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duck duty
Related Words:
burn the midnight oil
collapse
related words >
be behindhand
,
be late
,
be overdue
,
bone
,
con
,
contemplate
,
dig
,
do double duty
,
drill
,
elucubrate
,
examine
,
get up late
,
go over
,
grind
,
hit the ball
,
hustle
,
keep everyone waiting
,
keep late hours
,
lucubrate
,
miss the boat
,
oversleep
,
overwork
,
peruse
,
plunge into
,
pore over
,
pour it on
,
practice
,
read
,
regard studiously
,
restudy
,
review
,
scratch
,
show up late
,
slave
,
stay late
,
stay up late
,
study
,
sweat
,
swot
,
vet
,
wade through
,
work hard
,
work late
,
work overtime
flow on
collapse
related words >
advance
,
continue
,
deluge
,
dip
,
drift along
,
drown
,
duck
,
dunk
,
elapse
,
endure
,
expire
,
flit
,
float
,
flood
,
flow
,
fly
,
glide
,
go by
,
go on
,
inundate
,
jog on
,
lapse
,
last
,
march on
,
pass
,
pass by
,
pour on
,
press on
,
proceed
,
rain
,
roll on
,
rub on
,
run
,
run its course
,
run on
,
run out
,
slide
,
slip
,
sluice
,
submerge
,
swamp
,
whelm
pullout
collapse
related words >
acrobatics
,
aerobatics
,
avoidance
,
banking
,
chandelle
,
crabbing
,
cringe
,
disengagement
,
dive
,
diving
,
dodge
,
duck
,
evasion
,
fallback
,
fishtailing
,
flinch
,
glide
,
nose dive
,
power dive
,
pull-up
,
pullback
,
pushdown
,
recoil
,
reculade
,
retirement
,
retreat
,
rolling
,
shy
,
sideslip
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
spiral
,
stall
,
stunting
,
tactical maneuvers
,
volplane
,
wince
,
withdrawal
,
withdrawment
,
zoom
overtime
collapse
work done in addition to regular working hours
playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
beyond the regular time; "she often has to work overtime"
related words >
anchor watch
,
bit
,
day shift
,
dogwatch
,
full time
,
graveyard shift
,
half time
,
lobster trick
,
night shift
,
part time
,
relay
,
shift
,
split schedule
,
split shift
,
stint
,
sunrise watch
,
swing shift
,
time
,
tour
,
tour of duty
,
trick
,
turn
,
turn of work
,
watch
,
work shift
dogwatch
collapse
either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm
related words >
anchor watch
,
bit
,
day shift
,
full time
,
graveyard shift
,
half time
,
lobster trick
,
night shift
,
overtime
,
part time
,
relay
,
shift
,
split schedule
,
split shift
,
stint
,
sunrise watch
,
swing shift
,
time
,
tour
,
tour of duty
,
trick
,
turn
,
turn of work
,
watch
,
work shift
swing shift
collapse
related words >
anchor watch
,
bit
,
day shift
,
dogwatch
,
full time
,
graveyard shift
,
half time
,
lobster trick
,
night shift
,
overtime
,
part time
,
relay
,
shift
,
split schedule
,
split shift
,
stint
,
sunrise watch
,
time
,
tour
,
tour of duty
,
trick
,
turn
,
turn of work
,
watch
,
work shift
tour of duty
collapse
related words >
anchor watch
,
bit
,
day shift
,
dogwatch
,
full time
,
graveyard shift
,
half time
,
lobster trick
,
night shift
,
overtime
,
part time
,
relay
,
shift
,
split schedule
,
split shift
,
stint
,
sunrise watch
,
swing shift
,
time
,
tour
,
trick
,
turn
,
turn of work
,
watch
,
work shift
full time
collapse
related words >
anchor watch
,
bit
,
day shift
,
dogwatch
,
graveyard shift
,
half time
,
lobster trick
,
night shift
,
overtime
,
part time
,
relay
,
shift
,
split schedule
,
split shift
,
stint
,
sunrise watch
,
swing shift
,
time
,
tour
,
tour of duty
,
trick
,
turn
,
turn of work
,
watch
,
work shift
slip away
collapse
leave furtively and stealthily; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard"
related words >
bow out
,
creep out of
,
depart
,
disappear
,
duck out
,
escape
,
exit
,
find a loophole
,
go on furlough
,
go on leave
,
leave the scene
,
mooch off
,
shuffle out of
,
skulk away
,
slide off
,
slide out of
,
slink off
,
slip off
,
slip out
,
slip out of
,
slip through
,
slither off
,
sneak off
,
