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respond
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respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
related words >
acknowledge
,
act
,
advocate
,
allege in support
,
alternate
,
answer
,
answer back
,
antiphon
,
apprehend
,
argue for
,
assert
,
bandy
,
be affected
,
be aware of
,
be conscious of
,
be in tune
,
be inspired
,
be involved
,
be moved
,
be quits with
,
be sensible of
,
behave
,
care about
,
catch the flame
,
catch the infection
,
champion
,
change
,
change color
,
color with emotion
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come in
,
commute
,
compensate
,
contend for
,
cooperate
,
counter
,
counterchange
,
defend
,
dig
,
echo
,
empathize with
,
espouse
,
exchange
,
experience
,
feel
,
feel for
,
flash back
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
hear
,
identify with
,
interchange
,
logroll
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
pay back
,
perceive
,
permute
,
pity
,
plead for
,
react
,
rebut
,
reciprocate
,
reecho
,
refute
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
relate to emotionally
,
reply
,
requite
,
respond to
,
respond to stimuli
,
response
,
retaliate
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
return the compliment
,
reverberate
,
riposte
,
say
,
say in defense
,
say in reply
,
see
,
sense
,
share
,
shoot back
,
smell
,
snap back
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
stand up for
,
stick up for
,
support
,
sustain
,
swap
,
switch
,
sympathize with
,
take the bait
,
talk back
,
taste
,
touch
,
trade
,
transpose
,
uphold
,
urge reasons for
hit the road
collapse
related words >
bat around
,
be off
,
beat it
,
begone
,
bum
,
clear out
,
count ties
,
divagate
,
drift
,
flake off
,
flit
,
gad
,
gad about
,
gallivant
,
get
,
get going
,
get lost
,
get out
,
git
,
go about
,
go the rounds
,
hit the trail
,
hobo
,
jaunt
,
knock about
,
knock around
,
make yourself scarce
,
meander
,
mooch
,
nomadize
,
peregrinate
,
pererrate
,
prowl
,
ramble
,
range
,
roam
,
rove
,
run about
,
saunter
,
scram
,
shove off
,
straggle
,
stray
,
stroll
,
traipse
,
tramp
,
vagabond
,
vagabondize
,
vamoose
,
walk the tracks
,
wander
,
wayfare
clumsily
collapse
in a clumsy manner; "he snatched the bills clumsily"
related words >
airily
,
any old way
,
any which way
,
anyhow
,
ass-backwards
,
awkwardly
,
blunderingly
,
bunglingly
,
carelessly
,
casually
,
cumbersomely
,
cursorily
,
disregardfully
,
forgetfully
,
gracelessly
,
haphazardly
,
heedlessly
,
helter-skelter
,
hit and miss
,
hit or miss
,
hulkily
,
inattentively
,
inconsiderately
,
inconveniently
,
inelegantly
,
maladroitly
,
messily
,
offhand
,
offhandedly
,
once over lightly
,
perfunctorily
,
ponderously
,
promiscuously
,
recklessly
,
regardlessly
,
slapdash
,
sloppily
,
tactlessly
,
thoughtlessly
,
uncouthly
,
ungracefully
,
unguardedly
,
unhandily
,
unheedfully
,
unheedingly
,
unmanageably
,
unmindfully
,
unsolicitously
,
unthinkingly
,
unvigilantly
,
unwarily
,
unwieldily
roll in
collapse
pour or flow in a steady stream; "mist rolled in from the sea"; "tourists rolled in from the neighboring countryside"
related words >
accomplish
,
achieve
,
approach
,
arrive
,
arrive at
,
arrive in
,
attain
,
attain to
,
be received
,
bed
,
blow in
,
bob up
,
check in
,
clock in
,
come
,
come in
,
come to
,
come to hand
,
fetch
,
fetch up at
,
find
,
flop
,
gain
,
get in
,
get there
,
get to
,
hit
,
hit town
,
indulge
,
indulge in
,
live high
,
live well
,
luxuriate in
,
make
,
make it
,
pile in
,
pop up
,
pull in
,
punch in
,
reach
,
ring in
,
show up
,
sign in
,
time in
,
turn in
,
turn up
,
wallow in
ebb
collapse
the outward flow of the tide
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
advance
,
ascend
,
back
,
back up
,
bate
,
be eaten away
,
budge
,
calm
,
calm down
,
catabasis
,
cease
,
cessation
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
climb
,
collapse
,
comedown
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
course
,
crash
,
crumble
,
dead set
,
dead stand
,
dead stop
,
deadlock
,
debasement
,
decadence
,
decadency
,
deceleration
,
declension
,
declination
,
decline
,
decline and fall
,
decrease
,
decrescendo
,
deformation
,
degeneracy
,
degenerateness
,
degeneration
,
degradation
,
deliquesce
,
demotion
,
depravation
,
depravedness
,
depreciation
