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Verb
▲
Close in on
advance on
approach
converge on
near
press
weigh down
“The pain is intense and the urge to bear down and push the baby out starts now.”
Verb
▲
Work hard
burn the midnight oil
toil
burn the candle at both ends
cram
do double duty
elucubrate
grind
keep your nose to the grindstone
lucubrate
overwork
pull an all-nighter
stay up
study
sweat and slave
toil away
work day and night
work hard
work late
work like a dog
work overtime
make a night of it
stop up
maintain a vigil
stay up till all hours
Verb
▲
Apply oneself
knuckle down
apply oneself
apply yourself
work hard
belly up to the bar
buckle down
concentrate
get down to it
get one's act together
get your head down
labourUK
laborUS
pull up one's socks
roll up one's sleeves
shape up
try hard
work
toil
strive
endeavourUK
struggle
grind
moil
endeavorUS
exert oneself
beaver away
drudge
slave
slog
sweat
lean over backwards
fall over backwards
set out
have a crack
exert
do your best
move heaven and earth
keep your nose to the grindstone
have a go
have a shot
take it on oneself
overwork
offer
pour it on
have a go at
take pains
grapple
peg
contend
keep going
hammer
have a bash
cultivate
tend
trail
schlepp
be at pains
skivvy
have a stab
muck
give it a fly
give it a burl
work oneself to the bone
shoot for
do your utmost
give it a whirl
keep at
have a stab at
take care
suffer
take great pains
bang on
head-down
overwork oneself
putter
overburden
tax
purpose
work very hard
press on
toll
entreat
dig
pound
perform
overtax
grovel
trample
hike
drag
sweat away
aspire to
put yourself out
work fingers to bone
work one's balls off
work your guts out
be servile
work one's nuts off
embark on
try out
give it one's all
give something one's all
peg away at
apply yourself to
go all out for
plug along
peg along
do one's damnedest
go hammer and tongs
go for the doctor
strain every nerve
make a supreme effort
push oneself to the limit
try very hard
drive oneself to the limit
old college try
work hard to
take a stab at
put to the test
test
take a whack at
have at it
make an attempt at
work like a slave
front up
lift a finger
make an attempt
chip away at
go for
have a whack
make a pass at
make a bid
go after
vie for
drive for
take a crack at
work one's butt off
keep nose to grindstone
back to the salt mines
lumber
stagger
pursue
compete
keep on
work away
scuffle
tussle
set one's sights
be after
have designs
have in view
drag yourself
jockey
burn the candle at both ends
combat
tackle
stick to it
try for
jump through hoops
do all you can
go the limit
go for the jugular
vie
rassle
brawl
jostle
wrangle
clash
scrap
tangle
grunt
wrestle
come to grips
get to grips
more ❯
Verb
▲
To come or go near, or nearer to, in place or time
advance
approach
draw
edge
converge
loom
proceed
progress
verge
head
arrive
close in
come
creep up
gain
make
move
near
sneak up
border
come up
nigh
reach
draw nearer
move closer
move nearer
draw nigh
come closer
close
draw closer
approximate to
get closer to
bear down on
go off
appear
waltz up
show up
catch up
turn up
push forward
be close to
close the gap
be similar to
catch up on
be near to
touch
catch
resemble
nudge
neighbourUK
neighborUS
gain on someone
catch up with
narrow the gap between
lean
press
weigh down
get nearer
get near
move in
improve
gain ground
get close
get closer
move forward
be verging on
beckon
overhaul
gain ground on
draw level with
run down
move towards someone
compare with
move toward
equal roughly
estimate
correspond to
guess
stack up against or with
be not unlike
be not dissimilar to
assess
be tantamount to
guesstimate
approximate
reckon
value
appraise
get on for
measure up to
echo
join
be like
compare
impinge
connect
lie near
contact
abut
parallel
lie next to
match
adjoin
incline
trench
incline towards
incline to