sneak out
,
sneak out of
,
sneak through
,
squirm out of
,
steal away
,
take leave
,
worm out of
,
wriggle out of
duckling
collapse
young duck
flesh of a young domestic duck
related words >
Bantam
,
Cornish hen
,
angel
,
babe
,
baby
,
baby-doll
,
banty
,
barn-door fowl
,
barnyard fowl
,
biddy
,
birdling
,
broiler
,
brooder
,
broody hen
,
buttercup
,
caille
,
calf
,
canard
,
caneton
,
capon
,
catling
,
chanticleer
,
chapon
,
cherub
,
chick
,
chickabiddy
,
chicken
,
chickling
,
chicky
,
cock
,
cockerel
,
colt
,
cub
,
darling
,
dear
,
deary
,
dindon
,
dogie
,
doll
,
domestic fowl
,
drake
,
duck
,
dunghill fowl
,
faisan
,
fawn
,
fledgling
,
foal
,
fowl
,
fryer
,
game fowl
,
gander
,
gobbler
,
goose
,
gosling
,
grouse
,
guinea cock
,
guinea fowl
,
guinea hen
,
hen
,
hen turkey
,
hon
,
honey
,
honey bunch
,
honey child
,
kid
,
kit
,
kitten
,
lamb
,
lambkin
,
litter
,
love
,
lover
,
nest
,
nestling
,
oie
,
partlet
,
partridge
,
pet
,
petkins
,
pheasant
,
pigeon
,
pigeonneau
,
piglet
,
pigling
,
polliwog
,
poulard
,
poulet
,
poult
,
poultry
,
precious
,
precious heart
,
pullet
,
pup
,
puppy
,
quail
,
roaster
,
rooster
,
setting hen
,
shoat
,
snookums
,
spring chicken
,
squab
,
stewing chicken
,
sugar
,
sweet
,
sweetheart
,
sweetie
,
sweetkins
,
sweets
,
tadpole
,
tom
,
tom turkey
,
turkey
,
turkey gobbler
,
turkey-cock
,
volaille
,
weaner
,
whelp
,
wild duck
,
yeanling
part time
collapse
related words >
anchor watch
,
bit
,
casual
,
day shift
,
dogwatch
,
extra
,
full time
,
graveyard shift
,
half time
,
incidental
,
lobster trick
,
night shift
,
occasional
,
odd
,
off
,
out-of-the-way
,
overtime
,
relay
,
shift
,
side
,
spare
,
split schedule
,
split shift
,
stint
,
sunrise watch
,
swing shift
,
time
,
tour
,
tour of duty
,
trick
,
turn
,
turn of work
,
watch
,
work shift
millstone
collapse
one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
any load that is difficult to carry
related words >
bale
,
burden
,
burdening
,
burthen
,
cargo
,
charge
,
charging
,
cheese grater
,
comminutor
,
crusher
,
cumber
,
cumbrance
,
deadweight
,
drag
,
duty
,
encumbrance
,
freight
,
granulator
,
grater
,
grinder
,
handicap
,
incubus
,
incumbency
,
kominuter
,
lading
,
levigator
,
load
,
loading
,
masher
,
mill
,
mortar and pestle
,
nutmeg grater
,
onus
,
oppression
,
overload
,
overtaxing
,
overweighting
,
pestle
,
pressure
,
pulverizer
,
quern
,
quernstone
,
rock crusher
,
roller
,
saddling
,
shredder
,
steamroller
,
superincumbency
,
surcharge
,
task
,
tax
,
taxing
,
triturator
,
weight
trusting soul
collapse
related words >
babe
,
boob
,
chump
,
cinch
,
credulous person
,
cull
,
dupe
,
easy mark
,
easy pickings
,
fall guy
,
fish
,
fool
,
gobe-mouches
,
greener
,
greenhorn
,
greeny
,
gudgeon
,
gull
,
innocent
,
leadpipe cinch
,
monkey
,
patsy
,
pigeon
,
plaything
,
prize sap
,
pushover
,
sap
,
saphead
,
schlemiel
,
sitting duck
,
stooge
,
sucker
,
toy
,
victim
pushover
collapse
someone who is easily taken advantage of
related words >
Cadmean victory
,
KO
,
Milquetoast
,
Pyrrhic victory
,
ascendancy
,
babe
,
baby
,
big baby
,
boob
,
breeze
,
championship
,
chicken
,
chump
,
cinch
,
cipher
,
conquest
,
credulous person
,
crybaby
,
cull
,
doormat
,
duck
,
dud
,
dull tool
,
dummy
,
dupe
,
easy mark
,
easy pickings
,
easy target
,
easy thing
,
easy victory
,
fall guy
,
fish
,
fool
,
gobe-mouches
,
grand slam
,
greener
,
greenhorn
,
greeny
,
gudgeon
,
gull
,
gutless wonder
,
hollow man
,
innocent
,
invertebrate
,
jackstraw
,
jellyfish
,
knockout
,
landslide
,
landslide victory
,
lay figure
,
lead-pipe cinch
,
leadpipe cinch
,
lightweight
,
man of straw
,
mastery
,
meek soul
,
milksop
,
mollycoddle
,
monkey
,
moral victory
,
mug
,
namby-pamby
,
nebbish
,
nobody
,
nonentity
,
nothing
,
nullity
,
pansy
,
pantywaist
,
patsy
,
picnic
,
pie
,
piece of cake
,
pigeon