,
derogation
,
descend
,
descent
,
deterioration
,
devolution
,
die
,
die away
,
die down
,
diminish
,
diminuendo
,
direct tide
,
dive
,
downtrend
,
downturn
,
downward mobility
,
downward trend
,
drift away
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dwindle
,
dwindling
,
dying
,
dying down
,
ease off
,
ebb and flow
,
ebb tide
,
ebbing
,
effeteness
,
erode
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fading
,
fail
,
failing
,
failure
,
failure of nerve
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
falling-off
,
flood
,
flood tide
,
flow
,
flow back
,
flow in
,
flow out
,
flush
,
flux
,
flux and reflux
,
full stop
,
full tide
,
get over
,
go
,
go around
,
go away
,
go down
,
go downhill
,
go off
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
gush
,
gyrate
,
halt
,
high tide
,
high water
,
hit a slump
,
hit rock bottom
,
hit the skids
,
involution
,
issue
,
languish
,
lapse
,
lessen
,
let up
,
lock
,
loss of tone
,
low tide
,
low water
,
lull
,
lunar tide
,
make
,
melt away
,
moderate
,
molder
,
mount
,
move
,
move away
,
move off
,
move over
,
neap
,
neap tide
,
opposite tide
,
pacify
,
peter out
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
pour
,
progress
,
pull away
,
quiesce
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
reach the depths
,
recede
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regress
,
regression
,
regurgitate
,
relent
,
remission
,
retire
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrocession
,
retrogradation
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
retrogression
,
rip
,
riptide
,
rise
,
rotate
,
run
,
run down
,
run low
,
rush
,
sag
,
set
,
shift
,
shrink
,
sink
,
slacken
,
slide
,
slip
,
slippage
,
slowdown
,
slump
,
soar
,
solar tide
,
soothe
,
spin
,
spring tide
,
stand
,
stand off
,
standstill
,
stillstand
,
stir
,
stop
,
stream
,
subside
,
subsidence
,
surge
,
surge back
,
tail off
,
thalassometer
,
tidal amplitude
,
tidal current
,
tidal current chart
,
tidal flow
,
tidal range
,
tide
,
tide chart
,
tide gate
,
tide gauge
,
tide race
,
tide rip
,
tidewater
,
tideway
,
touch bottom
,
tranquilize
,
travel
,
trend
,
wane
,
waning
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear
,
wear away
,
whirl
,
widen the distance
,
withdraw
think twice
collapse
consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
be careful
,
be cautious
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dither
,
falter
,
fear
,
go on tiptoe
,
hang back
,
hang in doubt
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make haste slowly
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
take it easy
,
think twice about
,
tiptoe
,
vacillate
,
walk on eggshells
,
withdraw
,
yield
disengage
collapse
become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
related words >
abrupt
,
abstract
,
alienate
,
back down
,
back out
,
beat a retreat
,
break loose
,
break out
,
break with
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
clear
,
cut adrift
,
cut loose
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
delete
,
depart
,
detach
,
disarticulate
,
disburden
,
disconnect
,
disembarrass
,
disembroil
,
disencumber
,
disentangle
,
disinvolve
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dislodge
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
doff
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
eject
,
estrange
,
expel
,
extricate
,
fall back
,
free
,
free up
,
get away from
,
get out
,
get out of
,
get rid of
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
isolate
,
leave
,
liberate
,
loose
,
loosen
,
move back
,
part
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
release
,
remove
,
retire
,
retreat
,
run back
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set free
,
shake off
,
shut off
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
step aside
,
subtract
,
take off
,
tear loose
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
unbar
,
unbind
,
unbolt
,
unbuckle
,
unbutton
,
unchain
,
unclasp
,
unclutter
,
uncouple
,
undo
,
unfasten
,
unfetter
,
unglue
,
unhook
,
unknot
,
unlace
,
unlatch
,
unleash
,
unlock
,
unloose
,
unloosen
,
unravel
,
unscramble
,
unsnarl
,
unstick
,
unstrap
,
untangle
,
untie
,
unyoke
,
weigh anchor
,
withdraw
turn back
collapse
turn inside out or upside down
related words >
about ship
,
assimilate to