tend towards
lean towards
gravitate toward
tend to
be on the edge
butt on
be more or less
brink on
move on
trend towards
be not far from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon
reduce
subjugate
repress
subdue
suppress
dominate
quash
beat down
cripple
enfeeble
keep down
overcome
overpower
undermine
conquer
defeat
disable
master
vanquish
crush
lick
quell
overwhelm
clobber
bring someone to their knees
wipe the floor with
beat
trounce
best
worst
outclass
surpass
outdo
top
better
outshine
kill
excel
exceed
blow away
eclipse
outstrip
smother
outperform
wreck
transcend
raze
cap
do in
shatter
put in the shade
smoke
whup
topple
tromp
whop
whap
bring down
abolish
curb
squash
dust
bomb
eradicate
trump
go one better than
do better than
walk over
stamp out
eliminate
desolate
rub out
squelch
tear down
terminate
outdistance
unseat
end
depose
snuff out
outmatch
outgun
level
overtop
vaporizeUS
put to shame
tower over
dethrone
outrival
pull down
check
vaporiseUK
get rid of
overtake
liquidate
exterminate
upstage
leave standing
rise above
nuke
crack down on
silence
extirpate
scotch
tower above
oust
down
put the kibosh on
win
put a stop to
outvie
stifle
pass
clamp down on
outpace
be a cut above
wrack
nix
be head and shoulders above
outrank
be better than
strike
run circles around
weaken
bash
knock off
leave behind
nip in the bud
blight
ravage
blast
dash
slap down
scupper
dwarf
knock down
walk away from
outsmart
thwart
knock spots off
be superior to
frustrate
batter
supplant
go one better
do for
humiliate
blot out
spank
knock for a loop
knock over
outwit
be victorious
win over
sabotage
get over
dismiss
do
impair
put out
improve on
cut to pieces
nullify
displace
invalidate
mess up
improve upon
bring to naught
go beyond
do away with
demoralizeUS
sap
thump
hurdle
hide
hit
dissolve
belt
thresh
bludgeon
maul
execute
defenestrate
pummelUS
buffet
enervate
baste
slog
whale
demoraliseUK
desecrate
lay waste
curry
cancel
remove
depress
assassinate
beat up
chastise
shut out
pummelledUK
give a hiding
banjax
bring low
break down
dish
tumble
dismantle
outfox
deal with
get a grip on
give someone a pasting
wipe off map
break up
abrogate
trample underfoot
wreak havoc on
bring about the downfall of
rough up
bung up
wipe off the face of the earth
wipe off the map
blow a hole in
bump off
bridle
dispirit
weed out
exhaust
fatigue
beat back
tire
eject
restrain
incapacitate
degrade
discomfit
defeat heavily
out-think
dislodge
leather
devitalize
erase
drain
roll
debilitate
disestablish
checkmate
bring to their knees
weary
reverse
punish
mar
unbuild
queer
capsize
muller
leave
neutralizeUS
damage
wear down
spoil
ruinate
blow
shoot ahead of
give a drubbing to
come out on top
sit on
annul
disrupt
put to flight
deprive
efface
expunge
ice
remove from office
outstep
fell
botch
ravish
despoil
lather
take a stick to
off
put in their place
cruel
euchre
get control of
shoot down
root out
vitiate
destruct
block out
negate
blow out of water
dilapidate
mangle
strangle
bear down on
outgo
put the lid on
predominate
axeUK
cope with
mutilate
maim
dispose of
axUS
wash out
put to death
clean up
raze to the ground
blow to bits
shake off
neutraliseUK
get ahead of
sweep away
lay in ruins
shoot ahead
black out
score points off
take apart
outthink
bypass
seize power
slap
smear
walk away
reject
take down
solve
scatter
turn something inside out
stamp something out
dispel
varnish
turn over
scrunch
squish
destabilizeUS
defeat easily
abuse
raid
dynamite
eat alive
unsettle
steamroller
slang
uncrown
smite
club
pick apart
govern
manage
regulate
persecute
wrong
make a fool of
foil
be more than
defeat someone heavily
overpass
shame
bear
bring under control
drive off
circumvent
outjockey
lead
outfight
direct
command
confound
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
wipe off the mat
contain
maltreat
