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ambush
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
blitz
,
bushwhack
,
come at
,
come down on
,
crack down on
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
dive into
,
draw first blood
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall on
,
fall to
,
fall upon
,
gang up on
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
get with it
,
give a going-over
,
give what-for
,
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 about one
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay into
,
lay on
,
let have it
,
make war on
,
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
,
square up
,
start in
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop down on
,
tackle
,
take on
,
take the offensive
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
wade into
corny
collapse
related words >
back-number
,
banal
,
bewhiskered
,
bromidic
,
cliched
,
common
,
commonplace
,
cut-and-dried
,
fade
,
familiar
,
fusty
,
hackney
,
hackneyed
,
moth-eaten
,
musty
,
old hat
,
platitudinous
,
set
,
shopworn
,
square
,
stale
,
stereotyped
,
stock
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
tired
,
trite
,
truistic
,
unoriginal
,
warmed-over
,
well-known
,
well-worn
,
worn
,
worn thin
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
emancipate
collapse
give equal rights to; of women and minorities
related words >
affranchise
,
deliver
,
discharge
,
disenthrall
,
enfranchise
,
free
,
let go
,
let loose
,
liberate
,
loose
,
loosen
,
manumit
,
release
,
rescue
,
set at large
,
set at liberty
,
set free
,
unbind
,
unchain
,
unfetter
,
unshackle
get with it
collapse
related words >
act on
,
act upon
,
attack
,
bear a hand
,
dive into
,
do something
,
do something about
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall to
,
get busy
,
get cracking
,
get going
,
go
,
go to it
,
hop to it
,
jump to it
,
launch into
,
lift a finger
,
light into
,
maneuver
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
proceed
,
proceed with
,
sail into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set to
,
set to work
,
start in
,
strike a blow
,
tackle
,
take a hand
,
take action
,
take measures
,
take on
,
take steps
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
wade into
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
hold fast
collapse
related words >
adhere to
,
arrest
,
be unflappable
,
bear up
,
bite
,
bridle
,
check
,
clasp
,
cleave to
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
cling like ivy
,
clip
,
clutch
,
come up fighting
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
curb
,
curtail
,
decelerate
,
dig in
,
dompt
,
embrace
,
enjoin
,
freeze to
,
get home free
,
govern
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
guard
,
hang in
,
hang in there
,
hang on
,
hang on to
,
hang tough
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold on
,
hold on to
,
hold out
,
hold tight
,
hold up
,
hug
,
inhibit
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep hold of
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
lay under restraint
,
live through it
,
live with it
,
never let go
,
never say die
,
nip
,
not budge
,
not give up
,
prohibit
,
pull
,
pull in
,
rein
,
rein in
,
remain firm
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
ride it out
,
set back
,
slow down
,
snub
,
stand fast
,
stand firm
,
stand no nonsense
,
stand pat
,
stand the gaff
,
stand up
,
stay it out
,
stay put
,
stay the distance
,
stay with it
,
stick
,
stick close
,
stick fast
,
stick it
,
stick it out
,
stick out
,
stick to
,
stick to it
,
stick with it
,
straiten
,
take what comes
,
tough it out
,
weather
,
weather the storm
,
withhold
undergird
collapse
make secure underneath; "undergird the ship"
lend moral support to
related words >
affirm
,
afford support
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
bed on
,
beef up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bottom on
,
brace
,
brace up
,
build on
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
case harden
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
document
,
finance
,
fortify
,
found on
,
fund
,
gird
,
give support
,
ground on
,
harden
,
hold
,
hold up
,
invigorate
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
nerve
,
pillow
,
probate
,
prop
,
prop up
,
prove
,
ratify
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
set on
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
stay
,
steel
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
subsidize
,
substantiate
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
temper
,
toughen
,
underbrace
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
withdraw
collapse
pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
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abandon
,
abate
,
abdicate
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrade
,
abrogate
,
abrupt
,
abscond
,
abstract
,
agree to differ
,
agree to disagree
,
alienate
,
annul
,
avulse
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
bate
,
be at variance
,
be in dissent
,
be pensioned
,
be superannuated
,
beat a retreat
,
become an individual
,
beg off
,
beg to differ
,
blow
,
bow out
,
cancel
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
climb down