,
avert
,
back and fill
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
beat back
,
become
,
box off
,
break
,
break back
,
bring about
,
bring round
,
bring to
,
brush off
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change
,
change back
,
change course
,
change into
,
change over
,
change the heading
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
come about
,
come again
,
come back
,
come home
,
come up again
,
convert
,
cry back
,
cut
,
dismiss
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
do over
,
double
,
double a point
,
double back
,
draw aside
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
ease off
,
echo
,
edge off
,
fend off
,
fetch about
,
flip-flop
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go about
,
go back
,
go home
,
go off
,
gybe
,
hark back
,
haw
,
head off
,
heave round
,
hold off
,
jib
,
jibe
,
jibe all standing
,
keep coming
,
keep off
,
make
,
make over
,
make way for
,
miss stays
,
move aside
,
naturalize
,
pack off
,
ply
,
push back
,
put about
,
put back
,
react
,
reappear
,
rebuff
,
reconvert
,
recur
,
reduce to
,
refuse
,
render
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
repel
,
repulse
,
resolve into
,
resound
,
resume
,
return
,
reverberate
,
reverse
,
revert
,
round a point
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
sheer
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shove aside
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
slew
,
snub
,
spurn
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
switch
,
switch over
,
tack
,
throw about
,
thrust back
,
transform
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn into
,
veer
,
veer off
,
ward off
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
wind
,
yaw
side door
collapse
an exterior door at one side of a building
related words >
French door
,
archway
,
back door
,
back road
,
back stairs
,
back street
,
back way
,
barway
,
bolt-hole
,
bulkhead
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
covert way
,
detour
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
escalier derobe
,
escape hatch
,
escape route
,
front door
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
lintel
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
postern
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
roundabout way
,
scuttle
,
secret exit
,
secret passage
,
secret staircase
,
side road
,
side street
,
stile
,
storm door
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
,
underground
,
underground railroad
,
underground route
scrounge
collapse
collect or look around for (food)
related words >
abstract
,
and
,
annex
,
appropriate
,
bag
,
beg
,
boost
,
borrow
,
bum
,
cadge
,
cadger
,
come up with
,
cop
,
crib
,
defraud
,
embezzle
,
extort
,
ferret out
,
filch
,
freeload
,
freeloader
,
hit
,
hit up
,
hook
,
importune
,
lift
,
make off with
,
mooch
,
nip
,
nose out
,
palm
,
panhandle
,
parasite
,
pass the hat
,
pilfer
,
pinch
,
poach
,
purloin
,
run away with
,
rustle
,
scrape together
,
scrape up
,
scrounger
,
seek out
,
shoplift
,
smell out
,
snare
,
snatch
,
snitch
,
sponger
,
steal
,
swindle
,
swipe
,
take
,
thieve
,
touch
,
walk off with
sluttish
collapse
related words >
beat-up
,
bedraggled
,
blowzy
,
botched
,
bungling
,
careless
,
chintzy
,
clumsy
,
deficient
,
dilapidated
,
drabbletailed
,
draggled
,
draggletailed
,
frowzy
,
frumpish
,
frumpy
,
grubby
,
half-assed
,
haphazard
,
hit-and-miss
,
hit-or-miss
,
in rags
,
informal
,
loose
,
lumpen
,
messy
,
mussy
,
negligent
,
poky
,
promiscuous
,
ragged
,
raggedy
,
ruinous
,
scraggly
,
seedy
,
shabby
,
shoddy
,
slack
,
slatternly
,
slipshod
,
slipshoddy
,
sloppy
,
slovenly
,
sordid
,
squalid
,
tacky
,
tattered
,
unkempt
,
unneat
,
unsightly
,
untidy
reenact
collapse
enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"
enact again; "Congress reenacted the law"
related words >
give back
,
place in
,
put back
,
reactivate
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
replace
,
replenish
,
restore
,
return
,
revest
turn about
collapse
related words >
alternately
,
au pair
,
break back
,
by turns
,
change back
,
come about
,
consecutively
,
convert
,
cry back
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
even
,
evert
,
every other
,
exchangeably
,
fetch about
,
flip-flop
,
go about
,
go back
,
hand running
,
hark back
,