,
pipe
,
plaything
,
prize sap
,
puppet
,
runaway victory
,
sad sack
,
sap
,
saphead
,
schlemiel
,
setup
,
sinecure
,
sissy
,
sitting duck
,
snap
,
soft touch
,
softling
,
softy
,
sop
,
stooge
,
subdual
,
subduing
,
success
,
sucker
,
sure thing
,
thing of naught
,
total victory
,
toy
,
trifle
,
triumph
,
trusting soul
,
velvet
,
victim
,
victory
,
walkaway
,
walkover
,
weak sister
,
weakling
,
win
,
winning
,
winning streak
,
zero
on the run
collapse
related words >
amain
,
apace
,
astir
,
at it
,
at once
,
at work
,
busy
,
by forced marches
,
cursorily
,
employed
,
en route
,
engaged
,
expeditiously
,
feverishly
,
full of business
,
furiously
,
hand over fist
,
hard at it
,
hard at work
,
hastily
,
helter-skelter
,
hotfoot
,
hurriedly
,
hurry-scurry
,
immediately
,
in harness
,
in motion
,
in passing
,
in transit
,
instantly
,
occupied
,
on duty
,
on the bum
,
on the gad
,
on the go
,
on the hop
,
on the job
,
on the jump
,
on the move
,
on the road
,
on the tramp
,
on the wing
,
pell-mell
,
promptly
,
quickly
,
slapdash
,
speedily
,
superficially
,
swiftly
,
tied up
,
under sail
,
under way
,
with a rush
,
with all haste
,
with dispatch
,
with haste
,
working
requirement
collapse
required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time"
related words >
bare necessities
,
blackmail
,
call
,
call for
,
claim
,
condition
,
contribution
,
demand
,
demand for
,
desideration
,
desideratum
,
draft
,
drain
,
duty
,
essential
,
essentials
,
exaction
,
extortion
,
extortionate demand
,
heavy demand
,
imposition
,
impost
,
indent
,
indispensable
,
insistent demand
,
levy
,
must
,
must item
,
necessaries
,
necessities
,
necessity
,
need
,
need for
,
nonnegotiable demand
,
notice
,
occasion
,
order
,
precondition
,
prerequirement
,
prerequisite
,
provision
,
proviso
,
qualification
,
requisite
,
requisition
,
rush
,
rush order
,
sine qua non
,
stipulation
,
tax
,
taxing
,
the necessary
,
the needful
,
tribute
,
ultimatum
,
want
,
warning
bloke
collapse
related words >
Adamite
,
bastard
,
being
,
bird
,
body
,
boy
,
buck
,
bugger
,
cat
,
chap
,
character
,
creature
,
customer
,
duck
,
earthling
,
feller
,
fellow
,
gee
,
gent
,
gentleman
,
groundling
,
guy
,
hand
,
he
,
head
,
homo
,
human
,
human being
,
individual
,
jasper
,
joker
,
lad
,
life
,
living soul
,
man
,
mortal
,
nose
,
one
,
party
,
person
,
personage
,
personality
,
single
,
somebody
,
someone
,
soul
,
stud
,
tellurian
,
terran
,
worldling
unoccupied
collapse
not leased to or occupied by a tenant; "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"
not held or filled or in use; "an unoccupied telephone booth"; "unoccupied hours"
not seized and controlled; "unoccupied areas of France"
related words >
abandoned
,
at leisure
,
at liberty
,
at loose ends
,
available
,
blank
,
blankminded
,
calm
,
deserted
,
disengaged
,
empty
,
empty-headed
,
fallow
,
fatuous
,
forsaken
,
free
,
godforsaken
,
idle
,
inane
,
incogitant
,
jobless
,
leisure
,
leisured
,
lumpen
,
nirvanic
,
oblivious
,
off
,
off duty
,
off work
,
open
,
otiose
,
out of employ
,
out of harness
,
out of work
,
passive
,
quietistic
,
relaxed
,
retired
,
semiretired
,
spare
,
tenantless
,
thoughtfree
,
thoughtless
,
tranquil
,
unemployable
,
unemployed
,
unfilled
,
unideaed
,
uninhabited
,
unintellectual
,
unmanned
,
unpeopled
,
unpopulated
,
unreasoning
,
unstaffed
,
untaken
,
untenanted
,
untended
,
unthinking
,
vacant
,
vacuous
pour it on
collapse
related words >
ball the jack
,
barrel
,
boom
,
bowl along
,
breeze
,
breeze along
,
brush
,
clip
,
cut along
,
do double duty
,
elucubrate
,
fleet
,
flit
,
fly
,
fly low
,
foot
,
get cutting
,
go fast
,
highball
,
hit the ball
,
hump
,
hustle
,
lean on it
,
lucubrate
,
make knots
,
nip
,
outstrip the wind
,
overwork
,
rip
,
scorch
,
scratch
,
shake a leg
,
sizzle
,
skim