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cringe
,
cry off
,
curtail
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
delete
,
demit
,
deny
,
depart
,
depart from
,
depreciate
,
deracinate
,
derogate
,
detract
,
die away
,
differ
,
dig out
,
dig up
,
diminish
,
disagree
,
disagree with
,
disannul
,
disappear
,
disarticulate
,
disavow
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
disconnect
,
discord with
,
disengage
,
disentangle
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
disown
,
disparage
,
dissent
,
dissent from
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divide on
,
divorce
,
do away with
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
draw out
,
dredge
,
dredge up
,
drift away
,
drop out
,
duck
,
dwindle
,
eat away
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
ebb
,
eject
,
eradicate
,
erode
,
estrange
,
evacuate
,
evolve
,
evulse
,
excavate
,
excise
,
exit
,
expel
,
exsect
,
extract
,
extricate
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fall back
,
file away
,
flinch
,
forsake
,
forswear
,
get away
,
get off
,
get out
,
give back
,
give ground
,
give place
,
give up
,
give way
,
go
,
go away
,
go back
,
go back on
,
gouge out
,
grub up
,
impair
,
invalidate
,
isolate
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
keep apart
,
leach
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
lessen
,
make void
,
maroon
,
mine
,
move away
,
move back
,
move off
,
not agree
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
override
,
overrule
,
palinode
,
part
,
pension off
,
pick out
,
pluck out
,
pluck up
,
pull
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pull up
,
purify
,
quail
,
quarry
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
rake out
,
recall
,
recant
,
recede
,
recoil
,
reduce
,
refine
,
relinquish
,
remove
,
renege
,
renounce
,
renounce the throne
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resign
,
retire
,
retire from office
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrench
,
retrocede
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
rip out
,
root out
,
root up
,
rub away
,
run along
,
run back
,
say goodbye to
,
secede
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shut off
,
shy
,
sink
,
split
,
stand alone
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
stand down
,
stand off
,
step aside
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
superannuate
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
take away
,
take back
,
take exception
,
take from
,
take issue
,
take leave of
,
take off
,
take out
,
tear out
,
thin
,
thin out
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
throw over
,
uncouple
,
unearth
,
unravel
,
unsay
,
unyoke
,
uproot
,
vacate
,
vanish
,
void
,
waive
,
wane
,
wear away
,
weed
,
weed out
,
widen the distance
,
wince
,
withdraw from
,
withhold assent
,
wrest out
,
write off
sequester
collapse
set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
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abrupt
,
accroach
,
alienate
,
annex
,
arrogate
,
attach
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cloister
,
close off
,
collectivize
,
commandeer
,
communalize
,
communize
,
confiscate
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
delete
,
depart
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dispossess
,
dissociate
,
distrain
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
eject
,
enisle
,
estrange
,
expel
,
expropriate
,
garnish
,
hide
,
impound
,
impress
,
insulate
,
island
,
isolate
,
leave
,
levy
,
nationalize
,
part
,
preempt
,
press
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
secrete
,
segregate
,
seize
,
separate
,
sequestrate
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shut off
,
socialize
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
step aside
,
subtract
,
take
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
withdraw
snub
collapse
a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional"
unusually short; "a snub nose"
related words >
abbreviate
,
abbreviated
,
abridge
,
abridged
,
abstract
,
abstracted
,
arrest
,
ban
,
banish
,
beat back
,
blackball
,
bob
,
bobbed
,
boil down
,
bottle up
,
bridle
,
brush off
,
brush-off
,
capsule
,
capsulize
,
capsulized
,
cast out
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
clip
,
clipped
,
cold shoulder
,
cold-shoulder
,
compress
,
compressed
,
condense
,
condensed
,
constrain
,
contain
,
contract
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
countercheck
,
crop
,
cropped
,
curb
,
curtail
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut direct
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decelerate
,
delay
,
deport
,
detain
,
digested
,
disfellowship
,
dismiss
,
dismissal
,
disregard
,
dock
,
docked
,
dompt
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
elide
,
elided
,
elliptic
,
enjoin
,
epitomize
,
exclude
,
excommunicate
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expel
,
extradite
,
fend off
,
foreshorten
,
fugitate
,
govern
,
guard
,
high-hat
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold off
,
hold up
,
humiliation
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep off
,
keep under control
,
lay under restraint
,
meddle
,
mow
,
mowed
,
mown
,
nip
,
nipped
,
not receive
,
oppose
,
ostracize
,
