delay
,
die down
,
diminish
,
doldrums
,
dope
,
dormancy
,
downtime
,
drop
,
drug
,
dulcify
,
dull
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
ease off
,
ebb
,
enforced respite
,
entrance
,
even out
,
fall
,
fissure
,
flat calm
,
foment
,
gap
,
gentle
,
give relief
,
golden silence
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hibernation
,
holiday
,
horse latitudes
,
hush
,
hush of night
,
hypnotize
,
immobility
,
inaction
,
inactiveness
,
inactivity
,
inaudibility
,
inertia
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
lacuna
,
lapse
,
lay
,
layoff
,
lessen
,
let up
,
letup
,
lucid stillness
,
lull to sleep
,
magnetize
,
mesmerize
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
molder
,
mollify
,
motionlessness
,
mum
,
narcotize
,
noiselessness
,
numb
,
off-time
,
oily calm
,
pacify
,
pad
,
palliate
,
pause
,
peace
,
peacefulness
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
put to sleep
,
put under
,
qualify
,
quell
,
quiesce
,
quiescence
,
quiet
,
quiet spell
,
quieten
,
quietness
,
quietude
,
recess
,
reduce
,
relief
,
relieve
,
remission
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
rock
,
rock to sleep
,
salve
,
sedate
,
settle
,
silence
,
silentness
,
slacken
,
slake
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
smoothen
,
soften
,
solemn silence
,
soothe
,
soundlessness
,
spell
,
stabilize
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
steady
,
still
,
stillness
,
stop
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
subside
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tacitness
,
taciturnity
,
tea break
,
temper
,
time off
,
time out
,
tomblike silence
,
trance
,
tranquilize
,
tranquillity
,
truce
,
underactivity
,
vacation
,
wane
,
whisht
,
windlessness
suck up to
collapse
related words >
act up to
,
agree to anything
,
approach
,
break the ice
,
brown-nose
,
court
,
cultivate
,
curry favor
,
dance attendance on
,
fall all over
,
fall over
,
fawn upon
,
handshake
,
make advances
,
make court to
,
make up to
,
pay addresses to
,
pay court to
,
play up to
,
polish the apple
,
run after
,
shine up to
shine up to
collapse
related words >
act up to
,
agree to anything
,
approach
,
break the ice
,
brown-nose
,
court
,
cultivate
,
curry favor
,
dance attendance on
,
fall all over
,
fall over
,
fawn upon
,
handshake
,
make advances
,
make court to
,
make up to
,
pay addresses to
,
pay court to
,
play up to
,
polish the apple
,
run after
,
suck up to
cut down
collapse
intercept (a player)
related words >
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
annihilate
,
beat down
,
bereave of life
,
blow down
,
blow over
,
blow to pieces
,
blow up
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
brain
,
break down
,
bring down
,
bulldog
,
bulldoze
,
burn down
,
burn to death
,
capsulize
,
carry away
,
carry off
,
cast down
,
chloroform
,
chop down
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
contract
,
crop
,
curtail
,
curtail expenses
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut corners
,
cut off
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
cut to pieces
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dash down
,
deal a deathblow
,
deck
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
deprive of life
,
destroy
,
diminish
,
disintegrate
,
dispatch
,
dispose of
,
do away with
,
do for
,
do to death
,
dock
,
down
,
downgrade
,
drop
,
elide
,
end
,
epitomize
,
execute
,
exterminate
,
fell
,
fetch down
,
finish
,
finish off
,
flatten
,
floor
,
foreshorten
,
frag
,
give the quietus
,
ground
,
gun down
,
hew down
,
immolate
,
incinerate
,
jugulate
,
kill
,
knock down
,
knock over
,
lapidate
,
launch into eternity
,
lay level
,
lay low
,
lay out
,
lessen
,
level
,
liquidate
,
lower
,
lynch
,
make away with
,
mark down
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
mow
,
mow down
,
nip
,
pare
,
pare down expenses
,
pistol
,
poison
,
poleax
,
poll
,
pollard
,
precipitate
,
prostrate
,
prune
,
pull down
,
purge
,
put away
,
put down
,
put to death
,
put to sleep
,
rase
,
raze
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
remove from life
,
retrench
,
riddle
,