invade
astonish
render speechless
put out of action
put out of commission
write off
birch
get one up on
quelch
larrup
hunt
repulse
scuttle
beat the pants off
survive
weather
get tough on
disassemble
snow
cook
wipe from the face of the earth
abate
benothing
hose
gain the advantage over
stun
render
shock
outlive
call somebody's bluff
see off
catch somebody napping
finesse
steal a march on somebody
demote
stand above
be a class above
stand head and shoulders above
be greater than
be on another level
be master of
take precedence
knock for six
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
come down heavily on
blow up
bang
knock
punch
kill off
undercut
succeed over
tyrannize over
be the ruination of
usurp
unthrone
inroad
foray
gain on
force down
sweep someone off his
take someone's breath away
restrict
limit
throw down
reduce to ruins
gobble up
crack
wolf
blow to pieces
tear to pieces
put in toilet
disrate
downgrade
send to the gas chambers
torture
cut down
stick
put to the sword
come out on top of
knock socks off
rule with an iron hand
put the skids under
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
clear
rebel
destabiliseUK
supersede
invert
hamstring
paralyseUK
discharge
defrock
unmake
inhibit
discontinue
lace
lambast
pelt
lash
paddle
fib
bat
switch
slate
belaborUS
get further ahead of
pull a fast one
be one up on
fake out
draw away from
impoverish
cross
banish
clean up on
throw back in confusion
put to rout
halt
arrest
clamp down
get tough
keep in check
crack down
foray into
discrown
handicap
lay low
give the coup de grâce
take off
administer the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
carry off
take someone's life
move in for the kill
endure
resist
interrupt
bottle
clamp
shush
spike
stem
cudgel
tonk
come down on
tighten up on
keep under control
make helpless
knacker
make powerless
paralyzeUS
frazzle
overtax
etiolate
tax
drive underground
trample on
pass over
climb
negotiate
vault
over
crest
leap
avenge
torment
tower
outhussle
smash down
poop
disarm
tire out
make impotent
keep inside
cut off
keep in
hold down
hold in
dampen
croak
dispense with
phase out
drive out
get shot of
cast out
give something the chop
knock something on the head
make it round
make it past
be unstoppable by
make it over
belabourUK
punch out
come down on like a ton of bricks
tip
remove from power
purge
bowl down
make weary
overtire
tucker out
take it out of
fag out
mow
wear out
put lid on
put kibosh on
sweep
stiff
hush up
drum out
cause instability
make one's way round
get through
make one's way past
make one's way over
snuff
scrag
murk
hang
give someone the works
decapitate
chill
dust off
garroteUS
take a life
garrotteUK
take the life of
lynch
shoot
blow someone's brains out
guillotine
behead
knife
asphyxiate
terminate with extreme prejudice
electrocute
garotte
cool
do to death
win the race
delete
be the victor
win out
gain a victory
prevail against
come first
win hands down
take the crown
carry the day
get last laugh
take the cake
win through
take the prize
be successful
gain mastery of
take the honours
ail
deject
trouble
lower
dishearten
dismay
excise
injure
work away at
discourage
shake
sadden
diminish
daunt
scratch
scrub
disfigure
cross out
blank out
cut
remove all traces of
destroy root and branch
ink out
X-out
wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
blow sky-high
strike out
mark out
score out
cover
obscure
rub off
defile
deface
poison
bodge
scourge
overrule
deplete
deaden
chagrin
abase
perturb
bother
distress
reduce to nothing
reduce to rubble
foul up
screw up
make a mess of
leave in ruins
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
leave desolate
louse up
revoke
disallow
rescind
countermand
weigh down
bum out
dull
cast down
damp down
veto
repeal
cast a pall over
put a damper on
set aside
retract
withdraw
void