heel
,
in Indian file
,
in a chain
,
in a line
,
in a row
,
in a series
,
in column
,
in exchange
,
in file
,
in return
,
in rotation
,
in single file
,
in succession
,
in turn
,
in turns
,
introvert
,
intussuscept
,
invaginate
,
inverse
,
invert
,
make and break
,
mutually
,
off and on
,
pivot
,
pivot about
,
progressively
,
pronate
,
put about
,
reciprocally
,
resupinate
,
reverse
,
revolve
,
rotate
,
round
,
round and round
,
running
,
sequentially
,
serially
,
seriatim
,
spin
,
step by step
,
successively
,
supinate
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swivel
,
to and fro
,
transpose
,
turn
,
turn around
,
turn back
,
turn down
,
turn in
,
turn inside out
,
turn out
,
turn over
,
turn round
,
turn tail
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn upside down
,
up and down
,
veer
,
veer around
,
wheel
,
wheel about
,
whirl
sidestep
collapse
a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
avert
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bear off
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
burke
,
bypass
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
circumvent
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge
,
edge off
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go crabwise
,
go off
,
go sideways
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lateral
,
lateralize
,
make leeway
,
make way for
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
move aside
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shirk
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shun
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
side
,
sideslip
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
skew
,
skid
,
skirt
,
split hairs
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
switch
,
tergiversate
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer
,
veer off
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
roam
collapse
related words >
amble
,
bat
,
bat around
,
bum
,
circumambulate
,
count ties
,
cruise
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
divagate
,
drift
,
flit
,
gad
,
gad about
,
gallivant
,
go about
,
go the rounds
,
hit the road
,
hit the trail
,
hobo
,
jaunt
,
knock about
,
knock around
,
meander
,
mooch
,
mosey
,
nomadize
,
perambulate
,
peregrinate
,
pererrate
,
prowl
,
ramble
,
range
,
rove
,
run about
,
saunter
,
straggle
,
stray
,
stroll
,
swan
,
traipse
,
tramp
,
travel
,
vagabond
,
vagabondize
,
voyage
,
walk
,
walk the tracks
,
wander
,
wayfare
make an impression
collapse
related words >
affect
,
arrest the thoughts
,
assail the ear
,
be heard
,
be remembered
,
caress the ear
,
catch the thoughts
,
come home to
,
contact
,
gain a hearing
,
get across
,
get through to
,
get to
,
grab
,
hit
,
hit the mark
,
impress
,
impress forcibly
,
make oneself heard
,
never be forgotten
,
obsess
,
penetrate
,
rankle
,
reach
,
reach the ear
,
register
,
rock
,
sink in
,
smite
,
strike
,
strike hard
,
strike home
,
tell
,
traumatize
pull back
collapse
pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
related words >
about the bush
,
abrupt
,
alienate
,
avoid
,
back down
,
back out
,
backslide
,
balance
,
beat a retreat
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cock
,
cringe
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
debate
,
delete
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
depart
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
duck
,
eject
,
equivocate
,
estrange
,
evade
,
expel
,
fade
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
get behind
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
isolate
,
jerk back
,
jib
,
lapse
,
leave
,
lose ground
,
make bones about
,
move back
,
parry
,
part
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull away
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
run back
,
scruple
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shut off
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
slip back
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
subtract
,
swerve
,
think twice about
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
turn aside
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
ward off
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
wane
collapse
decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"
