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abjure
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
climb down
,
crawfish out
,
deny
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
eat dirt
,
eat humble pie
,
forswear
,
kiss the rod
,
lick the dust
,
recant
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
retract
,
revoke
,
sing small
,
swallow
,
take back
,
unsay
,
withdraw
turn around
collapse
get better; "Her performance in school picked up"
cause to get better; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
related words >
break back
,
change back
,
circle
,
circulate
,
circumrotate
,
circumvolute
,
come about
,
convert
,
crank
,
cry back
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
evert
,
fetch about
,
flip-flop
,
go about
,
go around
,
go back
,
go round
,
gyrate
,
gyre
,
hark back
,
heel
,
introvert
,
intussuscept
,
invaginate
,
inverse
,
invert
,
pirouette
,
pivot
,
pivot about
,
pronate
,
put about
,
resupinate
,
reverse
,
revolve
,
rotate
,
round
,
screw
,
spin
,
supinate
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swivel
,
transpose
,
turn
,
turn a pirouette
,
turn about
,
turn back
,
turn down
,
turn in
,
turn inside out
,
turn out
,
turn over
,
turn round
,
turn tail
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn upside down
,
twist
,
veer
,
veer around
,
wamble
,
wheel
,
wheel about
,
whirl
,
wind
loathe
collapse
related words >
abhor
,
abominate
,
be hostile to
,
decline
,
despise
,
detest
,
disapprove of
,
disfavor
,
dislike
,
disrelish
,
execrate
,
hate
,
hold in abomination
,
mislike
,
not care for
,
refuse
,
reject
,
repudiate
,
shrink from
,
shudder at
,
spurn
,
utterly detest
drift away
collapse
related words >
decline
,
die away
,
diminish
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
fade
,
fade away
,
go
,
go away
,
move away
,
move off
,
pull away
,
recede
,
retire
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
shrink
,
sink
,
stand off
,
wane
,
widen the distance
,
withdraw
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
climb down
collapse
related words >
abjure
,
alight
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
crawfish out
,
deny
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
dismount
,
disown
,
eat crow
,
eat dirt
,
eat humble pie
,
forswear
,
get down
,
get off
,
land
,
lick the dust
,
light
,
perch
,
recant
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
retract
,
revoke
,
settle
,
sing small
,
swallow
,
take back
,
touch down
,
unhorse
,
unsay
,
withdraw
analyst
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a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
someone who is skilled at analyzing data
an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
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analyzer
,
assayer
,
behavior therapist
,
clinical psychologist
,
essayer
,
examiner
,
experimenter
,
headshrinker
,
hypnotherapist
,
narcotherapist
,
psychiatrist
,
psychoanalyst
,
psychoanalyzer
,
psychotherapeutist
,
psychotherapist
,
research worker
,
researcher
,
shrink
,
shrinker
,
test driver
,
test pilot
,
tester
,
tryer-out
since
collapse
related words >
aeons ago
,
after
,
after all
,
after that
,
afterwards
,
ages ago
,
ago
,
as
,
as long as
,
as things go
,
back
,
back when
,
backward
,
because
,
behind
,
being
,
being as how
,
below
,
cause
,
considering
,
ever since
,
ex post facto
,
following
,
for
,
forasmuch as
,
from away back
,
from time immemorial
,
gone by
,
in that
,
in the aftermath
,
in the sequel
,
inasmuch as
,
insofar as
,
insomuch as
,
into the past
,
later
,
long since
,
next
,
parce que
,
reminiscently
,
retroactively
,
retrospectively
,
seeing
,
seeing as how
,
seeing that
,
since long ago
,
since time began
,
subsequent to
,
subsequently
,
then
,
thereafter
,
thereon
,
thereupon
,
therewith
,
until now
,
whereas
regress
collapse
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
go back to a statistical means
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about-face
,
advance
,
ascend
,
back
,
back up
,
backing
,
backset
,
backslide
,
backsliding
,
backward motion
,
backward step
,
budge
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
climb
,
cock
,
come after
,
come last
,
degenerate
,
descend
,
deteriorate
,
disenchantment
,
disimprove
,
ebb
,
fall
,
fall again into
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
fall from grace
,
flip-flop
,
flow
,
follow
,
get behind
,
get over
,
get worse
,
go
,
go around
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
grow worse
,
gyrate
,
have a relapse
,
jerk back
,
lag behind
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
lose ground
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
plunge
,
progress
,
pull back
,
reaction
,
recede
,
recession
,
recidivate
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reclamation
,
reconversion
,
recur to
,
reentry
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regression
,
rehabilitation
,
reinstatement
,
relapse
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
retroaction
,
retrocede
,
retrocession
,
retroflex
,
retroflexion
,
retrogradation
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
retrovert
,
retrusion
,
return
,
return to
,
returning
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
reversion
,
revert
,
revert to
,
reverting
,
revulsion
,
rise