outlaw
,
pack off
,
poll
,
pollard
,
polled
,
prohibit
,
proscribe
,
prune
,
pruned
,
pull
,
pull in
,
push back
,
put back
,
put down
,
reap
,
reaped
,
rebuff
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
refusal
,
refuse
,
refuse to receive
,
rein
,
rein in
,
relegate
,
repel
,
repress
,
repulse
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
rusticate
,
scotch
,
send away
,
send down
,
send off
,
send packing
,
send to Coventry
,
set back
,
shave
,
shaved
,
shear
,
sheared
,
short-cut
,
shorten
,
shortened
,
slacken
,
slight
,
slow down
,
sneer
,
sniff
,
snob
,
snort
,
snubbed
,
spurn
,
spurning
,
straiten
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
suppress
,
swank
,
synopsize
,
take in
,
telescope
,
the cold shoulder
,
the go-by
,
thrust back
,
thrust out
,
transport
,
trim
,
trimmed
,
truncate
,
turn away from
,
turn back
,
upstage
,
ward off
,
withhold
depreciate
collapse
lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
abuse
,
allow
,
bate
,
beat down
,
belittle
,
break
,
bring down
,
bring into discredit
,
bring low
,
charge off
,
cheapen
,
compress
,
consume
,
cry down
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut prices
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
debase
,
decline
,
decrease
,
decry
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
degrade
,
denigrate
,
deplete
,
deprecate
,
depress
,
deride
,
derogate
,
derogate from
,
despise
,
detract
,
detract from
,
devaluate
,
devalue
,
diminish
,
disapprove of
,
discommend
,
discount
,
discredit
,
disdain
,
disesteem
,
disgrace
,
disparage
,
dispraise
,
dissipate
,
disvalue
,
dive
,
downgrade
,
downplay
,
drain
,
dribble away
,
dwindle
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
fall
,
fall in price
,
file away
,
give way
,
hold in contempt
,
impair
,
jew down
,
kick back
,
knock
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make allowance
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
mark down
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
nose-dive
,
pare
,
play down
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
purify
,
put down
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
reflect discredit upon
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
ridicule
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
run down
,
sag
,
scale down
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shave
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shrug off
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slight
,
slump
,
soften
,
speak ill of
,
squander
,
step down
,
subduct
,
submit to indignity
,
subtract
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
talk down
,
thin
,
thin out
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
trim
,
tune down
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
,
waste
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write down
,
write off
bewhiskered
collapse
related words >
back-number
,
banal
,
bearded
,
bromidic
,
common
,
commonplace
,
corny
,
cut-and-dried
,
fade
,
familiar
,
fusty
,
hackney
,
hackneyed
,
moth-eaten
,
musty
,
old hat
,
platitudinous
,
set
,
square
,
stale
,
stereotyped
,
stock
,
stubbled
,
stubbly
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
trite
,
truistic
,
unoriginal
,
unshaven
,
warmed-over
,
well-known
,
well-worn
,
whiskered
,
worn
,
worn thin
enjoin
collapse
issue an injunction
related words >
adjure
,
admonish
,
advise
,
appreciate
,
arrest
,
ban
,
bar
,
bid
,
boast
,
bridle
,
burden with
,
call on
,
call the signals
,
call upon
,
caution
,
charge
,
check
,
command
,
commission
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
cotton to
,
counsel
,
curb
,
curtail
,
debar
,
decelerate
,
declare
,
decree
,
delight in
,
demand
,
deny
,
dictate
,
direct
,
disallow
,
dompt
,
dote
,
drink in
,
eat up
,
embargo
,
encourage
,
enjoy
,
exact
,
exclude
,
exclude from
,
exhort
,
expostulate
,
fancy
,
fasten upon
,
fill
,
forbid
,
forewarn
,
freight with
,
give an order
,
give the word
,
go
,
govern
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold up
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
incite
,
induce
,
inflict on
,
inflict upon
,
inhibit
,
instruct
,
interdict
,
issue a caveat
,
issue a command
,
issue a writ
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
lay
,
lay on
,
lay under restraint
,
levy
,
like
,
love
,
luxuriate in
,
maintain
,
mandate
,
mind
,
move
,
occupy
,
ordain
,
order
,
order about
,
outlaw
,
own
,
persuade
,
place
,
possess
,
preach
,
preclude
,
prescribe
,
prevent
,
proclaim
,
prohibit
,
prompt
,
promulgate
,
pronounce
,
proscribe
,
pull
,
pull in
,
put
,
put down
,
put on
,
put upon
,
refuse
,
rein
,
rein in
,
reject
,
relish
,
remonstrate
,
repress
,
restrain
,
retain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
rule
,
rule out
,
saddle with
,
savor
,
say no to
,
say the word
,
set
,
set back
,
shut out
,
slow down
,
snub
,
straiten
,
subject to
,
suppress
,
taboo
,
take to
,
task
,
tax
,
tell
,
urge
,
warn
,
weight down with
,
withhold
,
yoke with
hem and haw
collapse
utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"
related words >
about the bush
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
halt
,
hang back
,
haw
,
hedge
,
hem
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
mammer