recant
repudiate
vacate
rule against
outvote
recall
flout
take back
make null and void
declare null and void
defy
ride roughshod over
trample upon
more ❯
Verb
▲
To apply oneself diligently towards a goal
give
apply
dedicate
devote
commit
consecrate
address
administer
be diligent
be industrious
buckle down
concern oneself
give all one's got
give best shot
knuckle down
occupy oneself
peg away
pour it on
pull out all stops
work hard
labourUK
toil
concentrate
persevere
dig
bend
struggle
hustle
direct
strive
pledge
reserve
earmark
buckle
assign
allocate
designate
allot
surrender
consign
save
sacrifice
set by
give over
set aside
give up to
bind
obligate
concern
occupy
offer
vow
apportion
donate
appropriate
bestow
set apart
restrict
give over to
engage
afford
spare
enshrine
confide
present
sanctify
hallow
bless
entrust
give away
hand out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To apply great and continuous effort
plod
toil
drudge
grub
laborUS
persevere
slave
sweat
endeavourUK
endeavorUS
hump
hustle
labourUK
moil
ploughUK
plowUS
plug
slog
strain
strive
struggle
travail
tug
work
grind
slog away
bang away
beaver away
dig away
grind away
soldier on
buckle down
knuckle down
peg away
plough through
plug away
break your back
do all one can
make every effort
trudge
lumber
stagger
drag yourself
burn the candle at both ends
exert
hammer
toll
peg
work hard
graft
strain every nerve
go for the doctor
make a supreme effort
push oneself to the limit
try very hard
go all out for
drive oneself to the limit
make a great effort
bullock
work like a Trojan
schlepp
trample
drag
work day and night
hike
peg away at
apply yourself to
keep your nose to the grindstone
work your fingers to the bone
move heaven and earth
give it a fly
front up
make a bid
go after
have a go
have a stab
lift a finger
make an attempt
vie for
drive for
have a shot
chip away at
take a crack at
go for
have a whack
take it on oneself
set out
make a pass at
have a bash
have a crack
put oneself out
give it a burl
work one's butt off
compete
contend
push
fight
scramble
jockey
offer
do your utmost
apply oneself
have a stab at
try for
break one's neck
have a crack at
do all you can
leave no stone unturned
tackle
jump through hoops
have a go at
fall over backwards
give it a whirl
take on
go the limit
go for the jugular
do one's utmost
push oneself
beaver
battle
slave away
plod away
keep your head down
grub away
be at pains
give it one's best shot
hammer away
do one's damnedest
give one's all
take pains
grapple
apply
skivvy
push yourself
muck
plough away
try one's hardest
put one's back into it
carry on
bust one's chops
drive oneself
work one's socks off
go ham
go hard
break sweat
keep one's nose to the grindstone
do one's darnedest
go hammer and tongs
put one's back into something
work one's fingers to the bone
take care
suffer
bang on
take great pains
overwork oneself
work very hard
graft away
head-down
persist
purpose
putter
overwork
break one's back
have a swing at
keep one's head down
make a run at
have a shot at
have one's nose to grindstone
grovel
keep going
press on
dig
pound
perform
sweat away
acquit yourself
pitch in
dig in
work one's guts out
grind out
plod along
work fingers to bone
work one's balls off
work your guts out
be servile
work one's nuts off
do one's durnedest
give all one's got
give best shot
make effort
old college try
work hard to
plug along
peg along
endure
keep nose to grindstone
back to the salt mines
work like a slave
go all-out for
campaign
withstand
empty the tank
go the whole nine yards
give your all
go all-out
stand up to
put up a fight against
go to war
scuffle
tussle
combat
tax
oppress
overtax
punish
overexert
vie
rassle
brawl
jostle
wrangle
flog
clash
scrap
tangle
grunt
wrestle
try as hard as one can
come to grips
get to grips
more ❯
Verb
▲