,
rollback
,
rotate
,
run
,
setback
,
shift
,
sicken
,
sink
,
sink back
,
slacken
,
slide back
,
slip back
,
slipping back
,
soar
,
spin
,
sternway
,
stir
,
stream
,
subside
,
throw back
,
throwback
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
travel
,
turn
,
turnabout
,
wane
,
whirl
,
worsen
,
yield again to
stand behind
collapse
related words >
assure
,
attest
,
back
,
back up
,
be sponsor for
,
bond
,
certify
,
champion
,
confirm
,
countersecure
,
endorse
,
ensure
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
guarantee
,
guaranty
,
insure
,
run interference for
,
second
,
secure
,
side with
,
sign
,
sign for
,
sponsor
,
stand back of
,
stand by
,
stand up for
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
subscribe to
,
take sides with
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
warrant
grimace
collapse
a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"
contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
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ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
blanch
,
blench
,
bob
,
bobble
,
bounce
,
bump
,
contort
,
declaim
,
deform
,
didder
,
disapprove of
,
distort
,
dither
,
face
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
frown
,
gloom
,
glower
,
ham
,
ham it up
,
have a misery
,
hurt
,
jar
,
jerk
,
jig
,
jigget
,
jiggle
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
knit the brow
,
long face
,
look askance at
,
look black
,
look sullen
,
lower
,
make a face
,
make a lip
,
make a moue
,
make a mouth
,
misshape
,
mop
,
mop and mow
,
moue
,
mouth
,
mouthing
,
mow
,
mug
,
out-herod Herod
,
overact
,
overdramatize
,
pound
,
pout
,
pull a face
,
quake
,
quaver
,
quiver
,
rant
,
recoil
,
revolt at
,
rictus
,
roar
,
scowl
,
shake
,
shiver
,
shock
,
shoot
,
show distaste for
,
shrink
,
shrink from
,
shudder
,
shudder at
,
smart
,
snarl
,
spout
,
suffer
,
thrill
,
throb
,
throw away
,
tic
,
tingle
,
tremble
,
tremor
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
twitter
,
underact
,
wince
,
wobble
,
writhe
,
wry face
,
wry mouth
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
retrieve
collapse
run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"
related words >
bring
,
bring back
,
call for
,
chase after
,
cover
,
deliver
,
extract
,
extricate
,
fetch
,
fetch and carry
,
free
,
get
,
get back
,
go after
,
go and get
,
go fetch
,
go for
,
go get
,
go to get
,
liberate
,
make up
,
obtain
,
pay for
,
pick up
,
procure
,
ransom
,
reactivate
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
regain
,
rekindle
,
release
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
repay
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
rescue
,
restore
,
resume
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
retake
,
return
,
revindicate
,
revitalize
,
revive
,
revivify
,
run after
,
salvage
,
save
,
secure
,
set free
,
shag
,
take back
,
win back
extradite
collapse
hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"
related words >
assign
,
ban
,
banish
,
blackball
,
bring back
,
carry over
,
cast out
,
communicate
,
consign
,
cut
,
deliver
,
deport
,
diffuse
,
disfellowship
,
disseminate
,
exclude
,
excommunicate
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expel
,
export
,
fugitate
,
give back
,
hand forward
,
hand on
,
hand over
,
impart
,
import
,
make over
,
metastasize
,
metathesize
,
ostracize
,
outlaw
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass over
,
pass the buck
,
perfuse
,
proscribe
,
put back
,
recommit
,
relay
,
relegate
,
remand
,
remit
,
repatriate
,
restore
,
return
,
rusticate
,
send away
,
send back
,
send down
,
send to Coventry
,
snub
,
spread
,
spurn
,
switch
,
take back
,
thrust out
,
transfer
,
transfer property
,
transfuse
,
translate
,
translocate
,
transmit
,
transplace
,
transplant
,
transport
,
transpose
,
turn over
subside
collapse
wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
advance
,
ascend
,
back
,
back up
,
bate
,
be eaten away
,
budge
,
calm
,
calm down
,
cave
,
cave in
,
cease
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
climb
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
crumble
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deliquesce
,
descend
,
die
,
die away
,
die down
,
diminish
,
dive
,
droop
,
drop
,
drop down
,
drop off
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
erode
,
fade
,
fail
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
flop
,
flop down
,
flow
,
flump
,
flump down
,
founder
,
get over
,
give way
,
go
,
go around
,
go down
,
go downhill
,
go off
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
gravitate
,
gyrate
,
halt
,
head
,
hit a slump
,
hit rock bottom
,
hit the skids
,
incline
,
languish
,
lapse
,
lead
,
lean
,
lessen
,
let up
,
lower
,
lull
,
melt away
,
moderate
,
molder
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
pacify
,
pass away
,
plop
,
plop down
,
plummet
,
plump
,
plunge
,
point
,
precipitate
,
progress
,
quiesce
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
reach the depths
,
recede
,
regress
,
retrogress
,
rise
,
rotate
,
run
,
run down
,
run low
,
sag
,
set
,
settle
,
settle down
,
shift
,
shrink
,
sink
,
sink down
,
slacken
,
slide
,
slip
,
slouch
,
slump
,
slump down
,
soar
,
soothe
,
spin
,
stir
,
stop
,
stream
,
submerge
,
swag
,
tail off
,
tend
,
tend to go
,
touch bottom
