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make a comeback
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pay back
collapse
take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
related words >
alternate
,
atone
,
bandy
,
be quits with
,
change
,
commute
,
compensate
,
cooperate
,
counterchange
,
cover
,
do penance
,
exchange
,
expiate
,
fill up
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
get satisfaction
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
indemnify
,
interchange
,
kick back
,
logroll
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make requital
,
make restitution
,
make retribution
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay
,
pay damages
,
pay in kind
,
pay off
,
permute
,
quit
,
reciprocate
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
rectify
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
repay
,
requite
,
respond
,
retaliate
,
return
,
return the compliment
,
reward
,
set right
,
square
,
swap
,
switch
,
trade
,
transpose
prosper
collapse
related words >
advance
,
arrive
,
be blooded
,
be successful
,
catch on
,
click
,
come along
,
come off
,
come on
,
connect
,
develop
,
do well
,
enjoy prosperity
,
fare well
,
farewell
,
flourish
,
gain
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get on swimmingly
,
get on well
,
go
,
go great guns
,
go off
,
go over
,
go over big
,
go to town
,
go well
,
graduate
,
grow
,
grow rich
,
make
,
make a hit
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make progress
,
meet with success
,
pass
,
prevail
,
profit
,
progress
,
qualify
,
succeed
,
take
,
thrive
,
turn out well
,
work well
,
work wonders
,
yield
come around
collapse
happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again"
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acquiesce
,
agree
,
agree on
,
agree with
,
alter
,
alternate
,
ameliorate
,
be changed
,
be converted into
,
be here again
,
be persuaded
,
be renewed
,
bottom out
,
bounce back
,
break
,
change
,
checker
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
circle
,
come about
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around to
,
come back
,
come over
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come sick
,
come to
,
come to terms
,
come up again
,
come up smiling
,
comply
,
comply with
,
covenant
,
cycle
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
deviate
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
fall in with
,
flop
,
get about
,
get over
,
get together
,
get well
,
haul around
,
improve
,
intermit
,
jibe
,
make a comeback
,
meliorate
,
menstruate
,
mitigate
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
oscillate
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
pulsate
,
pulse
,
rally
,
reappear
,
recover
,
recur
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
return
,
revive
,
revolve
,
roll around
,
rotate
,
shake hands on
,
shake on it
,
shift
,
strike a bargain
,
submit
,
survive
,
swerve
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
undergo a change
,
undulate
,
vary
,
veer
,
warp
,
weather the storm
,
wheel
,
wheel around
,
worsen
get in touch with
collapse
related words >
answer
,
approach
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
establish connection
,
get to
,
interrogate
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make contact with
,
make overtures
,
make up to
,
question
,
raise
,
reach
,
relate to
,
reply to
,
respond to
keep in touch
collapse
related words >
answer
,
approach
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
establish connection
,
get to
,
interrogate
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make contact with
,
make overtures
,
make up to
,
question
,
raise
,
reach
,
relate to
,
reply to
,
respond to
step forward
collapse
related words >
advance
,
come along
,
come forward
,
come on
,
cover ground
,
gain ground
,
gather head
,
gather way
,
get ahead
,
get along
,
go
,
go ahead
,
go along
,
go fast
,
go forward
,
go on
,
make good time
,
make head against
,
make headway
,
make progress
,
make progress against
,
make strides
,
make up leeway
,
move
,
move forward
,
need no prodding
,
pass along
,
pass on
,
proceed
,
progress
,
roll
,
stem
,
travel
,
volunteer
make the scene
collapse
related words >
achieve success
,
advance
,
arrive
,
be a success
,
be enfranchised
,
be implicated in
,
bear a hand
,
break through
,
chip in
,
come on
,
come through
,
contribute
,
cut a swath
,
enter into
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get there
,
go far
,
go into
,
go places
,
go to
,
have it made
,
have suffrage
,
help decide
,
hie to
,
join
,
join in
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
partake
,
partake of
,
participate
,
participate in
,
progress
,
pull an oar
,
repair to
,
resort to
,
rise
,
sit in
,
sit in on
,
take part in
,
visit
,
vote
cutting remark
collapse
related words >
Parthian shot
,
back answer
,
caustic remark
,