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
palter
,
parry
,
pause
,
ponder
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
stammer
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
stutter
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
withdraw
,
yield
postern
collapse
a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
related words >
French door
,
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backward
,
barway
,
behind
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
front door
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
scuttle
,
side door
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
fall into
collapse
be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'"
related words >
accept
,
acquire
,
alter into
,
assume
,
attack
,
attempt
,
be converted into
,
be responsible for
,
become
,
bring down
,
bring on
,
bring upon
,
buckle to
,
change into
,
come round to
,
contract
,
embark in
,
embark upon
,
endeavor
,
engage in
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
evolve into
,
fall in with
,
fall to
,
gain
,
get
,
get under way
,
go about
,
go at
,
go in for
,
go into
,
go upon
,
have at
,
incur
,
invite
,
lapse into
,
launch forth
,
launch into
,
lay about
,
melt into
,
move into
,
open into
,
pass into
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
proceed to
,
ripen into
,
run
,
run into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set forward
,
set going
,
set to
,
settle into
,
shift into
,
tackle
,
take on
,
take up
,
turn into
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
venture upon
,
welcome
back door
collapse
a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"
an entrance at the rear of a building
an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
related words >
French door
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back road
,
back seat
,
back side
,
back stairs
,
back street
,
back way
,
backstairs
,
barway
,
behind
,
bolt-hole
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
clandestine
,
covert
,
covert way
,
detour
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
escalier derobe
,
escape hatch
,
escape route
,
feline
,
front door
,
furtive
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hidlings
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hindhead
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
postern
,
privy
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
quiet
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearward
,
reverse
,
roundabout way
,
scuttle
,
secret exit
,
secret passage
,
secret staircase
,
shifty
,
side door
,
side road
,
side street
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
surreptitious
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underground railroad
,
underground route
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
hassock
collapse
a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
related words >
Eames chair
,
Hitchcock chair
,
TV chair
,
armchair
,
armless chair
,
back seat
,
banquette
,
bar stool
,
barber chair
,
barrel chair
,
basket chair
,
batch
,
batwing chair
,
bed chair
,
bench
,
bicycle seat
,
boudoir chair
,
bow-back chair
,
bucket seat
,
bunch
,
camp chair
,
campaign chair
,
club chair
,
club lounge chair
,
clump
,
cluster
,
comb-back chair
,
contour chair
,
copse
,
cricket
,
cricket chair
,
crop
,
dining chair
,
draft chair
,
easy chair
,
elbowchair
,
fan-back chair
,
fauteuil
,
fender stool
,
folding chair
,
foldstool
,
form
,
garden chair
,
group
,
grouping
,
groupment
,
grove
,
growth
,
high chair
,
horse
,
knot
,
ladder-back chair
,
lot
,
mess
,
milking stool
,
ottoman
,
overstuffed chair
,
pew
,
plantation
,
planting
,
platform rocker
,
rocker
,
rocking chair
,
sedan chair
,
settle
,
shock
,
slew
,
stand
,
step stool
,
stook
,
stool
,
swing
,
taboret
,
thicket
,
throne
,
tuft
,
tussock
,
wisp
retrograde
collapse
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
going from better to worse
go back over; "retrograde arguments"
move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
atavistic
,
back
,
backslide
,
backward
,
cock
,
coming apart
,
cracking
,
crumbling
,
decadent
,
decline
,
declining
,
degenerate
,
descend
,
deteriorate
,
deteriorating
,
disimprove
,
disintegrate
,
disintegrating
,
draining
,
drooping
,
dwindling
,
ebbing
,
effete
,
fading
,
failing
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falling
,
flagging
,
fragmenting
,
get behind
,
get worse
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
going to pieces
,
grow worse
,
hind
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindmost
,
invert
,
jerk back
,
languishing
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
lose ground
,
marcescent
,
pining
,
posterior
,
postern
,
pull back
,
reactionary
,
rear
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
recede
,
recessive
,
recidivate
,
recidivist
,
recidivous
,
regress
,
regressive
,
relapse
,
retract
,
retral
,
retreat
,
retroactive
,
retrocede
,
retrocessive
,
retroflex
,
retrogress
,
retrogressive
,
retrorse
,
retroverse
,
retrovert
,
return
,
returnable
,
reverse
,
reversible
,
reversional
,
reversionary
,
revert
,
revertible
,
revulsionary
,
rot
,
shriveling
,
sicken
,
sink
,
sinking
,
slacken
,
sliding
,
slip back
,
slipping
,
slumping
,
subsiding