Strike or knock at or on something violently with one's hand or with a hammer or other object
hammer
beat
pound
bang
hit
batter
bludgeon
pummelledUK
pummelUS
strike
wallop
bash
clobber
club
knock
pelt
whack
bat
belt
slog
thump
thwack
whale
assail
baste
belabourUK
belaborUS
biff
birch
bob
bonk
bop
box
buffet
bust
clap
clip
clock
clout
crack
cudgel
curry
do
draw
drive
drub
fib
flog
forge
hide
lace
lambast
lambaste
lash
lather
lick
maul
nail
paddle
paste
pommel
punch
rap
slam
slap
slate
slug
smack
smite
sock
swat
swipe
switch
tag
tan
thrash
thresh
tromp
whap
whip
jump
duff someone up
slam into
collide with
smash into
fall upon
bang into
run into
crack into
be in collision with
knock into
crack against
harm
be hurled
bang up
meet head-on
strike at
knock against
plough into
bombard
kick in
hack
stroke
fillip
haymaker
beat someone up
ambush
aggress
overwhelm
bean
damage
boot
besiege
bother
pick
stinger
plump
sideswipe
harass
carom
physically attack
cook
come down on
go for
haul off on
slap around
jump down one's throat
crunch
jostle
bunt
jar
clatter
incapacitate
gash
graze
assault physically
chop down
crash against
knock cold
cut
scrape
cannon into
come into collision with
smack into
knock for a loop
turn to violence
knock block off
lay siege to
put out
cause pain to
cause injury to
pinch
mark
blacken
down
knock over
prostrate
drop
discolourUK
do a number on
zing
make black and blue
black
discolorUS
mow down
knock down
strike head-on
bowl down
bowl over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of
emphasiseUK
emphasizeUS
stress
highlight
foreground
accent
accentuate
underline
weight
play up
point up
spotlight
underscore
affirm
assert
insist
italiciseUK
italicizeUS
articulate
belaborUS
belabourUK
call attention to
deepen
dwell on
feature
headline
heighten
illuminate
impress
insist on
intensify
press
prioritiseUK
prioritizeUS
punctuate
strengthen
bring attention to
charge
dramatiseUK
dramatizeUS
draw attention to
enunciate
flag up
focus attention on
harp on
mark
pinpoint
pronounce
betone
enlarge
indicate
limelight
maintain
reiterate
repeat
bring to the fore
give an emphasis to
hit on
give priority to
give prominence to
hit home
lay stress on
make a point of
make clear
make emphatic
point out
press home
put stress on
rub in
rub it in
labor the point
make a point
make much of
put accent on
put the accent on
focus on
concentrate on
lay emphasis on
put emphasis on
zero in on
give emphasis to
set off
show up
call
bring home
make a feature of
fix on
centre onUK
select
rank first
home in on
flag
place emphasis on
make more noticeable
make more prominent
center onUS
give precedence to
turn the spotlight on
zoom in on
give weight to
bring to light
throw up
denote
spot
place emphasis
throw into relief
harp on the fact
play something up
point something up
enhance
increase
impress on someone
promote
make someone realize
make someone understand
throw something into relief
blaze
give the full works
advertize
advertise
make conspicuous
make aware of
impress upon someone
drive home
make someone conscious of
bring home to one
make something clear to someone
aim at
bring something home to someone
shadow
lock on
track
follow
reveal
utter
elicit
introduce
expose
publish
bring to the surface
draw out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To load or burden with a heavy weight, literally or figuratively
weigh down
cumber
encumber
burden
charge
overburden
overload
press
weight
prey on
hold down
load down
press down
pull down
weigh upon
add weight to
saddle
load
lade
lumber
laden
strain
freight
overwhelm
tax
hamper
trammel
overtax
oppress
task
handicap
overwork
stress
crush
obstruct
pile
snow
snow under
dump on
bear down on
embarrass
retard
make heavier
ballast
hinder
impede
make heavy
yoke
saddle with
land
approach
converge on
near
advance on
overcharge
worry
inflict something on