,
tranquilize
,
travel
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear
,
wear away
,
wear off
,
whirl
put back
collapse
related words >
about ship
,
aggravate
,
back and fill
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
block
,
box off
,
break
,
bring about
,
bring back
,
bring round
,
brush off
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change course
,
change the heading
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
come about
,
come back
,
come home
,
counter
,
cut
,
damage
,
deteriorate
,
dilapidate
,
dismiss
,
double
,
double a point
,
double back
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
embitter
,
endamage
,
exacerbate
,
extradite
,
fend
,
fend off
,
fetch about
,
give back
,
go about
,
go back
,
go home
,
gybe
,
harm
,
heave round
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
impair
,
injure
,
irritate
,
jibe
,
jibe all standing
,
keep at bay
,
keep off
,
make worse
,
miss stays
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
place in
,
ply
,
push back
,
put about
,
reactivate
,
rebuff
,
recommit
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reenact
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
refuse
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
remand
,
remit
,
repatriate
,
repel
,
replace
,
replenish
,
repulse
,
restore
,
return
,
revest
,
round a point
,
send away
,
send back
,
send off
,
send packing
,
sheer
,
shift
,
slew
,
snub
,
spurn
,
stave off
,
stop
,
swerve
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
tack
,
take back
,
throw about
,
thrust back
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
veer
,
ward off
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
wind
,
worsen
,
yaw
shy
collapse
a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"
wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers"
easily startled or frightened
throw quickly
start suddenly, as from fight
related words >
Pyrrhonic
,
about the bush
,
afraid
,
agnostic
,
apprehensive
,
around the bush
,
arrested
,
averse
,
avert
,
avoid
,
back down
,
backhanded
,
backward
,
balance
,
balk
,
bankrupt in
,
bare of
,
bashful
,
be startled
,
bear off
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bereft of
,
bicker
,
bilk
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
boggling
,
bowl
,
cagey
,
callow
,
cast
,
cast at
,
catapult
,
cautious
,
cavil
,
chary
,
choplogic
,
chuck
,
chuck at
,
chunk
,
circumspect
,
confused
,
conscious
,
cowardly
,
coy
,
cringe
,
dart
,
dash
,
debate
,
defective
,
deficient
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
demure
,
demurring
,
denuded of
,
deprived of
,
destitute of
,
devoid of
,
diffident
,
distrustful
,
dodge
,
double
,
doubtful
,
doubting
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
dubious
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
elude
,
embryonic
,
empty of
,
equivocate
,
eschew
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
failing
,
fall back
,
falter
,
faltering
,
fear
,
fearful
,
fearing
,
fearsome
,
fence
,
fight shy
,
fight shy of
,
fire
,
fire at
,
flinch
,
fling
,
fling at
,
flip
,
fly off
,
for want of
,
fork
,
forlorn of
,
from Missouri
,
gag
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
goosy
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
haw
,
head off
,
heave
,
heave at
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitant
,
hesitate
,
hesitating
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
hurl
,
hurl against
,
hurl at
,
hurtle
,
hypoplastic
,
immature
,
in arrear
,
in arrears
,
in default
,
in default of
,
in doubt
,
in fear
,
in short supply
,
in want of
,
inadequate
,
inarticulate
,
incomplete
,
indisposed
,
infant
,
insufficient
,
introversive
,
introvert
,
introverted
,
jerk
,
jib
,
jump
,
jump a mile
,
jumpy
,
lacking
,
lance
,
launch
,
leery
,
let fly
,
let fly at
,
loath
,
lob
,
make bones about
,
make way for
,
missing
,
mistrustful
,
mistrusting
,
modest
,
mousy
,
move aside
,
mystify
,
needing
,
nervous
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
out of
,
out of pocket
,
palter
,
panic
,
parry
,
part
,
partial
,
pass
,
patchy
,
pause
,
peg
,
pelt
,
pick nits
,
pitch
,
pitchfork
,
ponder
,
pot
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pussyfoot
,
put
,
put off
,
put the shot
,
quail
,
qualmish
,
questioning
,
quibble
,
rabbity
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
reluctant
,
reserved
,
retiring
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scant
,
scant of
,
scanty
,
scarce
,
scary
,
scrappy
,
scruple
,
scrupulous
,
self-conscious
,
self-distrustful
,
self-effacing
,
serve
,
shaky
,
shamefaced
,
shamefast
,
sheepish
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shivery
,
short
,
short of
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shrinking
,
shuffle
,
shun
,
shunt
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy of
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sideswipe
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
skedaddle
,
skeptical
,
sketchy
,
skittery
,
skittish
,
sling
,
sling at
,
snap
,
split hairs
,
squeamish
,
stammering
,
stampede
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
startle
,
startlish
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
stick
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stickling