comeback
,
crack
,
cut
,
dig
,
dump
,
fleer
,
flout
,
foolery
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
leg-pull
,
mock
,
parting shot
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rude reproach
,
scoff
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
twit
,
verbal thrust
eke out
collapse
obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"
make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"
supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty"
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accomplish
,
bring to completion
,
bring to fruition
,
complete
,
cope
,
fill in
,
fill out
,
fulfill
,
get by
,
keep afloat
,
make ends meet
,
make good
,
make out
,
make up
,
manage
,
mature
,
piece out
,
refill
,
replenish
,
round out
,
scrape along
,
subsist
,
survive
,
top off
break through
collapse
penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft"
pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
related words >
achieve success
,
advance
,
arrive
,
be a success
,
breach
,
break in
,
break into
,
break open
,
break out
,
burst in
,
bust in
,
cave in
,
come forth
,
come on
,
come out
,
come through
,
cut a swath
,
debouch
,
emerge
,
erupt
,
exit
,
find vent
,
force open
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get there
,
go far
,
go places
,
have it made
,
issue
,
issue forth
,
leak out
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make the scene
,
ooze out
,
prize open
,
progress
,
rise
,
run out
,
rupture
,
split open
,
stove in
,
tear open
recoup
collapse
reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
related words >
atone
,
get back
,
kick back
,
make amends
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay back
,
pay in kind
,
quit
,
ransom
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
reclaiming
,
reclamation
,
recompense
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
recuperation
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
redemption
,
redress
,
refund
,
regain
,
regainment
,
reimburse
,
remunerate
,
renovate
,
reoccupation
,
reoccupy
,
repay
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repossession
,
requite
,
rescue
,
restoration
,
restore
,
resume
,
resumption
,
retake
,
retaking
,
retrieval
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revindication
,
revival
,
revive
,
salvage
,
take back
,
trover
,
win back
feign
collapse
make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
affect
,
assume
,
bluff
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
do a bit
,
dramatize
,
fake
,
four-flush
,
gammon
,
histrionize
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make like
,
make out like
,
overact
,
play
,
play a part
,
play a scene
,
play possum
,
playact
,
pretend
,
profess
,
put on
,
put on airs
,
sham
,
simulate
,
tug the heartstrings
,
wear
jape
collapse
related words >
Parthian shot
,
back answer
,
badinage
,
banter
,
barrack
,
be merry with
,
belly laugh
,
blue story
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
comeback
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
dig
,
dig at
,
dirty joke
,
dirty story
,
double entendre
,
drollery
,
dump
,
dump on
,
ethnic joke
,
exchange
,
fleer
,
fleer at
,
flout
,
foolery
,
fooling
,
fooling around
,
fun
,
funny story
,
gag
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
give-and-take
,
good one
,
good story
,
good-natured banter
,
harmless teasing
,
haze
,
howler
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jeer
,
jest
,
jestbook
,
jive
,
joke
,
jolly
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
kidding
,
kidding around
,
laugh
,
leg-pull
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
needle
,
panic
,
parting shot
,
persiflage
,
play
,
play on words
,
pleasantry
,
point
,
poke fun at
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
pun
,
put down
,
put on
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rag
,
rail at
,
raillery
,
rally
,
rallying
,
rank out
,
razz
,
revile
,
rib
,
rib tickler
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
riot
,
roast
,
rude reproach
,
scintillate
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scout
,
scream
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
sick joke
,
sidesplitter
,
sight gag
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
sparkle
,
sport
,
story
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
tease
,
twit
,
utter a mot
,
verbal thrust
,
visual joke
,
waggery
,
wheeze
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
wow
,
yak
,
yarn
kick back
collapse
spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
pay a kickback; make an illegal payment
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abate
,
allow
,
atone
,
backfire
,
backlash
,
bate
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bounce back
,
bound
,
bound back
,
cannon
,
cannon off
,
carom
,
charge off
,
cut
,
deduct
,
depreciate
,
discount
,
fly back
,
