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Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- overtime
collapse - work done in addition to regular working hours
- playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
- beyond the regular time; "she often has to work overtime" related words >
- dogwatch
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- either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm related words >
- anchor watch,
- bit,
- casual,
- day shift,
- dogwatch,
- extra,
- full time,
- graveyard shift,
- half time,
- incidental,
- lobster trick,
- night shift,
- occasional,
- odd,
- off,
- out-of-the-way,
- overtime,
- relay,
- shift,
- side,
- spare,
- split schedule,
- split shift,
- stint,
- sunrise watch,
- swing shift,
- time,
- tour,
- tour of duty,
- trick,
- turn,
- turn of work,
- watch,
- work shift
- anchor watch,
- bit,
- break,
- coffee break,
- day shift,
- dogwatch,
- downtime,
- full time,
- graveyard shift,
- half-time intermission,
- holiday,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interregnum,
- interruption,
- interval,
- letup,
- lobster trick,
- lull,
- night shift,
- off-time,
- overtime,
- part time,
- pause,
- plateau,
- point of repose,
- quiet spell,
- recess,
- relay,
- relief,
- respite,
- resting point,
- shift,
- split schedule,
- split shift,
- stint,
- sunrise watch,
- swing shift,
- time,
- time off,
- time out,
- tour,
- tour of duty,
- trick,
- turn,
- turn of work,
- vacation,
- watch,
- work shift
- Doppler effect,
- deracination,
- derangement,
- disarray,
- disarticulation,
- discomfiture,
- discomposure,
- disconcertedness,
- discontinuity,
- disharmony,
- dishevelment,
- disintegration,
- disjointing,
- disjunction,
- dislocation,
- disorder,
- disorderliness,
- disorganization,
- displacement,
- disproportion,
- disruption,
- disturbance,
- entropy,
- forcible shift,
- haphazardness,
- heterotopia,
- incoherence,
- indiscriminateness,
- inharmonious harmony,
- irregularity,
- luxation,
- most admired disorder,
- nonsymmetry,
- nonuniformity,
- perturbation,
- promiscuity,
- promiscuousness,
- randomness,
- red shift,
- removal,
- ripping out,
- shift,
- turbulence,
- unhinging,
- unjointing,
- unsymmetry,
- ununiformity,
- uprooting,
- upset
- abandon,
- back out,
- be unfaithful,
- beg off,
- break faith,
- cry off,
- depart from,
- desert,
- discard,
- drop out,
- evacuate,
- fail,
- forsake,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- leave,
- leave behind,
- leave flat,
- maroon,
- pass the buck,
- pull out,
- quit,
- quit cold,
- renege,
- say goodbye to,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- stand down,
- take leave of,
- throw over,
- vacate,
- withdraw
- abuse,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- deceive,
- drain,
- exploit,
- foist on,
- ill-use,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- make use of,
- manipulate,
- milk,
- misuse,
- pass off on,
- pass the buck,
- presume upon,
- put across,
- put on,
- put over,
- put upon,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- stroke,
- suck dry,
- take advantage of,
- use,
- use ill,
- work on,
- work upon
- about the bush,
- around the bush,
- beat about,
- beat around,
- bicker,
- boggle,
- cavil,
- choplogic,
- dodge,
- duck,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- fence,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- mystify,
- nitpick,
- obscure,
- palter,
- parry,
- pick nits,
- prevaricate,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- quibble,
- recoil,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shrink,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- split hairs,
- step aside,
- swerve,
- tergiversate,
- ward off
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- answer,
- artifice,
- contrivance,
- coup,
- course of action,
- demarche,
- device,
- dodge,
- effort,
- expedient,
- gimmick,
- improvisation,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- move,
- pis aller,
- resort,
- resource,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- solution,
- step,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- tactic,
- temporary expedient,
- trick,
- trump,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- answer,
- artifice,
- contrivance,
- countermove,
- coup,
- demarche,
- device,
- dodge,
- effort,
- expedient,
- gimmick,
- improvisation,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- move,
- pis aller,
- resort,
- resource,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- solution,
- step,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- tactic,