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
suspecting
,
suspicious
,
swerve
,
switch
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
throw
,
throw at
,
tilt
,
timid
,
timorous
,
toss
,
toss at
,
trembling
,
tremulous
,
trepidant
,
trigger-happy
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
unassertive
,
unassured
,
unblessed with
,
uncertain
,
underdeveloped
,
undeveloped
,
uneager
,
unpossessed of
,
untrusting
,
unwilling
,
veer off
,
void of
,
wanting
,
ward off
,
wary
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
shilly shally
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
change
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
delay
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dillydally
,
dither
,
drag
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
fear
,
flag
,
fluctuate
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
oscillate
,
pause
,
pendulate
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shift
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
tarry
,
teeter
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
totter
,
trail
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waste time
,
waver
,
withdraw
,
wobble
,
yield
rearward
collapse
direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"
directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"
related words >
a rebours
,
a reculons
,
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
against the grain
,
anticlockwise
,
arear
,
ass-backwards
,
astern
,
away
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backward
,
backwards
,
behind
,
breech
,
counterclockwise
,
fro
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
hindward
,
hindwards
,
in reverse
,
occiput
,
posterior
,
posteriorly
,
postern
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearwards
,
retrad
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
stern
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
tailward
,
tailwards
,
to the rear
,
widdershins
back stairs
collapse
related words >
back door
,
back road
,
back street
,
back way
,
bolt-hole
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
companion
,
companionway
,
covert way
,
detour
,
escalier
,
escalier derobe
,
escape hatch
,
escape route
,
fire escape
,
flight of steps
,
incline
,
landing
,
landing stage
,
perron
,
ramp
,
roundabout way
,
secret exit
,
secret passage
,
secret staircase
,
side door
,
side road
,
side street
,
spiral staircase
,
staircase
,
stairs
,
stairway
,
stepping-stones
,
steps
,
stile
,
treads and risers
,
underground
,
underground railroad
,
underground route
send away
collapse
related words >
air-express
,
airfreight
,
airmail
,
ban
,
banish
,
beat back
,
blackball
,
bow out
,
brush off
,
bundle
,
bundle off
,
cast out
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
consign
,
cut
,
deport
,
disfellowship
,
dismiss
,
dispatch
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
drop a letter
,
embark
,
exclude
,
excommunicate
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expedite
,
expel
,
export
,
express
,
extradite
,
fend off
,
forward
,
freight
,
fugitate
,
give the air
,
give the gate
,
hold off
,
hustle out
,
keep off
,
mail
,
ostracize
,
outlaw
,
pack off
,
post
,
proscribe
,
push back
,
put back
,
rebuff
,
refuse
,
relegate
,
remit
,
repel
,
repulse
,
rusticate
,
send
,
send down
,
send forth
,
send off
,
send packing
,
send to Coventry
,
ship
,
show the door
,
show the gate
,
snub
,
spurn
,
thrust back
,
thrust out
,
transmit
,
transport
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
turn off
,
ward off
lose ground
collapse
related words >
arrest
,
backpedal
,
backslide
,
backwater
,
be found wanting
,
brake
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
cock
,
collapse
,
come short
,
curb
,
decelerate
,
decline
,
delay
,
detain
,
draw rein
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
fail
,
fall astern
,
fall away
,
fall behind
,
fall short
,
get behind
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
jerk back
,
keep back
,
lack
,
lag
,
lapse
,
let down
,
let up
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
moderate
,
not answer
,
not hack it
,
not make it
,
not make out
,
not measure up
,
not stretch
,
not suffice
,
obstruct
,
pull back
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
reef
,
regress
,
rein in
,
relapse
,
relax
,
retard
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
run short
,
set back
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slip back
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
slump
,
stay
,
stop short
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
want
pussyfoot
collapse
related words >
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
stick up for
collapse
related words >
advocate
,
allege in support
,
answer
,
argue for
,
assert
,
back
,
back up
,
champion
,
contend for
,
counter
,
defend
,
espouse
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
plead for
,
rebut
,
refute
,
reply
,
respond
,
riposte
,
run interference for
,
say in defense
,
second
,
side with
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand by
,
stand up for
,
stick by
,
support
,
sustain
,
take sides with
,
uphold
,
urge reasons for
compress
collapse
a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
related words >
Ace bandage
,
Band-Aid
,