have repercussions
,
kick
,
lash back
,
make allowance
,
make amends
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay back
,
pay in kind
,
quit
,
rebate
,
rebound
,
recalcitrate
,
recoil
,
recoup
,
redress
,
reduce
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
repay
,
repercuss
,
requite
,
resile
,
ricochet
,
snap back
,
spring
,
spring back
,
take a premium
,
take off
,
write off
four flush
collapse
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
affect
,
assume
,
bluff
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
fake
,
feign
,
gammon
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make like
,
play
,
play a part
,
play possum
,
playact
,
pretend
,
profess
,
put on
,
sham
,
simulate
go through the motions
collapse
pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it; "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions"
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
affect
,
assume
,
bluff
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
fake
,
feign
,
four-flush
,
gammon
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make like
,
play
,
play a part
,
play possum
,
playact
,
pretend
,
profess
,
put on
,
sham
,
simulate
nail down
collapse
succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
related words >
afford proof of
,
ascertain
,
assure
,
balance
,
ballast
,
bring home to
,
certify
,
cinch
,
clear up
,
clinch
,
counterbalance
,
decide
,
demonstrate
,
determine
,
dismiss all doubt
,
ensure
,
establish
,
find out
,
firm
,
firm up
,
fix
,
follow
,
follow from
,
freeze
,
get at
,
have a case
,
hold
,
hold good
,
hold water
,
immobilize
,
insure
,
keep
,
make certain
,
make good
,
make no doubt
,
make no mistake
,
make out
,
make sure
,
make sure of
,
pin down
,
prove
,
prove to be
,
prove true
,
reassure
,
remove all doubt
,
retain
,
see that
,
see to it
,
set at rest
,
settle
,
settle the matter
,
show
,
sort out
,
stabilitate
,
stabilize
,
steady
,
stick
,
transfix
make money
collapse
related words >
capitalize on
,
cash in on
,
clean up
,
clear
,
coin money
,
come into money
,
commercialize
,
gain by
,
get rich
,
gross
,
grow rich
,
make a fortune
,
make a killing
,
make good
,
make money by
,
net
,
profit
,
realize
,
realize on
,
strike it rich
,
turn a penny
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
make it
collapse
related words >
accomplish
,
achieve
,
achieve success
,
advance
,
approach
,
arrive
,
arrive at
,
arrive in
,
attain
,
attain to
,
be a success
,
be able
,
be received
,
be up to
,
blow in
,
bob up
,
break through
,
can
,
can do
,
check in
,
clear
,
clear the hurdle
,
clock in
,
come
,
come along
,
come in
,
come on
,
come through
,
come to
,
come to hand
,
contrive
,
cut a swath
,
cut it
,
cut the mustard
,
engineer
,
fetch
,
fetch up at
,
find
,
gain
,
get ahead
,
get along
,
get by
,
get in
,
get on
,
get there
,
get to
,
go far
,
go on
,
go places
,
hack it
,
have it made
,
hit
,
hit town
,
make
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make out
,
make the grade
,
make the scene
,
manage
,
manage somehow
,
may
,
muddle through
,
negotiate
,
pop up
,
possess authority
,
progress
,
pull in
,
punch in
,
put over
,
put through
,
reach
,
ring in
,
rise
,
roll in
,
scrape along
,
show up
,
sign in
,
succeed in
,
swing
,
swing the deal
,
take charge
,
time in
,
turn up
,
worry along
atone
collapse
related words >
accord
,
answer
,
appease
,
assonate
,
atone for
,
attune
,
be harmonious
,
be in tune
,
blend
,
chime
,
chord
,
compensate
,
conciliate
,
cover
,
do penance
,
expiate
,
fill up
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
harmonize
,
indemnify
,
kick back
,
live down
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make matters up
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make right
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
melodize
,
musicalize
,
pay
,
pay back
,
pay damages
,
pay in kind
,
pay the forfeit
,
pay the penalty
,
propitiate
,
put in tune
,
quit
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
rectify
,
redeem
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
remedy
,
repair
,
repay
,
requite
,
retaliate
,
satisfy
,
set right
,
sound in tune
,
sound together
,
square
,
square it
,
square things
,
string
,
symphonize
,
synchronize
,
tone down
,
tone up
,
tune
,
tune up
,
voice
get ahead
collapse
related words >
accrue
,
accumulate
,
achieve success
,
advance
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
appreciate
,
arrive
,
balloon
,
be a success
,
bloat
,
boom
,
break through
,
breed
,
broaden
,
come along
,
come on
,
come through
,
cover ground
,
crescendo
,
cut a swath
,
develop
,
do well
,
enjoy prosperity
,
farewell
,
gain
,
gain ground
,
gain strength
,
gather head
,
gather way
,
get along
,
get on
,
get on swimmingly
,
get on well
,
get there
,
go
,
go ahead
,
go along
,
go far
,
go fast
,
go forward
,
go on
,
go places
,
go up
,
go well
,
graduate
,
grow
,
grow better
,