become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
advance
,
age
,
ascend
,
back
,
back up
,
bate
,
be eaten away
,
beat
,
budge
,
calm
,
calm down
,
catabasis
,
cease
,
cessation
,
change
,
change place
,
cheat the undertaker
,
circle
,
climb
,
collapse
,
comedown
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
crash
,
crumble
,
dead set
,
dead stand
,
dead stop
,
deadlock
,
debasement
,
decadence
,
decadency
,
deceleration
,
declension
,
declination
,
decline
,
decline and fall
,
decrease
,
decrescendo
,
deformation
,
degeneracy
,
degenerateness
,
degeneration
,
degradation
,
deliquesce
,
demotion
,
depravation
,
depravedness
,
depreciation
,
derogation
,
descend
,
descent
,
deterioration
,
devolution
,
die
,
die away
,
die down
,
diminish
,
diminuendo
,
dive
,
dodder
,
downtrend
,
downturn
,
downward mobility
,
downward trend
,
drift away
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dwindle
,
dwindling
,
dying
,
dying down
,
ease off
,
ebb
,
ebbing
,
effeteness
,
erode
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fading
,
fail
,
failing
,
failure
,
failure of nerve
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
fall short
,
falling-off
,
flow
,
full stop
,
get along
,
get on
,
get over
,
go
,
go around
,
go away
,
go down
,
go downhill
,
go off
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
grow old
,
gyrate
,
halt
,
hit a slump
,
hit rock bottom
,
hit the skids
,
involution
,
languish
,
lapse
,
lash
,
lessen
,
let up
,
lock
,
loss of tone
,
lull
,
melt away
,
moderate
,
molder
,
mount
,
move
,
move away
,
move off
,
move over
,
pacify
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
progress
,
pull away
,
quiesce
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
reach the depths
,
recede
,
regress
,
regression
,
relent
,
remission
,
retire
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrocession
,
retrogradation
,
retrogress
,
retrogression
,
rise
,
rotate
,
run
,
run down
,
run low
,
sag
,
shake
,
shift
,
shrink
,
shrivel
,
sink
,
slacken
,
slide
,
slip
,
slippage
,
slowdown
,
slump
,
soar
,
soothe
,
spin
,
stand
,
stand off
,
standstill
,
stillstand
,
stir
,
stop
,
stream
,
subside
,
subsidence
,
switch
,
tail off
,
totter
,
touch bottom
,
tranquilize
,
travel
,
turn gray
,
turn white
,
wag
,
waggle
,
waning
,
waste
,
waste away
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
whirl
,
widen the distance
,
withdraw
,
wither
,
wizen
,
wrinkle
stick at
collapse
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
blench
,
boggle
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
think twice about
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
hit the nail on the head
collapse
related words >
add up
,
answer
,
be OK
,
be correct
,
be just right
,
be right
,
bottom
,
clear up
,
crack
,
debug
,
decipher
,
decode
,
disentangle
,
divine
,
do
,
dope
,
dope out
,
explain
,
fathom
,
figure out
,
find out
,
find the answer
,
find the solution
,
get
,
get right
,
guess
,
guess right
,
have it
,
hit it
,
interpret
,
make out
,
open the lock
,
plumb
,
psych
,
psych out
,
puzzle out
,
ravel
,
ravel out
,
resolve
,
riddle
,
solve
,
sort out
,
undo
,
unlock
,
unravel
,
unriddle
,
unscramble
,
untangle
,
untwist
,
unweave
,
work
,
work out
flash in the pan
collapse
someone who enjoys transient success but then fails
related words >
abortion
,
abortive attempt
,
also-ran
,
bankrupt
,
best seller
,
big hit
,
blank cartridge
,
bogy
,
brilliant success
,
bubble
,
bugaboo
,
bugbear
,
castrato
,
cipher
,
cry of wolf
,
dud
,
dummy
,
ephemera
,
ephemeral
,
ephemerid
,
ephemerides
,
ephemeris
,
eunuch
,
fad
,
failure
,
false alarm
,
flop
,
gas
,
gasser
,
gelding
,
great success
,
hit
,
hollow man
,
impotent
,
incompetent
,
invalid
,
jackstraw
,
killing
,
lay figure
,
loser
,
man of straw
,
mayfly
,
merry chase
,
meteoric success
,
miscarriage
,
miscarrying
,
misfire
,
momentary success
,
nebbish
,
nobody
,
nonentity
,
nothing
,
nullity
,
puppet
,
pushover
,
resounding triumph
,
riot
,
roaring success
,
sensation
,
smash
,
smash hit
,
smoke
,
snows of yesteryear
,
thing of naught
,
trifle
,
triumph
,
vain attempt
,
washout
,
weakling
,
wet squib
,
wild-goose chase
,
wow
,
zero
hit or miss
collapse
related words >
airily
,
any old way
,
any which way
,
anyhow
,
at haphazard
,
at intervals
,
at random
,
bunglingly
,
by chance
,