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
adhesive tape
,
application
,
band
,
bandage
,
bandaging
,
bear
,
binder
,
bob
,
boil down
,
brace
,
capsulize
,
cast
,
cataplasm
,
circumscribe
,
clamp
,
clip
,
coarct
,
compact
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
congest
,
consolidate
,
constrict
,
constringe
,
contract
,
cotton
,
court plaster
,
cram
,
cramp
,
cravat
,
crop
,
crowd
,
crush
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
densen
,
densify
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
dock
,
downgrade
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
dressing
,
elastic bandage
,
elide
,
ensphere
,
epithem
,
epitomize
,
foreshorten
,
four-tailed bandage
,
gauze
,
jam
,
knit
,
lessen
,
lint
,
lower
,
mow
,
narrow
,
nip
,
pare
,
pinch
,
plaster
,
plaster cast
,
pledget
,
poll
,
pollard
,
poultice
,
press
,
prune
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
purse
,
push
,
ram down
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
roller
,
roller bandage
,
rubber bandage
,
scale down
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
simplify
,
sling
,
snub
,
solidify
,
splint
,
sponge
,
squab
,
squash
,
squeeze
,
squish
,
step down
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
stunt
,
stupe
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take from
,
take in
,
tampon
,
tape
,
telescope
,
tent
,
tighten
,
tourniquet
,
triangular bandage
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
tweak
,
wad up
,
wrinkle
resound
collapse
ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
related words >
awake the dead
,
be reflected
,
be sent back
,
blast
,
blast the ear
,
bless
,
boom
,
bounce back
,
celebrate
,
come again
,
come up again
,
crash
,
crescendo
,
cry up
,
deafen
,
din
,
echo
,
echo back
,
emit a sound
,
eulogize
,
extol
,
fill the air
,
glorify
,
go back
,
hymn
,
keep coming
,
laud
,
magnify
,
make a noise
,
make a sound
,
noise
,
peal
,
pulsate
,
rattle the windows
,
reappear
,
rebound
,
recur
,
reecho
,
rend the air
,
rend the ears
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
resonate
,
resume
,
return
,
reverberate
,
revert
,
ring
,
ring out
,
rise
,
rock the sky
,
roll
,
rumble
,
send back
,
sound
,
speak
,
split the eardrums
,
split the ears
,
startle the echoes
,
stun
,
surge
,
swell
,
thunder
breech
collapse
opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
related words >
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backside
,
bed
,
bedrock
,
behind
,
belly
,
bottom
,
bottom side
,
buttocks
,
derriere
,
downside
,
fanny
,
fundament
,
hardpan
,
heel
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hindhead
,
lower side
,
lowest layer
,
lowest level
,
nether side
,
nethermost level
,
occiput
,
posterior
,
postern
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearward
,
reverse
,
rock bottom
,
rump
,
stern
,
substratum
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
underbelly
,
underlayer
,
underneath
,
underside
dodge
collapse
a quick evasive movement
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow"
move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"
related words >
about the bush
,
action
,
ad hoc measure
,
answer
,
around the bush
,
art
,
artful dodge
,
artifice
,
avoid
,
avoidance
,
avoiding reaction
,
back and fill
,
bag of tricks
,
ballot-box stuffing
,
be stuck-up
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
blench
,
blind
,
blink
,
bluff
,
bob
,
boggle
,
bosey
,
bunco
,
cardsharping
,
carefully ignore
,
catch
,
cavil
,
cheat
,
cheating
,
chicane
,
chicanery
,
choplogic
,
chouse
,
circumvention
,
cold-shoulder
,
conspiracy
,
contrivance
,
countermove
,
coup
,
course of action
,
cozenage
,
craft
,
cringe
,
curve
,
curve-ball
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
cute trick
,
dart
,
deceit
,
deceive
,
deception
,
defense mechanism
,
demarche
,
design
,
device
,
diddle
,
diddling
,
dirty deal
,
dirty trick
,
dishonesty
,
dog it
,
double-talk
,
draw back
,
duck
,
duck duty
,
effort
,
elude
,
elusion
,
elusiveness
,
equivocate
,
equivocation
,
escape
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
evasion
,
evasive action
,
evasiveness
,
expedient
,
fade
,
fakement
,
fall back
,
fallback
,
fast deal
,
feint
,
fence
,
fetch
,
ficelle
,
fight shy of
,
finesse
,
fishy transaction
,
flam
,
flimflam
,
flinch
,
forbearance
,
forestalling
,
forestallment
,
fraud
,
fraudulence
,
fraudulency
,
fudge
,
gambit
,
game
,
gerrymandering
,
get out of
,
getting around
,
gimmick
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
googly
,
graft
,
grift
,
gyp
,
gyp joint
,
hang back
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hocus-pocus
,
hold aloof
,
hum and haw
,
illicit business
,
imposition
,
imposture
,
improvisation
,
intrigue
,
jesuitism
,
jib
,
jink
,
joker
,
juggle
,
jugglery
,
jury-rig
,
jury-rigged expedient
,
keep aloof
,
knavery
,
last expedient
,
last resort
,
last shift
,
little game
,
machination
,
makeshift
,
malinger
,
maneuver
,
means
,
measure
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
move
,
move aside
,
mystify
,
neutrality
,
nitpick
,
nonintervention
,
noninvolvement
,
not pull fair
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pass
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
pick nits
,
pis aller
,
plan
,
plot
,
ploy
,
prevaricate
,
prevarication
,
prevention