,
slave
,
speed
,
storm along
,
sweat
,
sweep
,
tear
,
tear along
,
thunder along
,
whisk
,
whiz
,
work hard
,
work late
,
work overtime
,
zing
,
zip
,
zoom
cargo
collapse
goods carried by a large vehicle
related words >
baggage
,
bale
,
burden
,
burdening
,
burthen
,
carload
,
cartload
,
charge
,
charging
,
consignment
,
cross
,
cumber
,
cumbrance
,
deadweight
,
difficulty
,
disadvantage
,
drag
,
duty
,
embarrassment
,
encumbrance
,
freight
,
freightage
,
goods
,
hamper
,
handicap
,
haul
,
impediment
,
impedimenta
,
imposition
,
inconvenience
,
incubus
,
incumbency
,
lading
,
load
,
loading
,
luggage
,
lumber
,
merchandise
,
millstone
,
onus
,
oppression
,
overload
,
overtaxing
,
overweighting
,
pack
,
payload
,
penalty
,
pressure
,
saddling
,
shipload
,
shipment
,
superincumbency
,
surcharge
,
task
,
tax
,
taxing
,
trailerload
,
trainload
,
trouble
,
truckload
,
vanload
,
weight
,
white elephant
duck
collapse
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"
submerge or plunge suddenly
related words >
Adamite
,
Bantam
,
Cornish hen
,
about the bush
,
also-ran
,
angel
,
avert
,
avoid
,
avoidance
,
avoiding reaction
,
babe
,
baby
,
baby-doll
,
back and fill
,
banty
,
baptism
,
baptize
,
barn-door fowl
,
barnyard fowl
,
bastard
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
being
,
bend
,
bend the knee
,
biddy
,
bilk
,
bird
,
blench
,
blink
,
bob
,
body
,
booby
,
bow
,
broiler
,
brooder
,
broody hen
,
bugger
,
burial
,
bury
,
buttercup
,
caille
,
canard
,
caneton
,
capon
,
case
,
cat
,
chanticleer
,
chap
,
chapon
,
character
,
cherub
,
chick
,
chickabiddy
,
chicken
,
chicky
,
circumvention
,
cock
,
cockerel
,
creature
,
cringe
,
crouch
,
curtsy
,
customer
,
darling
,
dear
,
deary
,
defeatee
,
defense mechanism
,
deluge
,
dindon
,
dip
,
dipping
,
dive
,
dodge
,
dog it
,
doll
,
domestic fowl
,
double
,
douse
,
dousing
,
drake
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
drown
,
duck duty
,
ducking
,
duckling
,
dunghill fowl
,
dunk
,
dunking
,
earthling
,
elude
,
elusion
,
elusiveness
,
engulf
,
engulfment
,
equivocate
,
equivocation
,
escape
,
eschew
,
evade
,
evasion
,
evasive action
,
evasiveness
,
fade
,
faisan
,
fall back
,
fall guy
,
fallback
,
feller
,
fellow
,
fence
,
flinch
,
float
,
flood
,
flow on
,
forbearance
,
forestalling
,
forestallment
,
fowl
,
fryer
,
game fowl
,
game loser
,
gander
,
genuflect
,
genuflection
,
get out of
,
getting around
,
gobbler
,
goldbrick
,
good loser
,
good sport
,
goof off
,
goose
,
gosling
,
groundling
,
grouse
,
guinea cock
,
guinea fowl
,
guinea hen
,
guy
,
hand
,
hang back
,
head
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hen
,
hen turkey
,
homo
,
hon
,
honey
,
honey bunch
,
honey child
,
hum and haw
,
human
,
human being
,
immerge
,
immergence
,
immerse
,
immersion
,
individual
,
inundate
,
inundation
,
jasper
,
jib
,
jink
,
joker
,
kneel
,
kneeling
,
kowtow
,
lad
,
lamb
,
lambkin
,
life
,
living soul
,
loser
,
love
,
lover
,
make a reverence
,
malinger
,
man
,
merge
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mortal
,
neutrality
,
nod
,
nonintervention
,
noninvolvement
,
nose
,
not pull fair
,
obeisance
,
oddball
,
oddity
,
oie
,
one
,
original
,
overwhelm
,
palter
,
parry
,
partlet
,
partridge
,
party
,
person
,
personage
,
personality
,
pet
,
petkins
,
pheasant
,
pigeon
,
pigeonneau
,
plunge
,
plunge in water
,
poulard
,
poulet
,
poult
,
poultry
,
pour on
,
precious
,
precious heart
,
prevaricate
,
prevent
,
prevention
,
prostration
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pullback
,
pullet
,
pullout
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
quiz
,
rain
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
refraining
,
retract
,
retreat
,
reverence
,
roaster
,
rooster
,
salaam
,
setting hen
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shirk