by fits
,
by snatches
,
capriciously
,
carelessly
,
casually
,
clumsily
,
cursorily
,
desultorily
,
disregardfully
,
erratically
,
experimentally
,
fitfully
,
forgetfully
,
haphazardly
,
heedlessly
,
helter-skelter
,
hit and miss
,
in snatches
,
in spots
,
inattentively
,
inconsiderately
,
indiscriminately
,
irregularly
,
messily
,
offhand
,
offhandedly
,
once over lightly
,
perfunctorily
,
promiscuously
,
randomly
,
recklessly
,
regardlessly
,
slapdash
,
sloppily
,
spasmodically
,
sporadically
,
tactlessly
,
thoughtlessly
,
unguardedly
,
unheedfully
,
unheedingly
,
unmethodically
,
unmindfully
,
unsolicitously
,
unsystematically
,
unthinkingly
,
unvigilantly
,
unwarily
get well
collapse
improve in health; "He got well fast"
related words >
bounce back
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
get about
,
get over
,
make a comeback
,
mend
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
recover
,
recuperate
,
revive
,
survive
,
weather the storm
disavow
collapse
refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
related words >
abjure
,
assert the contrary
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
belie
,
climb down
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
crawfish out
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
impugn
,
join issue upon
,
negate
,
negative
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
retract
,
revoke
,
swallow
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
unsay
,
withdraw
hold off
collapse
resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"
related words >
abstain
,
adjourn
,
be dilatory
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
blench
,
block
,
boggle
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
continue
,
counter
,
cut
,
defer
,
delay
,
demur
,
dismiss
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
drag out
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
extend
,
falter
,
fend
,
fend off
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
gain time
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
hang up
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
keep at bay
,
keep back
,
keep in hand
,
keep off
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
let alone
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
pause
,
pigeonhole
,
play for time
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull back
,
push aside
,
push back
,
put
,
put aside
,
put back
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
quail
,
rebuff
,
rebut
,
recess
,
recoil
,
refrain
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
reserve
,
save
,
scruple
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sleep on
,
snub
,
spare
,
spurn
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop
,
strain
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
waive
,
ward off
,
waver
,
wince
side with
collapse
related words >
accord
,
act with
,
advocate
,
agree
,
agree in opinion
,
agree with
,
align with
,
back
,
back up
,
backstop
,
champion
,
chime in with
,
close with
,
coincide
,
concur
,
conform to
,
ditto
,
echo
,
fall in with
,
flock to
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
get together with
,
go along with
,
go in with
,
go with
,
join
,
join hands with
,
join up with
,
join with
,
line up with
,
meet
,
rally round
,
range with
,
run interference for
,
second
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand by
,
stand in with
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
strike in with
,
string along with
,
swing in with
,
take part with
,
take sides with
,
team up with
,
throw in with
,
unite with
,
uphold
deduct
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
allow
,
bate
,
charge off
,
collect
,
compress
,
conclude
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduce
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derive
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disparage
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
gather
,
impair
,
judge
,
kick back
,
knock off
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make
,
make allowance
,
make out
,
pare
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
take
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
premiere
collapse
the first public performance of a play or movie
related words >
be a gas
,