,
tabetic
,
tail
,
waning
,
wasting
,
wilting
,
withering
,
worsen
,
worsening
detain
collapse
related words >
apprehend
,
arrest
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
block
,
bog down
,
bottle up
,
box up
,
brake
,
bust
,
buttonhole
,
cage
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
cloister
,
confine
,
constrain
,
coop
,
coop in
,
coop up
,
cork up
,
countercheck
,
crib
,
curb
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decelerate
,
delay
,
drag
,
draw rein
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
encage
,
enclose
,
fence in
,
hang up
,
hem in
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold in custody
,
hold in restraint
,
hold up
,
immure
,
impede
,
impound
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep in custody
,
keep in detention
,
keep out
,
lag
,
let down
,
let up
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
make late
,
meddle
,
mew
,
mew up
,
mire
,
moderate
,
nab
,
obstruct
,
oppose
,
pen
,
pen up
,
pick up
,
pinch
,
pound
,
pull in
,
rail in
,
reef
,
rein in
,
relax
,
repress
,
reserve
,
resist
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
retain
,
retard
,
run in
,
scotch
,
seal up
,
set back
,
shackle
,
shut in
,
shut up
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
snub
,
stay
,
stop
,
suppress
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
wall in
,
withhold
up country
collapse
related words >
back
,
back country
,
back of beyond
,
back-country
,
backcountry
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
backwood
,
backwoods
,
backwoodsy
,
boondock
,
boondocks
,
boorish
,
borderland
,
brush
,
bush
,
bush country
,
bushveld
,
churlish
,
cloddish
,
clodhopping
,
clownish
,
countrified
,
country-born
,
country-bred
,
farmerish
,
forests
,
from the sticks
,
frontier
,
hayseed
,
heartland
,
hick
,
hicky
,
hinterland
,
hobnailed
,
inland
,
inlands
,
inshore
,
interior
,
inurbane
,
loutish
,
lumpen
,
lumpish
,
mediterranean
,
midland
,
midlands
,
outback
,
outpost
,
rube
,
sticks
,
sylvan
,
the bush
,
timbers
,
uncouth
,
uncultivated
,
uncultured
,
uninhabited region
,
unpolished
,
unrefined
,
virgin
,
virgin land
,
virgin territory
,
waste
,
wasteland
,
wild
,
wild West
,
wilderness
,
wilds
,
woodland
,
woodlands
,
woods
,
yokel
,
yokelish
truncate
collapse
terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"
replace a corner by a plane
related words >
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
abscind
,
abstract
,
amputate
,
annihilate
,
ban
,
bar
,
blemish
,
bob
,
boil down
,
capsulize
,
clip
,
compress
,
condense
,
contract
,
crop
,
cull
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
cut off short
,
cut out
,
cut short
,
deface
,
deform
,
disfigure
,
disproportion
,
dock
,
elide
,
eliminate
,
enucleate
,
epitomize
,
eradicate
,
except
,
excise
,
exclude
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
foreshorten
,
isolate
,
knock off
,
lop
,
mar
,
misshape
,
mow
,
mutilate
,
nip
,
pare
,
peel
,
pick out
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prune
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
root out
,
rule out
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
snub
,
stamp out
,
strike off
,
strip
,
strip off
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take in
,
take off
,
take out
,
telescope
,
top
,
trim
,
wipe out
scale down
collapse
reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down"
related words >
abridge
,
compress
,
contract
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
downgrade
,
lessen
,
lower
,
minify
,
pare
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
take from
,
tune down
slow down
collapse
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
arrest
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
bank the fire
,
block
,
blunt
,
bog down
,
boycott
,
brake
,
bridle
,
chasten
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
confine
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
curb
,
curtail
,
curtail expenses
,
cut back
,
cut corners
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deadlock
,
decelerate
,
decrease
,
delay
,
detain
,
diminish
,
dompt
,
downplay
,
drag
,
draw rein
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
enjoin
,
extenuate
,
go on strike
,
go out
,
govern
,
guard
,
halt
,
hang up
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold out
,
hold up
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
keep within bounds
,
lag
,
lay
,
lay under restraint
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
let down
,
let up
,
let up on
,
lighten
,
lock out
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
make late
,
mire
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
obstruct
,
obtund
,
palliate
,
pare down expenses
,
picket
,
play down
,
prohibit
,
pull
,
pull in
,
qualify
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
reef
,
rein
,
rein in
,
relax
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
revolt
,
roll back
,
set back
,
shut it down
,
sit down
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slow
,
slow up
,
smother
,
snub
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
stall
,
stay
,
stifle
,
stop
,
straiten
,
strike
,
stymie
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
take a reef
,
take in sail
,
tame
,
temper