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
quibble
,
quiddity
,
quillet
,
quip
,
quirk
,
quodlibet
,
racket
,
recoil
,
red herring
,
reel back
,
refraining
,
resort
,
resource
,
retreat
,
ruse
,
scam
,
scamp
,
scheme
,
scurvy trick
,
shake-up
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shirk
,
short-circuit
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shun
,
shunning
,
shunting off
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
sidetracking
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skim the surface
,
skimp
,
skip over
,
skirt
,
skulk
,
slack
,
sleight
,
sleight of hand
,
sleight-of-hand trick
,
slide
,
slide out of
,
slight
,
slip
,
slip out of
,
slubber over
,
slur
,
slur over
,
sneak out of
,
soldier
,
solution
,
split hairs
,
stand aloof
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step
,
step aside
,
stopgap
,
stratagem
,
strategy
,
stroke
,
stroke of policy
,
subterfuge
,
swerve
,
swindle
,
tactic
,
temporary expedient
,
tergiversate
,
the runaround
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
trick
,
trickery
,
trump
,
turn aside
,
twist and turn
,
veer
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
weave
,
welsh
,
wheeze
,
wile
,
wily device
,
wince
,
working hypothesis
,
working proposition
,
zigzag
get back
collapse
related words >
ransom
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
regain
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
take back
repossess
collapse
related words >
get back
,
ransom
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
regain
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
take back
scruple
collapse
an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
uneasiness about the fitness of an action
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
have doubts about
raise scruples; "He lied and did not even scruple about it"
hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure himself"
related words >
Pyrrhonism
,
ace
,
apprehension
,
atom
,
awake a doubt
,
back down
,
balance
,
balk
,
balk at
,
bashfulness
,
be diffident
,
be doubtful
,
be dubious
,
be skeptical
,
be uncertain
,
beef
,
better self
,
bit
,
bitch
,
blench
,
boggle
,
boggling
,
boycott
,
call in question
,
challenge
,
complain
,
complaint
,
compunction
,
conscience
,
conscientiousness
,
contest
,
cry out against
,
dab
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demonstrate
,
demonstrate against
,
demonstration
,
demur
,
demurral
,
demurrer
,
diffidence
,
discomfort
,
dispute
,
distrust
,
distrustfulness
,
dole
,
dot
,
doubt
,
doubtfulness
,
dram
,
dribble
,
driblet
,
dubiety
,
dubiousness
,
dwarf
,
enter a protest
,
exception
,
expostulate
,
expostulation
,
falter
,
faltering
,
farthing
,
fastidiousness
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
fleck
,
flinch
,
flyspeck
,
fragment
,
fret
,
gag
,
gobbet
,
grain
,
granule
,
greet with skepticism
,
grievance
,
grievance committee
,
groat
,
hair
,
half believe
,
half-belief
,
handful
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
harbor suspicions
,
have qualms
,
have reservations
,
hem and haw
,
hesitance
,
hesitancy
,
hesitate
,
hesitation
,
hold off
,
holler
,
hover
,
howl
,
hum and haw
,
indignation meeting
,
iota
,
jib
,
jot
,
kick
,
leeriness
,
little
,
little bit
,
lota
,
make bones about
,
march
,
meticulousness
,
minim
,
minimum
,
minutiae
,
misdoubt
,
misgive
,
misgiving
,
mistrust
,
mistrustfulness
,
mite
,
modesty
,
modicum
,
molecule
,
mote
,
nonviolent protest
,
nutshell
,
object
,
objection
,
ounce
,
overconscientiousness
,
overscrupulousness
,
pangs
,
pangs of conscience
,
particle
,
pause
,
pebble
,
picket
,
picketing
,
pinch
,
pittance
,
point
,
point of honor
,
ponder
,
press objections
,
pricking of heart
,
protest
,
protest demonstration
,
protestation
,
pull back
,
punctilio
,
punctiliousness
,
quail
,
qualm
,
qualm of conscience
,
qualmishness
,
qualms
,
query
,
question
,
raise a howl
,
raise a question
,
rally
,
recoil
,
reconsideration
,
reluctance
,
remonstrance
,
remonstrate
,
remonstration
,
retreat
,
scrap
,
scruples
,
scrupulosity
,
scrupulousness
,
second thought
,
second thoughts
,
self-doubt
,
shadow of doubt
,
shilly-shally
,
shred
,
shrink
,
shrink from
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shyness
,
sit in
,
sit-in
,
skepticalness
,
skepticism
,
smell a rat
,
smidgen
,
smitch
,
speck
,
spoonful
,
spot
,
squawk
,
squeamishness
,
state a grievance
,
stick
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stickling
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
strike
,
stumble
,
suspect
,
suspicion
,
suspiciousness
,
teach in
,
teach-in
,
thimbleful
,
think twice about
,
throes
,
throw doubt upon
,
tiny bit
,
tittle
,
total skepticism
,
touch of conscience
,
treat with reserve
,
trifling amount
,
trivia
,
twinge of conscience
,
uncertainty
,
uneasiness
,
vacillate
,
voice of conscience
,
wariness
,
waver
,
whit
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
worry
,
yell bloody murder
,
yield
respond
collapse
respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
related words >
acknowledge
,
act
,
advocate
,
allege in support
,
alternate
,
answer
,
answer back
,
antiphon
,
apprehend
,
argue for
,
assert
,
bandy
,
be affected
,
be aware of
,
be conscious of
,
be in tune
,
be inspired
,
be involved
,
be moved
,
be quits with
,