- temporary expedient,
- trick,
- trump,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition
- abandon,
- abdicate,
- back out,
- be unfaithful,
- beg off,
- break faith,
- cast off,
- chuck,
- cry off,
- deny,
- depart,
- depart from,
- desert,
- discard,
- drop out,
- evacuate,
- fail,
- flee,
- forgo,
- forswear,
- give up,
- go back on,
- have done with,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- leave,
- leave behind,
- leave flat,
- maroon,
- pass the buck,
- pull out,
- quit,
- quit cold,
- recant,
- reject,
- relinquish,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repudiate,
- resign,
- say goodbye to,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- stand down,
- surrender,
- take leave of,
- throw over,
- vacate,
- withdraw,
- yield
- beat around the bush
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- be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information related words >
- about the bush,
- around the bush,
- beat about,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- bicker,
- boggle,
- cavil,
- choplogic,
- circumlocute,
- dodge,
- duck,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- fence,
- go round about,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- mystify,
- nitpick,
- obscure,
- palter,
- parry,
- periphrase,
- pick nits,
- prevaricate,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- quibble,
- recoil,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shrink,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- split hairs,
- step aside,
- swerve,
- tergiversate,
- ward off
- abuse,
- abuse a privilege,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- bother,
- deceive,
- drain,
- encroach upon,
- exploit,
- foist on,
- ill-use,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- inconvenience,
- make free with,
- make use of,
- manipulate,
- milk,
- misuse,
- obtrude upon,
- overstep,
- pass off on,
- pass the buck,
- play on,
- presume on,
- put across,
- put on,
- put over,
- put upon,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- stroke,
- suck dry,
- take a liberty,
- take advantage of,
- take liberties,
- trouble,
- use,
- use ill,
- work on,
- work upon
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- answer,
- artifice,
- contrivance,
- countermove,
- coup,
- course of action,
- demarche,
- dernier ressort,
- device,
- dodge,
- effort,
- expedient,
- gimmick,
- hope,
- improvisation,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- last expedient,
- last shift,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- move,
- pis aller,
- recourse,
- resort,
- resource,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- solution,
- step,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- tactic,
- temporary expedient,
- trick,
- trump,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition
- stint
collapse
- an individuals prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance" related words >
- allotment,
- amount,
- anchor watch,
- apportionment,
- assignment,
- begrudge,
- bit,
- bound,
- bout,
- box,
- box in,
- box up,
- busywork,
- caliber,
- chare,
- charge,
- check,
- chore,
- circumscribe,
- circumscription,
- commission,
- compass,
- condition,
- confine,
- confinement,
- constraint,
- contain,
- control,
- copyright,
- cramp,
- cramping,
- curb,
- cut,
- cut corners,
- day shift,
- degree,
- devoir,
- discipline,
- dogwatch,
- draw the line,
- duty,
- economize,
- errand,
- exercise,
- extent,
- famish,
- fish to fry,
- full time,
- go,
- grade,
- graveyard shift,
- grudge,
- half time,
- hedge about,
- height,
- hem,
- hem in,
- homework,
- interval,
- job,
- job of work,
- keep from spreading,
- keep within bounds,
- labor,
- leap,
- level,
- limit,
- limitation,
- live upon nothing,
- lobster trick,
- localize,
- make-work,
- mark,
- matters in hand,
- measure,
- mission,
- moderate,
- narrow,
- night shift,
- notch,
- nuance,
- obligation,
- odd job,
- overtime,
- part time,
- participation,
- pas,
- patent,
- peg,
- period,
- piece of work,
- pinch,
- pinch pennies,
- pitch,
- plane,
- plateau,
- point,
- project,
- proportion,
- qualification,
- qualify,
- quantity,
- quota,
- range,
- ratio,
- reach,
- register,
- relay,
- remove,
- reservation,
- responsibility,
- restrain,
- restraint,
- restrict,
- restriction,
- round,
- routine,
- rung,
- scale,
- scamp,
- scant,
- scope,
- scrape,
- screw,
- scrimp,
- service,
- shade,
- shadow,
- share,
- shift,
- short,
- skimp,
- space,
- spare,
- specialize,
- split schedule,
- split shift,
- stair,
- standard,
- starve,
- step,
- straiten,
- stretch,