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shun
,
shunning
,
shunting off
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
sidetracking
,
single
,
sink
,
sinking
,
skulk
,
slack
,
slide out of
,
slip
,
slip out of
,
sluice
,
sneak out of
,
snookums
,
soldier
,
somebody
,
someone
,
soul
,
souse
,
sousing
,
spook
,
sport
,
spring chicken
,
squab
,
squat
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
stewing chicken
,
stooge
,
stoop
,
stud
,
submerge
,
submergence
,
submerse
,
submersion
,
sugar
,
supination
,
swamp
,
sweet
,
sweetheart
,
sweetie
,
sweetkins
,
sweets
,
swerve
,
tellurian
,
tergiversate
,
terran
,
the runaround
,
the vanquished
,
tom
,
tom turkey
,
turkey
,
turkey gobbler
,
turkey-cock
,
turn aside
,
underdog
,
victim
,
volaille
,
waffle
,
ward
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
welsh
,
whelm
,
wild duck
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
worldling
,
zigzag
,
zombie
customer
collapse
someone who pays for goods or services
related words >
Adamite
,
being
,
bloke
,
body
,
buyer
,
cat
,
chap
,
character
,
client
,
consumer
,
creature
,
duck
,
earthling
,
fellow
,
groundling
,
guy
,
hand
,
head
,
homo
,
human
,
human being
,
individual
,
joker
,
life
,
living soul
,
man
,
mark
,
mortal
,
nose
,
one
,
party
,
patron
,
person
,
personage
,
personality
,
prospect
,
purchaser
,
regular
,
regular customer
,
shopper
,
single
,
somebody
,
someone
,
soul
,
sucker
,
tellurian
,
terran
,
worldling
easy mark
collapse
related words >
babe
,
boob
,
butt
,
chump
,
cinch
,
credulous person
,
cull
,
dupe
,
easy pickings
,
fall guy
,
fish
,
fool
,
gobe-mouches
,
greener
,
greenhorn
,
greeny
,
gudgeon
,
gull
,
innocent
,
leadpipe cinch
,
mark
,
monkey
,
patsy
,
pigeon
,
plaything
,
prize sap
,
pushover
,
sap
,
saphead
,
schlemiel
,
sitting duck
,
soft
,
stooge
,
sucker
,
toy
,
trusting soul
,
victim
elusion
collapse
related words >
avoidance
,
avoiding reaction
,
buck-passing
,
circumvention
,
defense mechanism
,
dodge
,
duck
,
elusiveness
,
equivocation
,
escape
,
eschewal
,
evasion
,
evasive action
,
evasiveness
,
foiling
,
forbearance
,
forestalling
,
forestallment
,
frustration
,
getting around
,
getting round
,
jink
,
neutrality
,
nonintervention
,
noninvolvement
,
outguessing
,
outmaneuvering
,
outwitting
,
passing the buck
,
prevention
,
refraining
,
runaround
,
shunning
,
shunting off
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
sidetracking
,
slip
,
the runaround
,
the slip
,
thwarting
,
zigzag
homework
collapse
preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
related words >
assignment
,
busywork
,
chalk talk
,
chare
,
charge
,
chore
,
commission
,
discourse
,
disquisition
,
duty
,
errand
,
exercise
,
exposition
,
fish to fry
,
harangue
,
homily
,
instruction
,
job
,
job of work
,
labor
,
lecture
,
lecture-demonstration
,
lesson
,
make-work
,
matters in hand
,
mission
,
moral
,
moral lesson
,
morality
,
moralization
,
object lesson
,
odd job
,
piece of work
,
preachment
,
project
,
recital
,
recitation
,
sermon
,
service
,
set task
,
skull session
,
stint
,
talk
,
task
,
teaching
,
things to do
,
work
tied up
collapse
related words >
absorbed in
,
at it
,
at work
,
bound
,
burdened with debt
,
busy
,
caught up in
,
deep in debt
,
embarrassed
,
employed
,
encumbered
,
engaged
,
enmeshed in
,
entangled in
,
far-gone
,
fettered
,
full of business
,
hampered
,
handcuffed
,
hard at it
,
hard at work
,
immersed in
,
implicated in
,
in bonds
,
in chains
,
in debt
,
in difficulties
,
in embarrassed circumstances
,
in harness
,
in hock
,
in irons
,
in the hole
,
in the red
,
indebted
,
involved
,
involved in
,
ironbound
,
manacled
,
mortgaged
,
occupied
,
on duty
,
on the go
,
on the hop
,
on the job
,
on the jump
,
on the move
,
on the run
,