,
throttle down
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unbend
,
underplay
,
unlax
,
unwind
,
walk out
,
weaken
,
withhold
rescue
collapse
recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"
free from harm or evil
related words >
Emancipation Proclamation
,
abet
,
affranchise
,
affranchisement
,
aid
,
assist
,
assistance
,
avail
,
bail out
,
bear a hand
,
befriend
,
benefit
,
break
,
breakout
,
buy
,
comfort
,
conserve
,
deliver
,
deliverance
,
delivery
,
disembarrass
,
disentangle
,
disenthrall
,
disenthrallment
,
do good
,
doctor
,
ease
,
emancipate
,
emancipation
,
emergence
,
enfranchise
,
enfranchisement
,
escape
,
escapism
,
evasion
,
extract
,
extricate
,
extrication
,
favor
,
flight
,
free
,
freeing
,
gay liberation
,
getaway
,
give a boost
,
give a hand
,
give a lift
,
give help
,
good offices
,
help
,
issuance
,
issue
,
jailbreak
,
leak
,
leakage
,
lend a hand
,
lend one aid
,
let go free
,
let loose
,
liberate
,
liberation
,
manumission
,
manumit
,
ministration
,
ministry
,
office
,
offices
,
outlet
,
preserve
,
prisonbreak
,
proffer aid
,
protect
,
protection
,
rally
,
ransom
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
regain
,
release
,
relief
,
relieve
,
remedy
,
render assistance
,
restore
,
resuscitate
,
retrieve
,
revive
,
riddance
,
salvage
,
save
,
saving
,
service
,
set at large
,
set at liberty
,
set free
,
set up
,
setting at liberty
,
setting-free
,
succor
,
support
,
take in tow
,
therapy
,
vent
,
win back
curtail
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abbreviate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
arrest
,
bate
,
bereave
,
bleed
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bridle
,
capsulize
,
check
,
circumscribe
,
clip
,
coarct
,
compact
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
constrain
,
constrict
,
constringe
,
contain
,
contract
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
cramp
,
crop
,
curb
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decelerate
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
deprive
,
deprive of
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
disentitle
,
disparage
,
divest
,
dock
,
dompt
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
ease one of
,
eat away
,
elide
,
enjoin
,
epitomize
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
foreshorten
,
govern
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold up
,
impair
,
inhibit
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
knit
,
lay under restraint
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lighten one of
,
lower
,
milk
,
mine
,
minify
,
mow
,
narrow
,
nip
,
pare
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prohibit
,
prune
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
pull
,
pull in
,
purify
,
purse
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
rein
,
rein in
,
remove
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
set back
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slow down
,
snub
,
solidify
,
step down
,
straiten
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
stunt
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take away
,
take away from
,
take from
,
take in
,
tap
,
telescope
,
thin
,
thin out
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
withhold
,
wrinkle
actuate
collapse
related words >
animate
,
arouse
,
circulate
,
compel
,
drive
,
drive on
,
energize
,
excite
,
force
,
forward
,
foster
,
galvanize
,
give an impetus
,
give momentum
,
goad
,
impel
,
incite
,
mobilize
,
motivate
,
move
,
move to action
,
nudge
,
power
,
promote
,
propel
,
provoke
,
push
,
put in motion
,
rouse
,
set agoing
,
set going
,
set in motion
,
set off
,
shove
,
spark
,
stimulate
,
stir
,
thrust
,
vitalize
,
whip on
ensure
collapse
related words >
arm
,
armor
,
arrange
,
ascertain
,
assure
,
attest
,
back
,
be sponsor for
,
bless
,
bond
,
certify
,
champion
,
cinch
,
clear up
,
clinch
,
cloak
,
compass about
,
confirm
,
copyright
,
countersecure
,
cover
,
cushion
,
decide
,
defend
,
determine
,
dismiss all doubt
,
effect
,
endorse
,
establish
,
fence
,
fend
,
find out
,
fix
,
get at
,
guarantee
,
guaranty
,
guard
,
harbor
,
haven
,
insure
,
keep
,
keep from harm
,
make certain
,
make no doubt
,
make no mistake
,
make safe
,
make sure
,
make sure of
,
nail down
,
nestle
,
patent
,
police
,
protect
,
provide
,
reassure
,
register
,
remove all doubt
,
ride shotgun for
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
secure
,
see that
,
see to it
,
set at rest
,
set out
,
settle
,
shelter
,
shield
,
shroud
,
sign
,
sign for
,
sort out
,
sponsor
,
stand behind
,
stand up for
,
subscribe to
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
warrant
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
set in motion
collapse
related words >
actuate
,
animate
,
bundle
,
bundle off
,
compel
,
drive
,
drive on
,
energize
,
float
,
force
,
forward
,
foster
,
galvanize
,
give a start
,
give an impetus
,
give momentum
,
goad
,
impel
,
incite
,
kick off
,
launch
,
mobilize
,
motivate
,
move
,
move to action
,
nudge
,
power
,
promote
,
propel
,
push
,
put in motion
,
send
,
send forth
,
send off
,
set afloat
,
set agoing
,
set going
,
set on foot
,
shove
,
spark
,
start
,
start going
,
start off
,
start up
,
stimulate
,
thrust
,
whip on
oppose
collapse