roll back
,
sacrifice
,
scale down
,
send headlong
,
shave
,
shear
,
shoot
,
shoot down
,
shoot to death
,
shorten
,
shotgun
,
silence
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slay
,
slow down
,
smash
,
snub
,
spread-eagle
,
stab to death
,
starve
,
steamroller
,
step down
,
stone
,
stone to death
,
strike dead
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
supinate
,
synopsize
,
take a reef
,
take down
,
take from
,
take in
,
take life
,
take off
,
tear down
,
telescope
,
throw
,
throw down
,
topple
,
trim
,
trip
,
truncate
,
tumble
,
tune down
,
vaporize
,
whack down
in line
collapse
being next in a line of succession; "he was in line for the presidency"
awaiting something; especially something due; "people were in line at the checkout counter"; "she was in line for promotion"
one behind another in a line or queue; "they waited in line for the tickets"
related words >
accordant
,
agreeably
,
anal
,
bourgeois
,
by consensus
,
compatibly
,
compulsive
,
concordant
,
concordantly
,
conformist
,
congenially
,
consonantly
,
conventional
,
corresponding
,
dead
,
dead ahead
,
direct
,
directly
,
due
,
due north
,
fittingly
,
formalistic
,
forthright
,
hand in glove
,
harmonious
,
harmoniously
,
in a beeline
,
in accord
,
in chorus
,
in concert
,
in keeping
,
in line with
,
in step
,
in unison
,
just right
,
kosher
,
orthodox
,
pedantic
,
plastic
,
precisianistic
,
right
,
square
,
straight
,
straight across
,
straight ahead
,
straightforward
,
straightforwards
,
straightly
,
stuffy
,
traditionalist
,
unanimously
,
undeviatingly
,
unswervingly
,
unveeringly
,
uptight
,
with it
beat around the bush
collapse
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
circumlocute
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
go round about
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
periphrase
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
ward off
pulpit
collapse
related words >
ambo
,
apostleship
,
balcony
,
call
,
care of souls
,
catafalque
,
dais
,
desk
,
emplacement
,
estrade
,
floor
,
gallery
,
heliport
,
holy orders
,
hustings
,
landing
,
landing pad
,
landing stage
,
launching pad
,
lectern
,
pastorage
,
pastoral care
,
pastorate
,
platform
,
podium
,
priesthood
,
priestship
,
rabbinate
,
reading desk
,
rostrum
,
sacred calling
,
soapbox
,
stage
,
step terrace
,
stump
,
terrace
,
the church
,
the cloth
,
the desk
,
the ministry
,
the pulpit
,
tribunal
,
tribune
,
vocation
fling
collapse
the act of flinging
throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"
move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto the sofa"
related words >
approach
,
assay
,
attempt
,
bash
,
bat
,
bender
,
bid
,
binge
,
boil
,
bolt
,
bout
,
bowl
,
bung
,
bust
,
career
,
carousal
,
carouse
,
cast
,
cast at
,
catapult
,
celebration
,
change of pace
,
change-up
,
charge
,
chase
,
chuck
,
chuck at
,
chunk
,
clap
,
crack
,
curve
,
dart
,
dash
,
debauch
,
downcurve
,
drinking bout
,
effort
,
endeavor
,
escapade
,
essay
,
experiment
,
fastball
,
fire
,
fire at
,
fling at
,
flip
,
fork
,
forward pass
,
gambit
,
gamble
,
go
,
haste
,
hasten
,
heave
,
heave at
,
hie
,
hump
,
hump it
,
hurl
,
hurl against
,
hurl at
,
hurry
,
hurtle
,
incurve
,
indulgence
,
jerk
,
knuckleball
,
lance
,
lark
,
lash
,
lateral
,
lateral pass
,
launch
,
let fly
,
let fly at
,
lick
,
lob
,
make haste
,
move
,
offer
,
orgy
,
outcurve
,
party
,
pass
,
peg
,
pelt
,
pitch
,
pitchfork
,
plank
,
plop
,
ploy
,
plump
,
plunk
,
pop
,
post
,
propel
,
put
,
put the shot
,
race
,
rampage
,
randan
,
randy
,
revel
,
risk
,
rush
,
scamper
,
scoot
,
scour
,
scramble
,
screwball
,
scud
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
send
,
serve
,
service
,
shoot
,
shot
,
shot-put
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sinker
,
skedaddle
,
slap
,
slider
,
sling
,
sling at
,
snap
,
spitball
,
spitter
,
splurge
,
spree
,
stab
,
stagger
,
step
,
step on it
,
stroke
,
strong bid
,
tear
,
tentative
,
throw
,
throw at
,
thrust
,
tilt
,
toot
,
toss
,
toss at
,
trial
,
trial and error
,
try
,
undertaking
,
upcurve
,
venture
,
whack
,
whirl
,
wingding
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