- stricture,
- sunrise watch,
- swing shift,
- task,
- term,
- things to do,
- tighten,
- time,
- tour,
- tour of duty,
- tread,
- trick,
- turn,
- turn of work,
- watch,
- withhold,
- work,
- work shift
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- bring about,
- bring off,
- bring through,
- bring to effect,
- bring to pass,
- carry into execution,
- carry off,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- clarify,
- come through with,
- compass,
- crown with success,
- deceive,
- do the trick,
- elucidate,
- explain,
- explicate,
- foist on,
- get across,
- get by,
- get over,
- get through,
- implement,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- pass off on,
- pass the buck,
- play on,
- popularize,
- presume upon,
- pull off,
- put on,
- put over,
- put through,
- put upon,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- simplify,
- spell out,
- take advantage of,
- turn the trick,
- vulgarize,
- work on
- tour
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- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"
- make a tour of a certain place; "We toured the Provence this summer" related words >
- air lane,
- ambit,
- anchor watch,
- antenna tower,
- assignment,
- barbican,
- beat,
- belfry,
- bell tower,
- bit,
- booking,
- borscht circuit,
- bout,
- campaign,
- campanile,
- circle,
- circuit,
- colossus,
- column,
- continuous tenure,
- course,
- cruise,
- cupola,
- cycle,
- date,
- day shift,
- derrick,
- dogwatch,
- dome,
- drive,
- engagement,
- enlistment,
- excursion,
- expedition,
- fare,
- fire tower,
- flight path,
- full circle,
- full time,
- globe-trot,
- go,
- go abroad,
- go on safari,
- go overseas,
- grand tour,
- graveyard shift,
- half time,
- hit the trail,
- hitch,
- itinerary,
- jaunt,
- journey,
- junket,
- lantern,
- lap,
- lighthouse,
- line,
- lobster trick,
- loop,
- make a journey,
- make a pilgrimage,
- make a trip,
- martello,
- martello tower,
- mast,
- minaret,
- monument,
- night shift,
- obelisk,
- observation tower,
- orbit,
- outing,
- overtime,
- package tour,
- pagoda,
- part time,
- path,
- perambulation,
- peregrinate,
- peregrination,
- pilaster,
- pilgrim,
- pilgrimage,
- pillar,
- pinnacle,
- playing engagement,
- pleasure trip,
- pole,
- primrose path,
- prison term,
- progress,
- pylon,
- pyramid,
- ramble,
- range the world,
- relay,
- revolution,
- road,
- round,
- round trip,
- roundabout,
- rounds,
- route,
- rubberneck,
- rubberneck tour,
- run,
- safari,
- sally,
- sea lane,
- shaft,
- shift,
- shoot,
- shortcut,
- sight-see,
- skyscraper,
- spell,
- spire,
- split schedule,
- split shift,
- stalk,
- stand,
- standpipe,
- steeple,
- stint,
- stretch,
- stroll,
- stupa,
- sunrise watch,
- swing shift,
- take a trip,
- take the road,
- television mast,
- tenure,
- term,
- time,
- tope,
- tour of duty,
- tower,
- track,
- trade route,
- traject,
- trajectory,
- trajet,
- travel,
- trek,
- trick,
- trip,
- turn,
- turn of work,
- turret,
- vaudeville circuit,
- visit,
- voyage,
- walk,
- walkabout,
- watch,
- water tower,
- wayfare,
- windmill tower,
- work shift
- falsify
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- falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"
- prove false; "Falsify a claim"
- make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story related words >
- alter,
- be untruthful,
- belie,
- burlesque,
- camouflage,
- caricature,
- change,
- cheat,
- color,
- contort,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- cook,
- deceive,
- deny,
- disguise,
- distort,
- doctor,
- draw the longbow,
- dress up,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- exaggerate,
- fake,
- fib,
- fudge,
- garble,
- gild,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- lie,
- lie flatly,
- mask,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- mislead,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- misteach,
- overdraw,
- overstate,
- palter,
- parody,
- pervert,
- prevaricate,
- shift,
- shift about,
- slant,
- speak falsely,
- story,
- strain,
- stretch the truth,
- tell a lie,
- titivate,
- traverse,
- travesty,
- trick out,
- trump up,
- twist,
- understate,
- varnish,
- warp,
- whitewash,
- wrench
- become
collapse
- enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
- come into existence; "What becomes has duration"
- undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
- enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!" related words >
- adorn,
- agree with,
- alter into,
- arise,
- assimilate to,
- be born,
- be bound,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be obligated,
