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Noun
A gradual accumulation or increase, typically of something negative that leads to a problem
A period of excitement and preparation before a significant event
A gradual accumulation or increase, typically of something negative that leads to a problem
The time just before an event
A (typically sudden) spurt or build-up of something in great quantities
The act of exaggerating or embellishing a statement or account
(
usually "preparations"
)
Something done to get ready for an event or undertaking
Verb
To augment or make something greater
To come into possession of
To drive spiritually or urge someone on
(
of a settlement
)
To plan and begin the building of
To make or get ready
To become improved or more advanced
To express approval or admiration of
To acquire or store an increasing number or quantity of
To flatter or compliment excessively
To bring together or amass as a single group or collection
To advertise or create publicity for
(
of a theory or suggestion
)
To put forward
To give greater praise than due
To gain weight, especially muscle
Give a false or misleading account of the nature of
To repair or renovate so as to return something to its original condition
Press for political action
To do something repeatedly so as to become skilled
To publicly recommend or support
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Noun
▲
A gradual accumulation or increase, typically of something negative that leads to a problem
accumulation
development
enlargement
expansion
growth
increase
escalation
spread
augmentation
intensification
multiplication
mushrooming
proliferation
snowballing
upsurge
amplification
rise
magnification
buildup
accretion
step up
boost
accrual
extension
uptick
increment
inflation
heightening
swelling
accession
upping
hike
addition
upturn
spike
uptrend
reinforcement
buildout
gain
supplement
appreciation
raise
enhancement
more
explosion
upgrade
compounding
swell
widening
acceleration
strengthening
gathering
amassment
addendum
plus
growing
aggrandizement
US
collecting
amassing
cumulation
accumulating
boosting
advancement
deposition
building up
aggrandisement
UK
burgeoning
propagation
dilation
aggravation
exacerbation
enrichment
snowball effect
up
beefing up
fleshing out
deepening
multiplying
broadening
sharpening
stepping-up
developing
concentration
supplementing
topping up
spreading
stepping up
rapid increase
upgrowth
stockpile
increasing
collection
aggregation
expanse
elaboration
progression
expanding
annexation
assemblage
stockpiling
pooling
pileup
assembly
surge
upswing
enlarging
elevation
augmenting
increase in size
blow up
advance
spreading out
globalisation
UK
evolvement
diffusion
globalization
US
opening out
progress
diversification
embellishment
scaling up
maturation
unfurling
ballooning
blowing up
unfolding
evolution
furtherance
assembling
hoarding
boom
reserve
annex
US
jump
run-up
piling up
stocking up
flowering
annexe
UK
store
stacking up
formation
agglomeration
bump
gradual growth
depositing
distension
precipitation
settling
silting
sedimentation
dumping
improvement
promotion
headway
lengthening
breakthrough
upgrading
amelioration
refinement
emergence
leap
stretching
betterment
movement
flourishing
elongation
blossoming
metamorphosis
blooming
passage
transformation
continuation
creep
march
procession
dilatation
maturing
evolving
advancing
crescendo
unraveling
US
climb
raising
forward movement
distention
unravelling
UK
flow
thickening
momentum
spurt
success
tumefaction
process
step forward
maturity
coming-of-age
onrush
prolongation
onward movement
recovery
movement forward
spiralling
UK
waxing
blow-up
protraction
innovation
fruition
melioration
intensifying
spiraling
US
soaring
upward turn
going
stimulation
motion
dissemination
ramp up
forwarding
journey
transmission
drawing out
encroachment
expedition
turnaround
course
fattening
elaborating
reinforcing
dispersal
exaggeration
rush
onward motion
forward motion
distribution
adaptation
increasement
prosperity
intumescence
succession
maximization
US
ongoing
push
dispersion
adding to
ripening
prolonging
bulge
puffing up
filling out
maximisation
UK
ascent
exponential growth