plunged in debt
,
shackled
,
strapped
,
submerged in
,
tethered
,
tied
,
tied down
,
tied up in
,
trammeled
,
working
,
wrapped up in
runaround
collapse
related words >
avoidance
,
avoiding reaction
,
buck-passing
,
circumvention
,
defense mechanism
,
dodge
,
duck
,
elusion
,
elusiveness
,
equivocation
,
escape
,
eschewal
,
evasion
,
evasive action
,
evasiveness
,
foiling
,
forbearance
,
forestalling
,
forestallment
,
frustration
,
getting around
,
getting round
,
jink
,
neutrality
,
nonintervention
,
noninvolvement
,
outguessing
,
outmaneuvering
,
outwitting
,
passing the buck
,
prevention
,
refraining
,
roundabout
,
shunning
,
shunting off
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
sidetracking
,
slip
,
the runaround
,
the slip
,
thwarting
,
zigzag
evade
collapse
use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"
practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"
related words >
abstain
,
around the bush
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bail out
,
beat about
,
beg
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
bilk
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
break away
,
break jail
,
break loose
,
bypass
,
cavil
,
cheat
,
choplogic
,
circumvent
,
cop out
,
cringe
,
cut loose
,
deceive
,
ditch
,
dodge
,
double
,
draw back
,
duck
,
duck the issue
,
elude
,
equivocate
,
escape
,
escape prison
,
eschew
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falsify
,
fence
,
flee
,
flinch
,
fly
,
fly the coop
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
fudge
,
get around
,
get away
,
get away from
,
get clear of
,
get free
,
get out
,
get out of
,
get round
,
give the runaround
,
give the slip
,
go one better
,
hang back
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
jump
,
lie
,
make a getaway
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
outfigure
,
outflank
,
outgeneral
,
outguess
,
outmaneuver
,
outplay
,
outreach
,
outsmart
,
outwit
,
overreach
,
palter
,
parry
,
pass the buck
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
quail
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
shake
,
shake off
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift about
,
shirk
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shuffle out of
,
shun
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
sit it out
,
skip
,
skirt
,
slip away
,
slip the collar
,
split hairs
,
stand neuter
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stonewall
,
straddle
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
thwart
,
trim
,
turn aside
,
victimize
,
waffle
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
patsy
collapse
related words >
babe
,
boob
,
chump
,
cinch
,
credulous person
,
cull
,
dupe
,
easy mark
,
easy pickings
,
fall guy
,
fish
,
fool
,
goat
,
gobe-mouches
,
greener
,
greenhorn
,
greeny
,
gudgeon
,
gull
,
innocent
,
leadpipe cinch
,
mark
,
monkey
,
pigeon
,
plaything
,
prize sap
,
pushover
,
sap
,
saphead
,
scapegoat
,
schlemiel
,
sitting duck
,
stooge
,
sucker
,
toy
,
trusting soul
,
victim
,
whipping boy
ins
collapse
related words >
bureaucracy
,
directorate
,
hierarchy
,
higher echelons
,
higher-ups
,
holdover
,
incumbent
,
jack-in-office
,
lame duck
,
management
,
ministry
,
new broom
,
office-bearer
,
officeholder
,
officialdom
,
prelacy
,
president-elect
,
public official
,
public servant
,
ruling class
,
ruling classes
,
the Establishment
,
the administration
,
the authorities
,
the ingroup
,
the interests
,
the people upstairs
,
the power elite
,
the power structure
,
the top
,
them
,
they
,
top brass
tractor
collapse
a wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications
a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans
related words >
Cat
,
Caterpillar
,
DUKW
,
Rome plow
,
amphibian
,
bulldozer
,
calfdozer
,