be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"
be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"
oppose with equal weight or force
related words >
abjure
,
agree to differ
,
agree to disagree
,
analogize
,
antagonize
,
array
,
arrest
,
assert the contrary
,
assimilate
,
attack
,
balance
,
ban
,
bar
,
be antipathetic
,
be at cross-purposes
,
be at variance
,
be in dissent
,
be inimical
,
be opposed to
,
beat against
,
beg to differ
,
belie
,
blackball
,
block
,
bottle up
,
bring into analogy
,
bring into comparison
,
buck
,
bump heads
,
categorically reject
,
challenge
,
check
,
clash
,
collide
,
combat
,
compare
,
compare and contrast
,
compare with
,
complain
,
complain loudly
,
conflict
,
conflict with
,
confront
,
confute
,
contend
,
contend against
,
contend with
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contrapose
,
contraposit
,
contrast
,
contrast with
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
counteract
,
counterattack
,
counterbalance
,
countercheck
,
counterpoise
,
counterpose
,
countervail
,
counterwork
,
cross
,
curb
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
defy
,
delay
,
deny
,
detain
,
differ
,
disaffirm
,
disagree
,
disagree with
,
disallow
,
disapprove
,
disapprove of
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
discord with
,
disfavor
,
disown
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
dissent
,
dissent from
,
divide on
,
draw a comparison
,
draw a parallel
,
drop out
,
duel
,
exclude
,
face
,
face down
,
face out
,
face up to
,
fight
,
foil
,
forswear
,
front
,
frown at
,
frown down
,
frown upon
,
frustrate
,
gainsay
,
go against
,
go counter to
,
grapple with
,
grimace at
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
impugn
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
interfere with
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
join issue upon
,
join the opposition
,
juxtapose in opposition
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
kick against
,
lie opposite
,
liken
,
liken to
,
lock horns
,
look askance at
,
look black upon
,
make a stand
,
match
,
measure against
,
meddle
,
meet head-on
,
metaphorize
,
militate against
,
not abide
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
not agree
,
not approve
,
not go for
,
not hear of
,
not hold with
,
nullify
,
object
,
object to
,
obstruct
,
obviate
,
offer resistance
,
offset
,
oppugn
,
ostracize
,
parallel
,
pit
,
pit against
,
place against
,
play at cross-purposes
,
polarize
,
pose against
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
protest
,
put in opposition
,
recalcitrate
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
reject
,
relate
,
reluct
,
remonstrate
,
renounce
,
repel
,
repress
,
repudiate
,
resist
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
retard
,
retract
,
revoke
,
revolt
,
run a comparison
,
run against
,
run counter to
,
say no to
,
scotch
,
secede
,
set against
,
set back
,
set in contrast
,
set in opposition
,
set off
,
set off against
,
set over against
,
show fight
,
similize
,
slacken
,
slow
,
snub
,
stand
,
stand at bay
,
stand opposed
,
stand opposite
,
stand up against
,
stand up to
,
stop
,
strive against
,
subtend
,
suppress
,
swim upstream
,
take back
,
take exception
,
take exception to
,
take issue
,
take issue with
,
think ill of
,
think little of
,
thumb down
,
thwart
,
traverse
,
vie
,
view together
,
view with disfavor
,
vote against
,
weigh
,
weigh against
,
withdraw
,
withhold assent
,
withstand
,
work against
set right
collapse
related words >
accommodate
,
accord
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
amend
,
assimilate
,
atone
,
attune
,
awaken
,
break the spell
,
broaden the mind
,
burst the bubble
,
catechize
,
civilize
,
compensate
,
conduct to
,
coordinate
,
correct
,
cover
,
cut to
,
debunk
,
demonstrate
,
direct
,
direct to
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
disenchant
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
do penance
,
edify
,
educate
,
emend
,
enlighten
,
equalize
,
expiate
,
expose
,
fill up
,
fit
,
fix
,
gear to
,
give and take
,
give instruction
,
give lessons in
,
give satisfaction
,
ground
,
guide
,
harmonize
,
homologate
,
homologize
,
illumine
,
indemnify
,
inform
,
instruct
,
key to
,
lead to
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
make all square
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make plumb
,
make right
,
make uniform
,
make up for
,
measure
,
open the eyes
,
pay back
,
pay reparations
,
point out to
,
point the way
,
prick the bubble
,
proportion
,
put in tune
,
put right
,
put straight
,
put to rights
,
recompense
,
reconcile
,
rectify
,
redress
,
reeducate
,
regulate
,
remedy
,
remunerate
,
repay
,
requite
,
retaliate
,
right
,
school
,
set
,
set straight
,
set to rights
,
set up
,
sharpen the wits
,
show
,
show how
,
show the way
,
show up
,
similarize
,
steer
,
sync
,
synchronize
,
tailor
,
teach
,
teach a lesson
,
teach the rudiments
,
tell the truth
,
trim to
,
true
,
true up
,
tune
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
undeceive
,
unspell
,
wake up
put right
collapse
related words >
amend
,
compensate
,
conduct to
,
correct
,
direct to
,
emend
,
give satisfaction
,
lead to
,
make all square
,
make good
,
make right
,
pay reparations
,
point out to
,
point the way