unload something on
fob something off on to
thrust something on
impose something on
overfill
pile it on
top
surcharge
overexert
put too much in
push to the limit
stretch
push
try
drain
test
exhaust
sap
weary
enervate
weaken
empty
tire
fatigue
wear out
make demands on
pressure
overstretch
weigh
overuse
challenge
put a strain on
push too far
weigh heavily on
ask too much of
make heavy demands on
press hard on
put pressure on
overstrain
overreach
overstress
overextend
overdo
overtask
overdo it
burn out
exert
entrust
work too hard
work oneself into the ground
run oneself into the ground
knock oneself out
force
surfeit
bite off more than you can chew
go too far
tire out
exploit
extend
drive
rack
knacker
wrench
tense
distend
tighten
overdrive
make too many demands on
exert excessively
exert to the limit
drive too far
sweat
overtax oneself
sweat blood
wear oneself to a shadow
overload oneself
work like a Trojan
work day and night
drive oneself into the ground
drive oneself too hard
work one's tail off
push oneself too hard
overtax one's strength
overburden oneself
burn the candle at both ends
work like a slave
kill oneself
strain oneself
do too much
work like a horse
burn the midnight oil
more ❯
Verb
▲
To operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle
drive
motor
steer
direct
manage
pilot
guide
handle
move
navigate
operate
ride
tool
roll
advance
automobile
coast
cruise
drag
lead
mobiliseUK
mobilizeUS
tailgate
turn
vehiculate
wheel
bike
cycle
burn rubber
fire up
floor it
lean on it
make sparks fly
pour it on
step on it
burn up the road
step on the gas
more ❯
Verb
▲
Obligate to do something
force
compel
drive
make
pressure
coerce
constrain
oblige
press
impel
necessitate
dragoon
pressuriseUK
pressurizeUS
railroad
strong-arm
browbeat
obligate
overcome
push
steamroller
urge
blackjack
bludgeon
bully
cause
charge
impress
menace
muscle
sandbag
terroriseUK
terrorizeUS
bulldoze
command
demand
enforce
foist
impose
occasion
order
apply
bind
blackmail
burden
choke
concuss
conscript
contract
enjoin
insist
move
obtrude
require
urge by force
use duress on
use force on
exert force on
bring pressure to bear on
pin down
put the bite on
tighten the screws on
twist someone's arm
bear hard on
press-gang
put screws to
put squeeze on
use strong-arm tactics on
put the squeeze on
put the screws on
bring pressure to bear upon
intimidate
influence
induce
goad
hound
prevail on
harass
badger
persuade
prod
spur
exact
hustle
lean on
prompt
threaten
propel
thrust
inflict
motivate
harry
nag
put pressure on
squeeze
pester
incite
encourage
use pressure on
inspire
cow
hector
claim
fast-talk
insist on
provoke
brainwash
bounce
instigate
tyrannizeUS
solicit
direct
put under an obligation
tyranniseUK
rouse
stimulate
bring
trigger
put the heat on
domineer
send
extort
lead
bullyrag
exhort
frighten
bogart
sway
dictate
effect
twist somebody's arm
work on
call for
convince
set
actuate
promote
request
turn on the heat
mau-mau
expect
push around
requisition
introduce
effectuate
key up
unload
egg on
land someone with
push for
lumber someone with
saddle someone with
extract
fire up
spur on
twist one's arm
shotgun
force upon
instruct
oppress
get
cajole
act on
challenge
create
stir
nudge
ask
excite
incline
bluster
wreak
dispose
engender
ramrod
beseech
fix
bribe
prick
spark
put up to
seek
affect
determine
render
levy
steer
invoke
summon
impose on
quest
press for
work
stir up
breed
bring about
result in
have someone do something
burden someone with
commit
stipulate for
cause to be
clamor for
cause to become
whip up
bother
restrain
restrict
palm
hassle
pass off
lay
inveigle
tempt
put
palm off
goose
advise
persecute
beset
take
wish
dragoon into
make necessary
bear
bid
steamroll
beg
leave
fob off
implore
need
wrest
adjure
precipitate
overbear
overawe
condition
browbeat into
inflame