crawler
,
creeper
,
double-prop
,
duck
,
go-devil
,
grader
,
halftrack
,
lawn-tractor
,
multi-prop
,
piston plane
,
propeller plane
,
propjet
,
pusher
,
pusher plane
,
scraper
,
single-prop
,
tank
,
tracklayer
,
traction engine
,
turbo-prop
,
turbo-propeller plane
,
twin-prop
lay hands on
collapse
manage with the hands
related words >
abduct
,
administer the Eucharist
,
ambush
,
annex
,
anoint
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
bless
,
blitz
,
bushwhack
,
carry off
,
chrism
,
come at
,
come down on
,
confirm
,
crack down on
,
cross
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
do duty
,
fall on
,
fall upon
,
gang up on
,
get at
,
get hold of
,
give benediction
,
glom on to
,
go at
,
go for
,
grab
,
harry
,
have at
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
impose
,
invoke benefits upon
,
jump
,
kidnap
,
land on
,
lay at
,
lay into
,
light into
,
minister
,
mug
,
officiate
,
perform a rite
,
perform service
,
pitch into
,
pounce upon
,
pound
,
sail into
,
set on
,
set upon
,
shanghai
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop down on
,
take over
,
take possession
,
take the offensive
,
take up
,
throttle
,
wade into
bear down
collapse
exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"
pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"
exert full strength; "The pitcher bore down"
contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
related words >
beat down
,
bring low
,
buckle down
,
couch
,
crush
,
debase
,
defeat
,
depress
,
detrude
,
do double duty
,
downbear
,
elucubrate
,
endeavor
,
get cracking
,
get cutting
,
go all out
,
haul down
,
hit the ball
,
hop to it
,
hotfoot
,
hump
,
hump it
,
hustle
,
indent
,
knuckle down
,
lay to
,
lean on it
,
let down
,
lower
,
lucubrate
,
overpower
,
overwork
,
ply the oar
,
pour it on
,
press down
,
pull down
,
push down
,
reduce
,
scratch
,
shag ass
,
shake a leg
,
shake it up
,
sink
,
slave
,
snap to it
,
spare no effort
,
step on it
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
sweat
,
take down
,
tear ass
,
thrust down
,
vanquish
,
work hard
,
work late
,
work overtime
veneration
collapse
related words >
admiration
,
adoration
,
apotheosis
,
appreciation
,
approbation
,
approval
,
awe
,
breathless adoration
,
churchgoing
,
co-worship
,
conformity
,
consideration
,
courtesy
,
cult
,
cultism
,
cultus
,
deference
,
deification
,
devotedness
,
devotion
,
devoutness
,
dulia
,
dutifulness
,
duty
,
esteem
,
estimation
,
exaggerated respect
,
faith
,
faithfulness
,
favor
,
great respect
,
hero worship
,
high regard
,
homage
,
honor
,
hyperdulia
,
idolatry
,
idolization
,
latria
,
love of God
,
observance
,
pietism
,
piety
,
piousness
,
prestige
,
prostration
,
regard
,
religion
,
religionism
,
religiousness
,
respect
,
reverence
,
reverential regard
,
theism
,
transcendent wonder
,
worship
,
worshipfulness
,
worshiping
probationer
collapse
someone released on probation or on parole
a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period
related words >
LPN
,
RN
,
abecedarian
,
alphabetarian
,
apprentice
,
articled clerk
,
baby
,
beginner
,
boot
,
catechumen
,
charge nurse
,
deb
,
debutant
,
district nurse
,
entrant
,
fledgling
,
freshman
,
graduate nurse
,
greenhorn
,
greeny
,
ignoramus
,
inductee
,
infant
,
initiate
,
learner
,
licensed practical nurse
,
neophyte
,
nestling
,
new boy
,
newcomer
,
novice
,
novitiate
,
nurse
,
nursing sister
,
postulant
,
practical nurse
,
private-duty nurse
,
probationist
,
probe
,
public health nurse
,
raw recruit
,
recruit
,
registered nurse
,
rookie
,
school nurse
,
scrub nurse
,
sister
,
student nurse
,
surgical nurse
,
tenderfoot
,
trained nurse
,
trainee
,
tyro
,
visiting nurse
loser
collapse
a gambler who loses a bet
a contestant who loses the contest
related words >
also-ran
,
bankrupt