- be obliged,
- become of,
- befit,
- behoove,
- beseem,
- break out,
- bring to,
- burst forth,
- change,
- change into,
- change over,
- come,
- come forth,
- come of,
- come out,
- come over,
- come round to,
- come to be,
- convert,
- crop up,
- do over,
- enhance,
- erupt,
- evolve into,
- fall into,
- fit,
- get,
- get to be,
- go,
- go with,
- grace,
- grow,
- have origin,
- irrupt,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- lapse into,
- make,
- make over,
- melt into,
- mount,
- naturalize,
- open into,
- originate,
- owe it to,
- pass into,
- reconvert,
- reduce to,
- render,
- resolve into,
- reverse,
- ripen into,
- rise,
- run,
- run into,
- settle into,
- shift,
- shift into,
- soar,
- spring up,
- suit,
- switch,
- switch over,
- take birth,
- take rise,
- transform,
- turn,
- turn back,
- turn into,
- turn to,
- wax
- abuse,
- benefit from,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- capitalize on,
- carpe diem,
- cash in,
- cash in on,
- deceive,
- drain,
- exploit,
- foist on,
- ill-use,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- improve,
- improve the occasion,
- make capital of,
- make hay,
- make use of,
- manipulate,
- milk,
- misuse,
- not be behindhand,
- pass off on,
- pass the buck,
- play on,
- presume upon,
- profit by,
- put across,
- put on,
- put over,
- put to advantage,
- put upon,
- seize the day,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- stroke,
- suck dry,
- trade on,
- turn to account,
- turn to profit,
- turn to use,
- use,
- use ill,
- use to advantage,
- work on,
- work upon
- ability,
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- answer,
- artifice,
- capacity,
- capital,
- contrivance,
- countermove,
- coup,
- course of action,
- demarche,
- device,
- devices,
- disposable resources,
- dodge,
- effort,
- expedient,
- funds,
- gimmick,
- improvisation,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- method,
- move,
- pis aller,
- power,
- recourses,
- resort,
- resorts,
- resource,
- resources,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- solution,
- step,
- stock,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- supply,
- tactic,
- temporary expedient,
- trick,
- trump,
- ways,
- ways and means,
- wherewith,
- wherewithal,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition
- English,
- alter,
- alter into,
- ameliorate,
- assimilate to,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be renewed,
- become,
- bottom out,
- break,
- bring to,
- change,
- change into,
- change over,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- come round to,
- come to be,
- construe,
- convert,
- degenerate,
- deteriorate,
- deviate,
- diverge,
- diversify,
- do over,
- evolve into,
- fall into,
- flop,
- get,
- get to be,
- go,
- grow,
- haul around,
- improve,
- jibe,
- lapse into,
- make,
- make over,
- meliorate,
- melt into,
- mitigate,
- modulate,
- mutate,
- naturalize,
- open into,
- pass into,
- reconvert,
- reduce to,
- render,
- resolve into,
- reverse,
- revive,
- ripen into,
- run into,
- settle into,
- shift,
- shift into,
- swerve,
- switch,
- switch over,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- transcribe,
- transform,
- translate,
- transliterate,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn back,
- turn the corner,
- turn to,
- undergo a change,
- vary,
- veer,
- warp,
- worsen
- 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
- alter
collapse
- remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
- make an alteration to; "This dress needs to be altered" related words >
- abate,
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- alter into,
- ameliorate,
- assuage,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be renewed,
- become,
- better,
- bottom out,
- box in,
- break,
- break up,
- castrate,
- change,
- change into,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- circumscribe,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- come round to,
- condition,
- convert,
- deform,
- degenerate,
- denature,
- deteriorate,
- deviate,
- diminish,
- diverge,
- diversify,
- emasculate,
- eunuchize,
- evolve into,
- fall into,
- fit,
- fix,
- flop,
- geld,
- haul around,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- improve,
- jibe,
- lapse into,
- leaven,
- limit,
- meliorate,
- melt into,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mutate,
- narrow,
- open into,
- overthrow,
- palliate,
- pass into,
- qualify,
- re-create,
- realign,
- rebuild,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- reduce,
- refit,
- reform,
- regulate by,
- remake,
- remodel,