quadrupling
doubling
tripling
revolution
ascension
growth spurt
revival
continuing
avalanche
rising
recuperation
lift
change
revision
modernization
steps forward
jump up
passing
proceeding
break
voyage
technological advancement
scientific advancement
augment
aggrandization
thriving
uprise
worsening
supplementation
incubation
perfection
inroads
regeneration
step-up
small increase
traction
skyrocketing
expatiation
wax
high
ground gained
bounce
logjam
backlog
explanation
padding
adjunct
jack up
reworking
modification
order
accruement
optimization
US
transmogrification
stack
bloating
load
puff
plug
heap
advertising
mass
hype
publicity
reflation
sequence
rocketing
creation
ascendance
merger
unrolling
recasting
reconstruction
geometric growth
accrument
profit
continuity
towering
soar
appendix
complement
access
incorporation
stretch
crossing
traverse
traversal
trek
rounding out
pretension
working out
move-up
jump-up
explosive growth
perpetuation
pretentiousness
operation
leg-up
affectation
move up
upward movement
pretence
UK
top-up
optimisation
UK
leap forward
inroad
discovery
find
invention
finding
step
suffusion
chain
grandiosity
pretense
US
adulthood
perfecting
continuance
correction
affectedness
rampant growth
rapid growth
large increase
vigour
UK
vigor
US
dramatic increase
sudden increase
scheme
consecution
string
rectification
making progress
career
puffiness
quantum leap
profusion
division
transfusion
compass
radiation
coverage
ramification
amendment
shooting up
price rises
price increases
strength
stride
advent
transition
stream
flux
coming
drift
nearing
stepping forward
arrival
nurse
nourish
incubate
step in the right direction
rally
rectifying
face-lift
anabasis
reformation
upbeat
cultivation
forward march
getting ahead
giant strides
going forward
resilience
buoyancy
meliorism
renovation
civilisation
UK
preferment
civilization
US
change for the better
kaizen
reclamation
moving forward
circulation
economic growth
scattering
promulgation
high level of activity
broadcasting
circulating
dissipation
issuance
broadcast
distributing
dispersing
disseminating
bruiting
putting about
more ❯
“The tremendous
build-up
of pressure caused it to break which led to Mr McKenna's death.”
Noun
▲
A period of excitement and preparation before a significant event
promotion
publicity
hype
plug
puff
advertising
ballyhoo
marketing
propaganda
brouhaha
hoo-ha
plugging
razzmatazz
puffery
push
noise
boosting
hoopla
boost
spiel
buildup
fanfare
pitch
presentation
patter
line
laudation
sales talk
praise
puffing
exposure
hot air
extensive publicity
hard sell
excitement
hysteria
racket
flimflam
touting
advertisement
splash
PR campaign
propaganda campaign
song and dance
press
réclame
boosterism
commercial
PR
release
billing
announcement
scratch
broadcasting
handout
write-up
press-agentry
promulgation
blurb
distribution
promo
announcing
currency
clout
ink
pushing
spread
report
attention
spotlight
media hype
public relations
big noise
publicizing
US
broadcast
publicization
airplay
airtime
publicising
UK
advertising campaign
publicity campaign
playing time
P.R.
extravagant commendation
promotional
advertizing
proclamation
promoting
exposition
exhibiting
blasting
displaying
screamer
squib
exhibition
posting
promotions
outreach
ad
campaign
selling
marketing campaign
offer
advert
e-marketing
advertising promotion
pizzazz
US
pzazz
UK
notice
mention
image management
newspeak
agitprop
disinformation
information
brainwashing
recommendation
indoctrination
spin
counter-information
advocacy
publicity stunt
profile-raiser
photo-shoot
good word
favourable mention
bumf
hogwash
misinformation
doctrine
literature
implantation
presstitution
cant
proselytism
publication
info
evangelism
inculcation
piece of publicity
coverage
shameless plug
reports
consideration
commentary
treatment
fuss
reportage
reporting
articles
big lie
half truths
party line
pieces
reviews
limelight
stories
US
storeys
UK
write-ups
media interest
media attention
press reporting
press reviews
press treatment
press coverage
press write-ups
press articles
more ❯
“That didn't stop us from enjoying the
build-up
to one of the biggest games we have ever prepared for as a nation.”