have it made
,
improve
,
increase
,
intensify
,
look up
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make good time
,
make head against
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make progress
,
make progress against
,
make strides
,
make the scene
,
make up leeway
,
meliorate
,
mend
,
mount
,
move
,
move forward
,
multiply
,
pass along
,
pass on
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
proceed
,
progress
,
proliferate
,
prosper
,
rise
,
roll
,
run up
,
shape up
,
shoot up
,
show improvement
,
skyrocket
,
snowball
,
spread
,
stem
,
step forward
,
strengthen
,
succeed
,
swell
,
take off
,
travel
,
turn out well
,
wax
,
widen
scrape along
collapse
manage one's existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary"
related words >
clear
,
clear the hurdle
,
come along
,
come on
,
contrive
,
cope
,
cut the mustard
,
eke out
,
engineer
,
get along
,
get by
,
get on
,
go on
,
hack it
,
keep afloat
,
make ends meet
,
make it
,
make out
,
make the grade
,
manage
,
manage somehow
,
muddle through
,
negotiate
,
put over
,
put through
,
subsist
,
succeed in
,
survive
,
swing
,
swing the deal
,
worry along
requite
collapse
make repayment for or return something
related words >
alternate
,
amend
,
atone
,
avenge
,
bandy
,
be quits with
,
change
,
commute
,
compensate
,
compensate for
,
content
,
cooperate
,
correct
,
counterchange
,
emend
,
exchange
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
get satisfaction
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
indemnify
,
interchange
,
kick back
,
logroll
,
make all square
,
make amends
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make requital
,
make restitution
,
make retribution
,
make right
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay
,
pay back
,
pay damages
,
pay in kind
,
pay off
,
pay reparations
,
permute
,
put right
,
put straight
,
put to rights
,
quit
,
reciprocate
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
rectify
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
remedy
,
remunerate
,
repay
,
respond
,
respond to
,
retaliate
,
return
,
return the compliment
,
revenge
,
reward
,
right
,
satisfy
,
set right
,
set straight
,
set to rights
,
set up
,
square
,
swap
,
switch
,
trade
,
transpose
counterrevolution
collapse
a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution
related words >
backfire
,
bloodless revolution
,
bouleversement
,
breakdown
,
breakup
,
cataclysm
,
catastrophe
,
clean slate
,
clean sweep
,
comeback
,
computer revolution
,
convulsion
,
counterattack
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
counterfire
,
counterinsurgency
,
countermeasure
,
counterstep
,
counterstroke
,
debacle
,
defense
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
palace revolution
,
radical change
,
retort
,
revolt
,
revolution
,
revolutionary war
,
revulsion
,
spasm
,
striking alteration
,
subversion
,
sweeping change
,
tabula rasa
,
technological revolution
,
total change
,
transilience
,
upset
,
violent change
retort
collapse
a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
answer back
related words >
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
aerosol
,
alembic
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
anvil
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
atomizer
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
backfire
,
bon mot
,
boomerang
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
caldron
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come in
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
counter
,
counterattack
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
countercharge
,
counterfire
,
counterinsurgency
,
countermeasure
,
counterrevolution
,
counterstep
,
counterstroke
,
crack
,
crucible
,
defense
,
echo
,
engine
,
epigram
,
evaporator
,
evasive reply
,
exchange
,
facetiae
,
flash back
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gag
,
get back at
,
gibe
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
give-and-take
,
happy thought
,
hit back at
,
interchange
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
lathe
,
machine
,
melting pot
,
mortar
,
mot
,
motor
,
nasty crack
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
react
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
rebut
,
rebuttal
,
receipt
,
reciprocate
,
reciprocation
,
recoil
,
recrimination
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
repartee
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
reprisal
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retaliate
,
retaliation
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
revenge
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
riposte
,
sally
,
say
,
say in reply
,
scintillation
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
spray
,
still
,
strike back
,
stroke of wit
,
talk back
,
test tube
,
transducer
,
transformer
,
turn of thought
,
vaporizer