- renew,
- reshape,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- restructure,
- revamp,
- revise,
- revive,
- ring the changes,
- ripen into,
- run into,
- season,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- settle into,
- shift,
- shift into,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- soften,
- spay,
- subvert,
- swerve,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- temper,
- transform,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn into,
- turn the corner,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn to,
- turn upside down,
- undergo a change,
- unsex,
- vary,
- veer,
- warp,
- work a change,
- worsen
- about the bush,
- avert,
- avoid,
- bear off,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- blench,
- blink,
- cringe,
- dodge,
- draw aside,
- draw back,
- duck,
- ease off,
- edge off,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- fade,
- fall back,
- fence,
- flinch,
- fly off,
- gee,
- glance,
- glance off,
- go off,
- hang back,
- haw,
- head off,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- jib,
- make way for,
- move aside,
- parry,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- quail,
- recoil,
- reel back,
- retreat,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shove aside,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shunt,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- side,
- sidestep,
- sidetrack,
- sidle,
- start aside,
- start back,
- steer clear of,
- step aside,
- swerve,
- switch,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- veer off,
- ward off,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- wince
- mutate
collapse
- undergo mutation; "cells mutate" related words >
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- be changed,
- be converted into,
- be renewed,
- better,
- bottom out,
- break,
- break up,
- change,
- checker,
- chop,
- chop and change,
- come about,
- come around,
- come round,
- commute,
- convert,
- deform,
- degenerate,
- denature,
- deteriorate,
- deviate,
- diverge,
- diversify,
- fit,
- flop,
- haul around,
- improve,
- jibe,
- meliorate,
- metamorphose,
- mitigate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- overthrow,
- qualify,
- re-create,
- realign,
- rebuild,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- refashion,
- refit,
- reform,
- remake,
- renew,
- reshape,
- restructure,
- revamp,
- revive,
- ring the changes,
- shift,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- subvert,
- swerve,
- tack,
- take a turn,
- transfigure,
- transmogrify,
- transmute,
- transpose,
- transubstantiate,
- turn,
- turn aside,
- turn into,
- turn the corner,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- undergo a change,
- vary,
- veer,
- warp,
- work a change,
- worsen
- assign,
- be unfaithful,
- break faith,
- carry over,
- circumvent,
- communicate,
- consign,
- deceive,
- deliver,
- deport,
- desert,
- diffuse,
- disseminate,
- elude,
- evade,
- expel,
- export,
- extradite,
- fail,
- foil,
- foist on,
- forsake,
- frustrate,
- get around,
- get round,
- give the runaround,
- give the slip,
- go back on,
- go one better,
- hand forward,
- hand on,
- hand over,
- impart,
- import,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- make over,
- metastasize,
- metathesize,
- outfigure,
- outflank,
- outgeneral,
- outguess,
- outmaneuver,
- outplay,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overreach,
- pass,
- pass off on,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- perfuse,
- play on,
- presume upon,
- put across,
- put on,
- put over,
- put upon,
- relay,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- spread,
- stonewall,
- switch,
- take advantage of,
- transfer,
- transfer property,
- transfuse,
- translate,
- translocate,
- transmit,
- transplace,
- transplant,
- transpose,
- turn over,
- victimize,
- work on
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- bring about,
- bring off,
- bring through,
- bring to effect,
- bring to pass,
- carry into execution,
- carry off,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear the hurdle,
- come along,
- come on,
- come through with,
- compass,
- contrive,
- crown with success,
- cut the mustard,
- deceive,
- delay,
- do the trick,
- elucidate,
- engineer,
- explain,
- explicate,
- foist on,
- get across,
- get along,
- get by,
- get on,
- get over,
- get through,
- go on,
- hack it,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- implement,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- lay over,
- make clear,
- make it,
- make it clear,
- make out,
- make the grade,