buffalo
crave
postulate
ordain
predispose
torment
rally
despotize
importune
plague
produce
breathe down someone's neck
prescribe
whip
turn
sting
rule
put the arm on
crack down
come at
generate
entreat
establish
invigorateUS
turn the screws on
besiege
call
animate
arouse
coax
galvanizeUS
embolden
mandate
beget
spawn
galvaniseUK
envigorateUK
enact
put the chill on
enkindle
inspirit
activate
decree
carry out
pick on
strike
do
boss around
catalyseUK
catalyzeUS
authorizeUS
authoriseUK
shanghai
clamour for
call upon
appeal for
talk into
pester for
nag for
translate into
lay claim to
give rise to
badger for
bring on
contribute to
lay down the law
bay for
petition for
insist upon
ask for
bring pressure upon
chase
rig
throw
place
astrict
indebt
compress
constrict
condense
squash
repress
hinder
suppress
catapult
apply pressure
worry
mobilizeUS
sell
politick
leave someone no option
will
nobble
make indebted
high pressure
subjugate
reduce
kick
lean
have
wheedle
assail
mobiliseUK
enthuse
force somebody's hand
pitchfork
intrude
castigate
work over
scare
terrify
egg
argue
tighten the screw on
turn the screw on
prevail upon
twist arm
ride roughshod over
dog
subdue
daunt
talk
pressurize into
coerce into
put the frighteners on
orient
high-pressure
root
bludgeon into
bully into
boss about
trouble
vex
walk heavy
ride roughshod
commandeer
forcefully persuade
needle
make an offer they can't refuse
terrorize into
intimidate into
unnerve
shove
put through the wringer
lord it over
put heat on
proclaim
decide
assert oneself
ride
awe
ruffle
roust
sic
titillate
exert
achieve
accomplish
pronounce
affright
spook
admonish
appallUS
appalUK
volunteer someone unwittingly
throw weight around
pray for
arrogate
beg for
apply for
hit up
supplicate
hold out for
sue for
impetrate
whistle for
inquire about
advocate
expedite
work up
tell
employ
leave someone no option but to
milk
inspan
foment
advance
bring forth
perform
fulfillUS
fulfilUK
develop
attain
pull off
foster
push about
adjudge
recommend
bring force to bear on
make compulsory
pick
abet
brew
raise
ferment
scare the bejesus out of
scare off
bleed
hold a gun to someone's head
subject
fine
assess
announce
read the riot act
put one's foot down
declare
lay down
set on
drive on
procure
manipulate
tell someone to volunteer
wring
warrant
speed up
try to persuade
elicit
impassion
agitate for
forward
craze
agitate
taunt
get to
set off
juice
fan the fire
root on
psych
further
put the screws to
assign
consign
involve
energizeUS
incentivizeUS
evoke
steel
railroad into
task
beckon
pour it on
subpoena
appoint
warn
hearten
impact
exhilarate
convert
uplift
empower
vitalize
entail
steamroller into
ransom
shake
give orders to
give orders
give the order to
call on
call the shots
give the command to
put foot down
give directions
bulldoze into
turn on
condemn
doom
incentify
refresh
incentiviseUK
energiseUK
help
sell on
appeal to
voluntell
extort money from
exert influence on
want
mean
hint to
pump up
cheer on
pep up
win over
boost up
suggest to
go to town on
bear down on
shake down
behooveUS
bias
demand hush money from
hold to ransom
put the shake on
give
unleash
obtain
bring round
make willing
impress on
entice
yield
behoveUK
be grounds for
subject to
draw
prevail
kindle
vent
emphasize to
instil in
instilUK
drum into
stress to
inculcate
inculcate in
instillUS
stress
offload
dump
deliver
administer
indulge
express
exercise
bestow
perpetrate
visit
begin
lead to
look for
end in
draw on
trigger off
touch off
make happen
spark off
be the cause of
execute
gratify
bring home to
drive into
ingrain in
knock into
din into
leave no choice but to
lay on
wreck
mete out
serve out
give free rein to
give vent to
deal out
finagle
bring home
get into head
fix deeply in someone's mind
establish in someone's mind
drive home
leave in no doubt
shift on to
compel to accept