be sensible of
,
behave
,
care about
,
catch the flame
,
catch the infection
,
champion
,
change
,
change color
,
color with emotion
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come in
,
commute
,
compensate
,
contend for
,
cooperate
,
counter
,
counterchange
,
defend
,
dig
,
echo
,
empathize with
,
espouse
,
exchange
,
experience
,
feel
,
feel for
,
flash back
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
hear
,
identify with
,
interchange
,
logroll
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
pay back
,
perceive
,
permute
,
pity
,
plead for
,
react
,
rebut
,
reciprocate
,
reecho
,
refute
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
relate to emotionally
,
reply
,
requite
,
respond to
,
respond to stimuli
,
response
,
retaliate
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
return the compliment
,
reverberate
,
riposte
,
say
,
say in defense
,
say in reply
,
see
,
sense
,
share
,
shoot back
,
smell
,
snap back
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
stand up for
,
stick up for
,
support
,
sustain
,
swap
,
switch
,
sympathize with
,
take the bait
,
talk back
,
taste
,
touch
,
trade
,
transpose
,
uphold
,
urge reasons for
carom
collapse
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
make a carom
rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"
related words >
appulse
,
backfire
,
backlash
,
backlashing
,
bang
,
bang into
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bounce back
,
bound
,
bound back
,
brunt
,
bulldozing
,
bulling
,
bump
,
bump into
,
cannon
,
cannon off
,
carambole
,
carom into
,
clash
,
collide
,
collision
,
come into collision
,
concuss
,
concussion
,
confront each other
,
contrecoup
,
crack up
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
crash into
,
crump
,
crunch
,
dap
,
dash into
,
encounter
,
fall foul of
,
fly back
,
foul
,
glance
,
graze
,
hammering
,
have repercussions
,
hit
,
hit against
,
hurt
,
hurtle
,
impact
,
impinge
,
impingement
,
kick
,
kick back
,
kickback
,
knock
,
knock against
,
lash back
,
mauling
,
meet
,
meeting
,
onslaught
,
percuss
,
percussion
,
ramming
,
rebound
,
rebuff
,
recalcitrate
,
recalcitration
,
recoil
,
repercuss
,
repercussion
,
repulse
,
resile
,
resilience
,
ricochet
,
run into
,
shock
,
sideswipe
,
skim
,
skip
,
slam into
,
sledgehammering
,
smack into
,
smash
,
smash into
,
smash up
,
smash-up
,
smashing
,
snap back
,
spring
,
spring back
,
strike
,
strike against
,
thrusting
,
whomp
think twice
collapse
consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
be careful
,
be cautious
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dither
,
falter
,
fear
,
go on tiptoe
,
hang back
,
hang in doubt
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make haste slowly
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
take it easy
,
think twice about
,
tiptoe
,
vacillate
,
walk on eggshells
,
withdraw
,
yield
disengage
collapse
become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
related words >
abrupt
,
abstract
,
alienate
,
back down
,
back out
,
beat a retreat
,
break loose
,
break out
,
break with
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
clear
,
cut adrift
,
cut loose
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
delete
,
depart
,
detach
,
disarticulate
,
disburden
,
disconnect
,
disembarrass
,
disembroil
,
disencumber
,
disentangle
,
disinvolve
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dislodge
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
doff
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
eject
,
estrange
,
expel
,
extricate
,
fall back
,
free
,
free up
,
get away from
,
get out
,
get out of
,
get rid of
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
isolate
,
leave
,
liberate
,
loose
,
loosen
,
move back
,
part
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
release
,
remove
,
retire
,
retreat
,
run back
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set free
,
shake off
,
shut off
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
step aside
,
subtract
,
take off
,
tear loose
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
unbar
,
unbind
,
unbolt
,
unbuckle
,
unbutton
,
unchain
,
unclasp
,
unclutter
,
uncouple
,
undo
,
unfasten
,
unfetter
,
unglue
,
unhook
,
unknot
,
unlace
,
unlatch
,
unleash
,
unlock
,
unloose
,
unloosen
,
unravel
,
unscramble
,
unsnarl
,
unstick
,
unstrap
,
untangle
,
untie
,
unyoke
,
weigh anchor
,
withdraw
demur
collapse
(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
enter a demurrer
related words >
aversion
,
back down
,
balance
,
balk
,
bashfulness
,
beef
,
bitch
,
blench
,
boggle
,
boggling
,
boycott
,
call in question
,
challenge
,
combat
,
combative reaction
,
complain
,
complaint
,
compunction
,
conscience
,
counteraction
,
cry out against
,
debate
,
defiance
,
deliberate
,
demonstrate
,
demonstrate against
,
demonstration
,
demurral
,
demurrer
,
deprecate
,
deprecation
,
difference
,
difficulty
,
diffidence
,
disagreement
,
disapproval
,
disapprove
,
disinclination
,
dispute
,
dissent
,
dissentience
,
enter a protest
,
exception
,
expostulate
,
expostulation
,
falter
,
faltering
,
fear
,
fight
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
fractiousness
,
gag
,
grievance
,
grievance committee
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitance
,
hesitancy
,
hesitate
,
hesitation