- manage,
- manage somehow,
- muddle through,
- negotiate,
- pass off on,
- pass the buck,
- play on,
- popularize,
- postpone,
- presume upon,
- pull off,
- put across,
- put off,
- put on,
- put through,
- put upon,
- scrape along,
- shelve,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- simplify,
- spell out,
- stand over,
- succeed in,
- swing,
- swing the deal,
- take advantage of,
- turn the trick,
- vulgarize,
- work on,
- worry along
- relay
collapse
- the act of passing something along from one person or group to another; "the relay was successful"
- electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit
- a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals
- a crew of workers who relieve another crew
- pass along; "Please relay the news to the villagers"
- control or operate by relay related words >
- Le Mans,
- adder,
- air race,
- alternator,
- analytical control unit,
- analyzer,
- anchor watch,
- anode,
- armature,
- assign,
- autoconverter,
- automobile race,
- autostarter,
- autotransformer,
- battery charger,
- bicycle race,
- bit,
- boat race,
- brush,
- cap,
- capacitor,
- carry over,
- cathode,
- charger,
- choking coil,
- coder,
- coil,
- collator,
- communicate,
- commutator,
- compensator,
- compiler,
- condenser,
- consign,
- contest of speed,
- controller,
- converter,
- coupling,
- cross-country race,
- cutout,
- dash,
- day shift,
- decoder,
- deliver,
- deport,
- derby,
- detector,
- differential,
- diffuse,
- disseminate,
- distributor,
- divider,
- dog race,
- dogwatch,
- drag race,
- dynamo,
- dynamotor,
- electrode,
- electrophorus,
- electroscope,
- endurance race,
- expel,
- export,
- extradite,
- footrace,
- full time,
- fuse,
- galvanic pile,
- galvanoscope,
- generator,
- graveyard shift,
- grid,
- ground,
- half time,
- hand forward,
- hand on,
- hand over,
- heat,
- hurdle race,
- ignition,
- impart,
- import,
- inductor,
- insulator,
- integrator,
- interrupter,
- jumper,
- lap,
- lightning rod,
- lobster trick,
- magnet,
- magneto,
- magnetoscope,
- make over,
- marathon,
- marathon race,
- match race,
- memory tubes,
- metastasize,
- metathesize,
- motor-generator,
- motorcycle race,
- multiplier,
- night shift,
- obstacle race,
- oscillator,
- oscilloscope,
- outlet,
- overtime,
- part time,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- pass the buck,
- perfuse,
- phase discriminator,
- pile,
- plug,
- pocket,
- points,
- position coder,
- potato race,
- printer,
- push button,
- race,
- reactor,
- receptacle,
- receptor,
- rectifier,
- regatta,
- relay race,
- resistance box,
- resistor,
- rheostat,
- road race,
- run,
- sack race,
- selector,
- self-starter,
- selsyn,
- shift,
- shunt,
- socket,
- spark coil,
- spark plug,
- speedway race,
- split schedule,
- split shift,
- spread,
- sprint,
- sprint race,
- starter,
- step-down transformer,
- stint,
- stock-car race,
- storage unit,
- sunrise watch,
- swing shift,
- switch,
- synchronous converter,
- tap,
- terminal,
- three-legged race,
- time,
- time switch,
- timer,
- toggle switch,
- torch race,
- tour,
- tour of duty,
- track race,
- transfer,
- transfer property,
- transformer,
- transfuse,
- translate,
- translocate,
- transmit,
- transmitter,
- transplace,
- transplant,
- transpose,
- trick,
- trickle charger,
- turn,
- turn of work,
- turn over,
- voltage changer,
- voltage regulator,
- voltage transformer,
- walk,
- watch,
- work shift,
- yacht race
- ward off
collapse
- avert, turn away, or repel; "Ward off danger" related words >
- about the bush,
- anticipate,
- avert,
- bar,
- beat around,
- beat back,
- beat off,
- beg the question,
- block,
- brush off,
- chase,
- chase away,
- chase off,
- check,
- counter,
- cut,
- debar,
- deflect,
- deter,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- dismiss,
- dodge,
- drive away,
- drive back,
- duck,
- equivocate,
- estop,
- exclude,
- fence,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- hedge,
- help,
- hem and haw,
- hinder,
- hold at bay,
- hold off,
- keep at bay,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- pack off,
- parry,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- push back,
- pussyfoot,
- put back,
- put off,
- rebuff,
- rebut,
- recoil,
- refuse,
- repel,
- repulse,
- rule out,
- save,
- send away,
- send off,
- send packing,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shrink,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- snub,
- spurn,
- stave off,
- step aside,
- stop,
- swerve,
- thrust back,
- turn aside,
- turn back
- about the bush,
- around the bush,
- be careful,
- be cautious,