pull a fast one
ram down one's throat
thrust upon
inflict upon
get rid of
sneak in
insert fraudulently
more ❯
Verb
▲
To push suddenly or violently in a specified direction
thrust
push
shove
drive
propel
force
press
impel
plunge
ram
butt
stick
elbow
jostle
poke
prod
send
barge
bump
charge
nudge
shoot
shoulder
strike
bulldoze
jam
jolt
rush
sweep
buck
bundle
heave
hump
hurry
hustle
jab
lob
lunge
advance
attack
boost
pitch
punch
railroad
run
push forward
push hard
squeeze
crowd
crash
stuff
dig
knock
manhandle
stab
throw
bore
muscle
shoehorn
crush
squash
sandwich
sink
bang
bull
set in motion
thump
put in motion
hit
tamp
jam-pack
fill
barrel
load
heap
fling
brim
pound
push aside
power
pile
bustle
overfill
jog
joggle
drum
hurl
shift
steamroll
fill to overflowing
bung
frogmarch
whack
tap
compact
hammer
cause to move
launch
frog march
toss
shunt
plonk
shake
scramble
buffet
fill up
slam
smack
squish
chuck
blow
project
exert pressure on
insert
sling
belt
beat
dash
goad
stow
steer
push around
pelt
chock
let fly
wad
throng
overcrowd
clog
sardine
fill to the brim
gouge
steamroller
park
expel
pump
spur
drill
jar
pitchfork
prick
jerk
budge
bunt
tilt
block
lodge
mash
congest
choke
scrunch
strangle
rap
dab
fix
touch
inch
mass
march
take
thread
tip
wedge oneself
tup
headbutt
force one's way
hitch
yank
wind
strain
launch into
crush against
move forward
press on
punt
screw
pole
gore
whisk
accompany
carry
overload
rest on
strong-arm
ploughUK
accelerate
collide
bash
smash
blaze
pack in
pack it in
catapult
struggle
contest
move suddenly
push violently
push suddenly
force into
stuff to the gills
pack like sardines
lash
pad
line
actuate
scuttle
put
place
flip
peg
direct
overstuff
upholster
bang into
mob
jockey
work
ram in
thrust in
drive in
cram full
top off
horn
bowl
smite
jackhammer
batter
sock
bump into
cannon into
knock into
bump against
collide with
knock against
plough into
bluster
start
move forwards
get going
drive forwards
get moving
fire
discharge
shy
loft
hurtle
fight
clog up
load with
choke up
barrel into
confine
jam on
push roughly
pop
wham
twack
move quickly
thread your way
work your way
make your way
make one's way
boot
cast
bump heads
plowUS
rough and tumble
pack tightly
bung up
use elbow grease
drive into
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make emotionally sad or depressed
depress
sadden
oppress
discourage
upset
daunt
desolate
dishearten
dispirit
distress
deject
demoraliseUK
demoralizeUS
grieve
trouble
chill
dismay
try
afflict
crush
perturb
shake
aggrieve
ail
burden
dash
disturb
drain
harrow
haunt
mortify
torment
weary
bother
bug
dampen
abase
beat
cow
damp
darken
debilitate
drag
dull
enervate
faze
cast down
reduce to tears
run down
weigh down
cast a gloom upon
get down
make sad
make unhappy
beat down
bring tears to your eyes
bum out
make despondent
make gloomy
turn one off
weigh heavily on
cause suffering to
give someone the blues
keep under
knock for six
knock the stuffing out of
make desolate
hang over
harsh someone's mellow
knock sideways
make your heart bleed
make someone fed up
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
break someone's spirit
dampen someone's spirits
dash someone's hopes
break someone's heart
bring tears to someone's eyes
make someone's heart bleed
throw into a tizzy
fluster
throw off balance
weird out
freak out
mystify
fill with consternation
bewilder
louse up
give someone a turn
puzzle
muck up
knock for a loop
gross out
scarify
fright
scare to death
scare stiff
scare the pants off
make your hair stand on end
fill with fear
scare the bejesus out of
chill off
frighten to death
frighten the living daylights out of
throw into a panic
scare someone out of their wits
put the wind up
scare the living daylights out of
throw into a blue funk
more ❯
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