be a hit
,
benefit
,
bill
,
bomb
,
debut
,
dramatize
,
entertainment
,
exhibit
,
exhibition
,
fail
,
farewell performance
,
feature
,
first
,
flesh show
,
flop
,
headline
,
initial
,
make a hit
,
melodramatize
,
mount
,
open
,
open a show
,
opening
,
original
,
performance
,
premiere
,
present
,
presentation
,
presentment
,
preview
,
produce
,
production
,
put on
,
scenarize
,
set the stage
,
show
,
stage
,
stage presentation
,
star
,
succeed
,
swan song
,
theatrical performance
,
theatricalize
,
try out
,
tryout
corroborate
collapse
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
document
,
fortify
,
justify
,
probate
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
hold out on
collapse
related words >
bosom
,
classify
,
conceal
,
file and forget
,
hold back
,
in petto
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep between us
,
keep buttoned up
,
keep close
,
keep dark
,
keep from
,
keep in ignorance
,
keep mum
,
keep secret
,
keep snug
,
keep under wraps
,
make no sign
,
never let on
,
not give away
,
not tell
,
play dumb
,
secrete
,
veil
,
withhold
gallivant
collapse
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
related words >
bat
,
bat around
,
bum
,
cast coquettish glances
,
coquet
,
count ties
,
divagate
,
drift
,
eye
,
flirt
,
flit
,
gad
,
gad about
,
go about
,
go the rounds
,
gold-dig
,
hit the road
,
hit the trail
,
hobo
,
jaunt
,
knock about
,
knock around
,
look sweet upon
,
make eyes at
,
meander
,
mooch
,
nomadize
,
ogle
,
peregrinate
,
pererrate
,
philander
,
play around
,
prowl
,
ramble
,
range
,
roam
,
rove
,
run about
,
run around
,
saunter
,
straggle
,
stray
,
stroll
,
traipse
,
tramp
,
vagabond
,
vagabondize
,
walk the tracks
,
wander
,
wayfare
half assed
collapse
related words >
amateur
,
amateurish
,
artless
,
botched
,
bungling
,
clumsy
,
dabbling
,
defective
,
deficient
,
dilettante
,
dilettantish
,
half-baked
,
half-cocked
,
haphazard
,
hit-and-miss
,
hit-or-miss
,
immature
,
inadept
,
inadequate
,
inapt
,
inattentive
,
incomplete
,
inefficient
,
inept
,
inexpert
,
insufficient
,
lacking
,
mediocre
,
messy
,
pedestrian
,
poor
,
promiscuous
,
sciolistic
,
shallow
,
skill-less
,
slipshod
,
slipshoddy
,
sloppy
,
slovenly
,
sluttish
,
smattering
,
sophomoric
,
superficial
,
thoughtless
,
unapt
,
undeft
,
undexterous
,
undextrous
,
unfacile
,
unintelligent
,
unproficient
,
unskillful
,
untidy
,
wanting
regain
collapse
related words >
achieve
,
attain
,
compass
,
gain
,
get back
,
ransom
,
reach
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
save
,
take back
posterior
collapse
at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
appendant
,
arse
,
ass
,
attendant
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backside
,
backward
,
behind
,
bottom
,
breech
,
bum
,
butt
,
buttocks
,
cadet
,
consecutive
,
consequent
,
croup
,
crupper
,
derriere
,
ensuing
,
flack
,
following
,
haunches
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
junior
,
later
,
latter
,
lineal
,
nates
,
next
,
occiput
,
postern
,
postpositional
,
postpositive
,
proximate
,
puisne
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retral
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
rump
,
seat
,
sequacious
,
sequent
,
sequential
,
stern
,
subsequent
,
succeeding
,
successive
,
suffixed
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
tuchis
,
younger
back to back
collapse
related words >
as one
,
as one man
,
at opposite extremes
,
behind
,
behind the scenes
,
coactively
,
coefficiently
,
collectively
,
combinedly
,
communally
,
concertedly
,
concordantly
,
concurrently
,
conjointly
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
cooperatingly
,
cooperatively
,
counter
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
face to face
,
hand in glove
,
hand in hand
,
harmoniously
,
in back of
,
in chorus
,
in concert with
,
in the background
,
in the rear
,
in unison
,
jointly
,
just opposite
,
nose to nose
,
opposite
,
poles apart
,
shoulder to shoulder
,
tandem
,
together
,
unanimously
,
vis-a-vis
,
with one voice
retract
collapse
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
annul
,
assert the contrary
,
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
belie
,
cancel
,
cede
,
climb down
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cringe
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disannul