,
bomb
,
booby
,
bummer
,
bust
,
clinker
,
con
,
defeatee
,
duck
,
dud
,
failure
,
fall guy
,
false alarm
,
fiasco
,
flop
,
game loser
,
good loser
,
good sport
,
hard-luck guy
,
hardcase
,
jailbird
,
lag
,
lemon
,
misfit
,
nebbish
,
poor unfortunate
,
sad sack
,
schlemiel
,
schlimazel
,
sport
,
stooge
,
sure loser
,
the vanquished
,
underdog
,
unfortunate
,
victim
,
washout
stint
collapse
an individuals prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
related words >
allotment
,
amount
,
anchor watch
,
apportionment
,
assignment
,
begrudge
,
bit
,
bound
,
bout
,
box
,
box in
,
box up
,
busywork
,
caliber
,
chare
,
charge
,
check
,
chore
,
circumscribe
,
circumscription
,
commission
,
compass
,
condition
,
confine
,
confinement
,
constraint
,
contain
,
control
,
copyright
,
cramp
,
cramping
,
curb
,
cut
,
cut corners
,
day shift
,
degree
,
devoir
,
discipline
,
dogwatch
,
draw the line
,
duty
,
economize
,
errand
,
exercise
,
extent
,
famish
,
fish to fry
,
full time
,
go
,
grade
,
graveyard shift
,
grudge
,
half time
,
hedge about
,
height
,
hem
,
hem in
,
homework
,
interval
,
job
,
job of work
,
keep from spreading
,
keep within bounds
,
labor
,
leap
,
level
,
limit
,
limitation
,
live upon nothing
,
lobster trick
,
localize
,
make-work
,
mark
,
matters in hand
,
measure
,
mission
,
moderate
,
narrow
,
night shift
,
notch
,
nuance
,
obligation
,
odd job
,
overtime
,
part time
,
participation
,
pas
,
patent
,
peg
,
period
,
piece of work
,
pinch
,
pinch pennies
,
pitch
,
plane
,
plateau
,
point
,
project
,
proportion
,
qualification
,
qualify
,
quantity
,
quota
,
range
,
ratio
,
reach
,
register
,
relay
,
remove
,
reservation
,
responsibility
,
restrain
,
restraint
,
restrict
,
restriction
,
round
,
routine
,
rung
,
scale
,
scamp
,
scant
,
scope
,
scrape
,
screw
,
scrimp
,
service
,
shade
,
shadow
,
share
,
shift
,
short
,
skimp
,
space
,
spare
,
specialize
,
split schedule
,
split shift
,
stair
,
standard
,
starve
,
step
,
straiten
,
stretch
,
stricture
,
sunrise watch
,
swing shift
,
task
,
term
,
things to do
,
tighten
,
time
,
tour
,
tour of duty
,
tread
,
trick
,
turn
,
turn of work
,
watch
,
withhold
,
work
,
work shift
submergence
collapse
sinking until covered completely with water
related words >
baptism
,
breaking water
,
burial
,
cadence
,
catenary
,
concavity
,
crash dive
,
de-escalation
,
debasement
,
decline
,
decurrence
,
degradation
,
demotion
,
depression
,
descent
,
detrusion
,
diminution
,
dip
,
dipping
,
displacement
,
dive
,
dousing
,
draft
,
droop
,
duck
,
ducking
,
dunking
,
engulfment
,
hauling down
,
hollowness
,
immergence
,
immersion
,
inundation
,
lapse
,
lowering
,
reduction
,
running dive
,
sag
,
sinkage
,
sinking
,
slump
,
souse
,
sousing
,
stationary dive
,
submersion
,
subsidence
,
surfacing
,
swag
,
thrusting under
palter
collapse
related words >
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
bargain
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
chaffer
,
choplogic
,
dicker
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
falsify
,
fence
,
fib
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
higgle
,
huckster
,
hum and haw
,
lie
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
tergiversate
,
waffle
,
weasel
kneel
collapse
supporting yourself on your knees
rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"
related words >
bend
,
bend the knee
,
bend the neck
,
bob
,
bob a curtsy
,
bob down
,
bootlick
,
bow
,
bow and scrape
,
bow down
,
bow the head
,
cower
,
crawl
,
creep
,
cringe
,
crouch
,
curtsy
,
duck
,
fall down before
,
fawn
,
flatter
,
genuflect
,
grovel
,
kowtow
,
lick the dust
,
lickspittle
,
make a leg
,
make a reverence
,
make obeisance
,
nod
,
salaam
,
scrape
,
stoop
,
toadeat
,
toady
,
truckle
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