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
bon mot
collapse
a clever remark
related words >
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
conceit
,
crack
,
epigram
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
happy thought
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
sally
,
scintillation
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
stroke of wit
,
turn of thought
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
nasty crack
collapse
related words >
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
conceit
,
crack
,
epigram
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
happy thought
,
mot
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
repartee
,
retort
,
riposte
,
sally
,
scintillation
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
stroke of wit
,
turn of thought
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
sleep with
collapse
related words >
ball
,
be intimate
,
cohabit
,
come together
,
commit adultery
,
copulate
,
couple
,
cover
,
diddle
,
fornicate
,
frig
,
have sex
,
have sexual relations
,
lay
,
lie with
,
make it with
,
make love
,
make out
,
mate
,
mount
,
screw
,
serve
,
service
pretend
collapse
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
adopt
,
affect
,
aim to
,
allege
,
appropriate
,
arrogate
,
assume
,
attempt
,
attempt to
,
avow
,
bluff
,
challenge
,
claim
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dare
,
dare to
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
do a bit
,
dramatize
,
encroach
,
endeavor
,
fake
,
feign
,
four-flush
,
gammon
,
hazard
,
histrionize
,
infringe
,
invade
,
lay claim to
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make bold
,
make free
,
make like
,
make out
,
make out like
,
overact
,
play
,
play God
,
play a part
,
play a scene
,
play possum
,
playact
,
presume
,
pretend to
,
pretext
,
profess
,
protest too much
,
purport
,
put on
,
put on airs
,
represent
,
seek to
,
seize
,
sham
,
simulate
,
strive to
,
study to
,
take over
,
take the liberty
,
trespass
,
try
,
try and
,
try to
,
tug the heartstrings
,
undertake
,
usurp
,
venture
,
venture to
,
wear
underestimate
collapse
an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river"
related words >
belittle
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
discount
,
disparage
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
minimize
,
miscalculate
,
misestimate
,
misjudge
,
misprize
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shrug off
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
make advances
collapse
related words >
act on
,
answer
,
approach
,
bear upon
,
break the ice
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
court
,
cultivate
,
draw
,
draw on
,
establish connection
,
exert influence
,
get cozy with
,
get to
,
importune
,
interrogate
,
lead on
,
lobby
,
lobby through
,
magnetize
,
maintain connection
,
make a pass
,
make an overture
,
make contact with
,
make overtures
,
make up to
,
overture
,
pay addresses to
,
pay court to
,
play up to
,
proposition
,
pull strings
,
question
,
raise
,
reach
,
relate to
,
reply to
,
respond to
,
run after
,
shine up to
,
solicit
,
suck up to
,
throw a pass
,
wire-pull
,
work on
scoff
collapse
treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"
related words >
Parthian shot
,
affront
,
aspersion
,
atrocity
,
back answer
,
barrack
,
belittle
,
bolt
,
boo
,
brickbat
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
chow
,
comeback
,
comestibles
,
contempt
,
contumely
,
crack
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
deride
,
despite
,
devour
,
dig
,
dig at
,
disbelieve
,
dismiss
,
disparage
,
dump on
,
eats
,
edibles
,
enormity
,
feed
,
fleer
,
flout
,
flouting
,
food
,
foodstuff
,
foolery
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
gird
,
gobble up
,
grub
,
gulp down
,
guzzle
,
humiliation
,
indignity
,
injury
,
insult
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jeer at
,
jeering
,
jest
,
kid
,
lampoon
,
leg-pull
,
make light of
,
mock
,
mockery
,
offense
,
outrage
,
parting shot
,
poke fun at
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
provisions
,
put away
,
put down
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rag
,
rail at
,
rally
,
rank out
,
rations
,
revile
,
rib
,
ridicule
,
rude reproach
,
scoff at
,
scout
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
spoof
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
tease
,
twit
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
verbal thrust
,
victuals
,
wolf down
whistle for
collapse
related words >
apply for
,
ask
,
ask for
,
beg leave
,
bespeak
,
call for
,
crave
,
demand
,
desire
,
file for
,
indent
,
make a request
,
make a requisition
,
make application
,
order
,
put in for
,
request
,
requisition
,
wish
beg leave
collapse
related words >
apply for
,
ask
,
ask for
,
bespeak
,
call for
,
crave
,
demand
,
desire
,
file for
,
indent
,
make a request
,
make a requisition