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disgorge
,
disown
,
dispense with
,
dispose of
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
do away with
,
do without
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
drop
,
duck
,
dump
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
fall back
,
flinch
,
forgo
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
get along without
,
get rid of
,
give away
,
give up
,
have done with
,
impugn
,
invalidate
,
join issue upon
,
kiss good-bye
,
make a sacrifice
,
make void
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
override
,
overrule
,
palinode
,
part with
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quitclaim
,
recall
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
relinquish
,
render up
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resign
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
sacrifice
,
set aside
,
shrink
,
shy
,
spare
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
swear off
,
take
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
throw up
,
unsay
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
write off
,
yield
bushwhack
collapse
cut one's way through the woods or bush
live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
related words >
ambush
,
assail
,
assault
,
astonish
,
attack
,
blitz
,
catch off-guard
,
catch unawares
,
come at
,
come down on
,
come from behind
,
come upon unexpectedly
,
crack down on
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
do the unexpected
,
drop in on
,
fall on
,
fall upon
,
gang up on
,
go at
,
go for
,
harry
,
have at
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
jump
,
land on
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay into
,
light into
,
mug
,
pitch into
,
pounce upon
,
pound
,
pull up short
,
sail into
,
set on
,
set upon
,
spring a surprise
,
spring upon
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop down on
,
take by surprise
,
take short
,
take the offensive
,
take unawares
,
wade into
wade into
collapse
related words >
ambush
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
blitz
,
bushwhack
,
come at
,
come down on
,
crack down on
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
dive into
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall on
,
fall to
,
fall upon
,
gang up on
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get with it
,
go at
,
go for
,
go to it
,
harry
,
have at
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
hop to it
,
jump
,
jump to it
,
land on
,
launch into
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay into
,
light into
,
mug
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
pounce upon
,
pound
,
sail into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set on
,
set to
,
set to work
,
set upon
,
start in
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop down on
,
tackle
,
take on
,
take the offensive
,
turn to
,
undertake
snap out of it
collapse
related words >
bounce back
,
brace up
,
brighten up
,
buck up
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
get about
,
get over
,
get well
,
light up
,
make a comeback
,
perk up
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
recover
,
revive
,
survive
,
take heart
,
weather the storm
please
collapse
used in polite request; "please pay attention"
give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"
give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"
be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased"
related words >
I beg you
,
amuse
,
be good enough
,
cater to
,
cheer
,
choose
,
choose rather
,
coddle
,
content
,
cosset
,
delectate
,
delight
,
desire
,
divert
,
do
,
elect
,
entertain
,
favor
,
give pleasure
,
give way to
,
gladden
,
go over big
,
gratify
,
happify
,
have a bias
,
have preference
,
have rather
,
have the goodness
,
hit the spot
,
honor before
,
humor
,
if you please
,
indulge
,
interest
,
lean towards
,
like
,
like better
,
make a hit
,
mollycoddle
,
oblige
,
opt
,
overjoy
,
pamper
,
pleasure
,
pray
,
pray do
,
prefer
,
prefer to
,
prithee
,
rather
,
regale
,
rejoice
,
satisfy
,
see fit
,
set before
,
spoil
,
suit
,
think best
,
think fit
,
think proper
,
tickle
,
titillate
,
want
,
will
,
will you
,
wish
,
yield to
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