,
put straight
,
put to rights
,
recompense
,
rectify
,
redress
,
remedy
,
remunerate
,
requite
,
right
,
set right
,
set straight
,
set to rights
,
set up
,
show
,
show the way
,
steer
sail into
collapse
related words >
ambush
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
blitz
,
bushwhack
,
collide
,
come at
,
come down on
,
crack down on
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
dive into
,
draw first blood
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
fall aboard
,
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
,
head into
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
hop to it
,
jump
,
jump to it
,
land on
,
launch into
,
lay about one
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay into
,
lay on
,
light into
,
make war on
,
mug
,
pitch in
,
pitch into
,
plunge into
,
pounce upon
,
pound
,
ram
,
run broadside on
,
run down
,
run in
,
run into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set on
,
set to
,
set to work
,
set upon
,
square up
,
start in
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop down on
,
tackle
,
take on
,
take the offensive
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
wade into
throttle
collapse
related words >
abduct
,
arrest
,
asphyxiate
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
bottle up
,
brake
,
burke
,
carry off
,
censor
,
check
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clamp down on
,
clip the wings
,
cork
,
cork up
,
crack down on
,
crush
,
curb
,
damp down
,
decelerate
,
deflate
,
delay
,
detain
,
disarm
,
draw rein
,
drown
,
dumbfound
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
enchain
,
extinguish
,
gag
,
garrote
,
hamstring
,
handcuff
,
hobble
,
hog-tie
,
hold back
,
hold down
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
hush
,
hush-hush
,
impede
,
jump on
,
keep back
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
kidnap
,
kill
,
knock out
,
let down
,
let up
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
manacle
,
moderate
,
muffle
,
muzzle
,
obstruct
,
paralyze
,
pour water on
,
prostrate
,
put down
,
put to silence
,
quash
,
quell
,
quench
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
reef
,
rein in
,
relax
,
repress
,
retard
,
set back
,
shanghai
,
shush
,
shut down on
,
silence
,
sit down on
,
sit on
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
smash
,
smother
,
soft-pedal
,
squash
,
squelch
,
stanch
,
stay
,
stifle
,
still
,
stop the breath
,
strangle
,
strike dumb
,
stultify
,
subdue
,
suffocate
,
suppress
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
truss up
hang off
collapse
related words >
blench
,
boggle
,
demur
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
scruple
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
waver
,
wince
bundle off
collapse
send off unceremoniously
related words >
bow out
,
bundle
,
dismiss
,
float
,
give a start
,
give the air
,
give the gate
,
hustle out
,
kick off
,
launch
,
pack off
,
put in motion
,
send
,
send away
,
send forth
,
send off
,
send packing
,
set afloat
,
set agoing
,
set going
,
set in motion
,
set on foot
,
show the door
,
show the gate
,
start
,
start going
,
start off
,
start up
,
turn away
,
turn off
rein
collapse
one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"
stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"
stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"
related words >
administration
,
arrest
,
arrestation
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
brake
,
bridle
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
collect
,
command
,
constrain
,
constraint
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
cooling
,
cooling down
,
cooling off
,
curb
,
curtail
,
curtailment
,
decelerate
,
deceleration
,
delay
,
detain
,
dompt
,
draw rein
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
enjoin
,
govern
,
guard
,
harness
,
helm
,
hinder
,
hindrance
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold up
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
inhibition
,
injunction
,
interdict
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
lay under restraint
,
leadership
,
legal restraint
,
let down
,
let up
,
limit
,
limitation
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
moderate
,
monopoly
,
obstruct
,
power
,
prohibit
,
prohibition
,
protection
,
protectionism
,
protective tariff
,
pull
,
pull in
,
rationing
,
reef
,
rein in
,
reins
,
relax
,
repress
,
restrain
,
restraint
,
restraint of trade
,
restrict
,
retard
,
retardation
,
retrench
,
retrenchment
,
rule
,
running
,
self-control
,
set back
,
simmer down
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
slowing down
,
smother
,
snub
,
stay
,
straiten
,
suppress
,
take in sail
,
tariff wall
,
thought control
,
throttle down
,
tiller
,
withhold
recharge
collapse
charge anew; "recharge a battery"
load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully"
related words >
activate
,
bring back
,
bring to
,
call back
,
reactivate
,
reanimate
,
recall to life
,
recruit
,
refresh
,
regenerate
,
reheat the ashes
,
reinspire
,
rejuvenate
,
rekindle
,
relight
,
renew
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
revitalize
,
revive
,
revivify
,
rewarm
,
stir the embers
,
warm over
,
warm up
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