,
hold off
,
holler
,
hover
,
howl
,
hum and haw
,
indignation meeting
,
jib
,
kick
,
make bones about
,
march
,
modesty
,
negativism
,
noncooperation
,
nonviolent protest
,
object
,
objection
,
obstinacy
,
oppose
,
opposition
,
passive resistance
,
pause
,
picket
,
picketing
,
ponder
,
press objections
,
protest
,
protest demonstration
,
protestation
,
pull back
,
quail
,
qualm
,
qualm of conscience
,
qualmishness
,
question
,
raise a howl
,
rally
,
reaction
,
rebuff
,
recalcitrance
,
recalcitrancy
,
recalcitration
,
recoil
,
refractoriness
,
reluctance
,
remonstrance
,
remonstrate
,
remonstration
,
renitence
,
renitency
,
repellence
,
repellency
,
repulse
,
repulsion
,
resist
,
resistance
,
retreat
,
revolt
,
scruple
,
scrupulosity
,
scrupulousness
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shyness
,
sit in
,
sit-in
,
squawk
,
stand
,
state a grievance
,
stick
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stickling
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
strike
,
stumble
,
teach in
,
teach-in
,
think twice about
,
uncooperativeness
,
unwillingness
,
vacillate
,
variance
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
withstanding
,
yell bloody murder
,
yield
turn back
collapse
turn inside out or upside down
related words >
about ship
,
assimilate to
,
avert
,
back and fill
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
beat back
,
become
,
box off
,
break
,
break back
,
bring about
,
bring round
,
bring to
,
brush off
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change
,
change back
,
change course
,
change into
,
change over
,
change the heading
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
come about
,
come again
,
come back
,
come home
,
come up again
,
convert
,
cry back
,
cut
,
dismiss
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
do over
,
double
,
double a point
,
double back
,
draw aside
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
ease off
,
echo
,
edge off
,
fend off
,
fetch about
,
flip-flop
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go about
,
go back
,
go home
,
go off
,
gybe
,
hark back
,
haw
,
head off
,
heave round
,
hold off
,
jib
,
jibe
,
jibe all standing
,
keep coming
,
keep off
,
make
,
make over
,
make way for
,
miss stays
,
move aside
,
naturalize
,
pack off
,
ply
,
push back
,
put about
,
put back
,
react
,
reappear
,
rebuff
,
reconvert
,
recur
,
reduce to
,
refuse
,
render
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
repel
,
repulse
,
resolve into
,
resound
,
resume
,
return
,
reverberate
,
reverse
,
revert
,
round a point
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
sheer
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shove aside
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
slew
,
snub
,
spurn
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
switch
,
switch over
,
tack
,
throw about
,
thrust back
,
transform
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn into
,
veer
,
veer off
,
ward off
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
wind
,
yaw
side door
collapse
an exterior door at one side of a building
related words >
French door
,
archway
,
back door
,
back road
,
back stairs
,
back street
,
back way
,
barway
,
bolt-hole
,
bulkhead
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
covert way
,
detour
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
escalier derobe
,
escape hatch
,
escape route
,
front door
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
lintel
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
postern
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
roundabout way
,
scuttle
,
secret exit
,
secret passage
,
secret staircase
,
side road
,
side street
,
stile
,
storm door
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
,
underground
,
underground railroad
,
underground route
reenact
collapse
enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"
enact again; "Congress reenacted the law"
related words >
give back
,
place in
,
put back
,
reactivate
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
replace
,
replenish
,
restore
,
return
,
revest
turn about
collapse
related words >
alternately
,
au pair
,
break back
,
by turns
,
change back
,
come about
,
consecutively
,
convert
,
cry back
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
even
,
evert
,
every other
,
exchangeably
,
fetch about
,
flip-flop
,
go about
,
go back
,
hand running
,
hark back
,
heel
,
in Indian file
,
in a chain
,
in a line
,
in a row
,
in a series
,
in column
,
in exchange
,
in file
,
in return
,
in rotation
,
in single file
,
in succession
,
in turn
,
in turns
,
introvert
,
intussuscept
,
invaginate
,
inverse
,
invert
,
make and break
,
mutually
,
off and on
,
pivot
,
pivot about
,
progressively
,
pronate
,
put about
,
reciprocally
,
resupinate
,
reverse
,
revolve
,
rotate
,
round
,
round and round
,
running
,
sequentially
,
serially
,
seriatim
,
spin
,
step by step
,
successively
,
supinate
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swivel
,
to and fro
,
transpose
,
turn
,
turn around
,
turn back
,
turn down
,
turn in
,
turn inside out
,
turn out
,
turn over
,
turn round
,
turn tail
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn upside down
,
up and down
,
veer
,
veer around
,
wheel
,
wheel about
,
whirl
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