,
make application
,
order
,
put in for
,
request
,
requisition
,
whistle for
,
wish
come to terms
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
acknowledge defeat
,
agree
,
agree on
,
agree to
,
agree with
,
bargain for
,
be a bargain
,
be a deal
,
be a go
,
be on
,
beg a truce
,
capitulate
,
cede
,
come around to
,
come round
,
come together
,
covenant
,
cry pax
,
cry quits
,
forgive and forget
,
get together
,
give over
,
implore mercy
,
make a bargain
,
make a deal
,
make a dicker
,
make matters up
,
make up
,
pray for quarter
,
relinquish
,
renounce
,
say uncle
,
shake hands
,
shake hands on
,
shake on it
,
strike a bargain
,
surrender
,
yield the palm
jeer
collapse
showing your contempt by derision
laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
related words >
Parthian shot
,
affront
,
aspersion
,
atrocity
,
back answer
,
barrack
,
boo
,
brickbat
,
bullyrag
,
call names
,
catcall
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
comeback
,
contempt
,
contumely
,
crack
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
decry
,
deride
,
derision
,
despite
,
dig
,
dig at
,
dishonor
,
disoblige
,
dump
,
dump on
,
enormity
,
fleer
,
fleer at
,
flout
,
flouting
,
foolery
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
gird
,
give offense to
,
hiss
,
hoot
,
humiliate
,
humiliation
,
hurl a brickbat
,
indignity
,
injury
,
insult
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jape
,
jeer at
,
jeering
,
jest
,
jibe
,
jibe at
,
knock
,
leg-pull
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
mockery
,
obloquy
,
offend
,
offense
,
outrage
,
parting shot
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
put down
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rag
,
rail at
,
rally
,
rank out
,
revile
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
rude reproach
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scout
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
treat with indignity
,
twit
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
verbal thrust
make up to
collapse
related words >
act on
,
act up to
,
agree to anything
,
answer
,
approach
,
atone
,
bear for
,
bear up for
,
bear up to
,
bear upon
,
break for
,
break the ice
,
brown-nose
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
court
,
cultivate
,
curry favor
,
dance attendance on
,
dash for
,
draw
,
draw on
,
establish connection
,
exert influence
,
fall all over
,
fall over
,
fawn upon
,
get cozy with
,
get to
,
go for
,
handshake
,
hit for
,
interrogate
,
kick back
,
lay for
,
lead on
,
lobby
,
lobby through
,
magnetize
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make amends
,
make contact with
,
make court to
,
make for
,
make good
,
make overtures
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up for
,
pay addresses to
,
pay back
,
pay court to
,
pay in kind
,
play up to
,
polish the apple
,
pull strings
,
pursue
,
question
,
quit
,
raise
,
reach
,
recoup
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
relate to
,
repay
,
reply to
,
requite
,
respond to
,
run after
,
run for
,
sail for
,
set out for
,
shine up to
,
spark
,
steer for
,
suck up to
,
sue
,
sweetheart
,
wire-pull
,
woo
,
work on
cash in on
collapse
take advantage of or capitalize on
related words >
benefit from
,
capitalize on
,
carpe diem
,
cash in
,
clean up
,
clear
,
coin money
,
commercialize
,
exploit
,
gain by
,
gross
,
improve
,
improve the occasion
,
make a killing
,
make capital of
,
make hay
,
make money
,
make money by
,
net
,
not be behindhand
,
profit
,
profit by
,
put to advantage
,
realize
,
realize on
,
seize the day
,
take advantage of
,
trade on
,
turn a penny
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
,
turn to use
,
use to advantage
capitalize on
collapse
related words >
benefit from
,
carpe diem
,
cash in
,
cash in on
,
clean up
,
clear
,
coin money
,
commercialize
,
exploit
,
gain by
,
gross
,
improve
,
improve the occasion
,
make a killing
,
make capital of
,
make hay
,
make money
,
make money by
,
net
,
not be behindhand
,
profit
,
profit by
,
put to advantage
,
realize
,
realize on
,
seize the day
,
take advantage of
,
trade on
,
turn a penny
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
,
turn to use
,
use to advantage
make fun of
collapse
related words >
be merry with
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
deride
,
fleer at
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
grin at
,
hold in derision
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
laugh at
,
laugh to scorn
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make game of
,
make merry with
,
mock
,
pan
,
pillory
,
play on words
,
point at
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
put one on
,
quip
,
rag
,
razz
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
smile at
,
snicker at
,
snigger at
,
sparkle
,
utter a mot
,
wisecrack
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