- beat about,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- bicker,
- boggle,
- cavil,
- choplogic,
- couch,
- crawl,
- creep,
- dodge,
- duck,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- fence,
- glide,
- go on tiptoe,
- grovel,
- gumshoe,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- hesitate,
- hum and haw,
- inch,
- inch along,
- lay wait,
- lie in wait,
- lurk,
- make haste slowly,
- mystify,
- nightwalk,
- nitpick,
- obscure,
- pad,
- palter,
- parry,
- pick nits,
- prevaricate,
- prowl,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- put off,
- quibble,
- recoil,
- scrabble,
- scramble,
- shadow,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shrink,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- sidle,
- skulk,
- slide,
- slink,
- slip,
- snake,
- sneak,
- split hairs,
- stalk,
- steal,
- steal along,
- step aside,
- swerve,
- take it easy,
- tergiversate,
- think twice,
- tippytoe,
- tiptoe,
- walk on eggshells,
- ward off,
- weasel,
- worm,
- worm along
- tactic
collapse
- a plan for attaining a particular goal related words >
- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- answer,
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- blind,
- campaign,
- caper,
- chicanery,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- countermove,
- coup,
- course of action,
- craft,
- cute trick,
- deceit,
- demarche,
- design,
- device,
- dodge,
- effort,
- engineering,
- expedient,
- fakement,
- feint,
- fetch,
- gambit,
- game,
- generalship,
- gimmick,
- grift,
- improvisation,
- intrigue,
- jugglery,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- knavery,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- little game,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- military operations,
- move,
- orchestration,
- pis aller,
- plan,
- plans,
- plot,
- ploy,
- racket,
- red herring,
- resort,
- resource,
- ruse,
- scheme,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- sleight,
- solution,
- step,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- strategy,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- subterfuge,
- tactics,
- tactual,
- temporary expedient,
- trick,
- trickery,
- trump,
- wile,
- wily device,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition
- about the bush,
- alternate,
- around the bush,
- avoid,
- back and fill,
- be untruthful,
- beat about,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- bicker,
- boggle,
- cavil,
- change,
- choplogic,
- deceive,
- dither,
- dodge,
- double-talk,
- draw the longbow,
- duck,
- elude,
- escape,
- eschew,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- exaggerate,
- falsify,
- fence,
- fib,
- fluctuate,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- hum and haw,
- lie,
- lie flatly,
- mince the truth,
- mince words,
- mislead,
- mystify,
- nitpick,
- obscure,
- oscillate,
- palter,
- parry,
- pendulate,
- pick nits,
- prevaricate,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- quibble,
- recoil,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- skirt,
- speak falsely,
- split hairs,
- step aside,
- story,
- stretch the truth,
- swerve,
- teeter,
- tell a lie,
- tergiversate,
- totter,
- vacillate,
- vary,
- waffle,
- ward off,
- waver,
- weasel,
- wobble
- prorate
collapse
- divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month"
- make a proportional settlement or distribution related words >
- abuse,
- act on,
- act upon,
- advocate,
- affect,
- apply pressure,
- approach,
- bear upon,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blandish,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- bug,
- buttonhole,
- cajole,
- call on,
- call upon,
- coax,
- concentrate on,
- deceive,
- drain,
- draw,
- draw on,
- dun,
- exert influence,
- exert pressure,
- exhort,
- exploit,
- focus on,
- foist on,
- get cozy with,
- high-pressure,
- ill-use,
- importune,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- influence,
- insist,
- insist upon,
- jawbone,
- lead on,
- lobby,
- lobby through,
- magnetize,
- make advances,
- make overtures,
- make up to,
- make use of,
- manipulate,
- milk,
- misuse,
- nag,
- nag at,
- operate on,
- pass off on,
- pass the buck,
- pester,
- plague,
- play on,
- plead with,
- ply,
- press,
- pressure,
- presume upon,
- pull strings,
- push,
- put across,
- put on,
- put over,
- put upon,
- recommend,
- shift the blame,
- shift the responsibility,
- soft-soap,
- stroke,
- suck dry,
- sweet-talk,
- take advantage of,
- tease,
- treat,
- urge,
- use,
- use ill,
- wheedle,
- wire-pull,
- work upon
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