Noun
▲
A gradual accumulation or increase, typically of something negative that leads to a problem
accretion
accumulation
amassing
gathering
building up
collection
pileup
agglomeration
aggregation
amassment
buildup
pile
cumulation
mass
heap
conglomeration
assemblage
stockpile
quantity
supply
reservoir
clump
aggregate
store
deposit
stack
stock
cluster
reserve
accrual
lump
hoard
pool
bundle
mine
bunch
lodgement
US
cumulus
lodgment
UK
inventory
agglomerate
fund
chunk
hunk
gob
concentration
compilation
group
combination
batch
cache
block
band
clot
acquisition
assembly
stockpiling
assembling
stash
hoarding
formation
wealth
trove
amount
deposition
concretion
body
accumulating
load
growth
bulk
collecting
reaping
miscellany
heaping
roundup
piling
garnering
cloud
rick
pyramid
hotchpotch
mixture
conglomerate
jumble
excess
mountain
logjam
pile-up
backlog
resources
surfeit
wad
glob
blob
clod
gobbet
knob
nubble
agglutination
nub
nugget
dollop
bank
set
plethora
lot
array
clutch
suite
constellation
grouping
battery
caboodle
huddle
parcel
package
knot
mess
muster
passel
congeries
kit
crop
assortment
boodle
selection
pack
party
series
consort
range
raft
repository
repertoire
crowd
number
flock
throng
swarm
bevy
US
bevvy
UK
variety
crew
nest egg
storehouse
source
troupe
arsenal
unit
budget
covey
gang
congregation
gaggle
kitty
portfolio
nest
repertory
consignment
list
force
row
line
composite
tussock
tangle
line-up
host
volume
compendium
shock
tuft
treasury
hodgepodge
ocean
garner
surplus
treasure
armory
US
armoury
UK
treasure house
chain
section
side
tier
diversity
multitude
acquiring
intake
arrangement
shipment
muddle
armful
handful
fistful
nestful
rank
ensemble
confusion
portion
string
score
succession
sequence
mound
scad
ream
legion
complete series
medley
sum
whole lot
amalgamation
entirety
integrality
totality
total
allocation
stream
holdings
fascicle
thicket
mix
battalion
army
fall-back
wares
produce
the whole kit and caboodle
the whole enchilada
mat
tuffet
ring
mishmash
potpourri
pot-pourri
treasure-trove
commodities
choice
merchandise
appeal
hat
sea
clutter
drove
riches
abundance
combo
hodge-podge
goods
articles
pharmacopeia
US
pharmacopoeia
UK
treasure trove
mixed bag
routine
stunt
rep
bit
stockroom
depot
schtick
compilement
everything but the kitchen sink
vein
compiling
composing
collation
pataka
depository
storeroom
account
hiding place
plant
shade
drop
supplies
assets
drop-off
stake
whip-round
harvesting
harvest
aggregating
hidden treasure
hidden supply
drop joint
combining
consolidating
collocating
purse
investment
savings
capital
endowment
tontine
drawing together
bringing together
petty cash
pocket money
more ❯
“The
build-up
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.”
Noun
▲
The time just before an event
run-up
approach
buildup
introduction
lead-in
preliminaries
time leading up to
Noun
▲
A (typically sudden) spurt or build-up of something in great quantities
bubble
surge
flood
rush
wave
groundswell
rise
spate
upsurge
charge
deluge
flurry
flush
onrush
outburst
spurt
torrent
uprising
upswing
upwelling
burst
current
epidemic
escalation
flow
gush
influx
onslaught
outbreak
patch
rash
run
spell
stream
sweep
swell
tide
bout
eruption
explosion
fit
frenzy
spree
welling up
building up
flare-up
storm
barrage
outpouring
avalanche
bombardment
volley
shower
cascade
hail
blitz
salvo
battery
flux
cannonade
blitzkrieg
fusillade
inundation
efflux
blaze
broadside
succession
string
blast
inrush
heave
series
spill
push
drumfire
dash
onset
rain
dart
drumbeat
pour
river
downpour
flood tide
outflow
chain
heavy sea
squall
tempest
feeling
large amount
exodus
profusion
advance
gust
advancement
billow
draught
UK
outpour
march
passage
progression
draft
US
flash
blow
gale
uprush
assault
attack
offensive
procession
progress
process
stab
stampede
headway
furtherance
going
foray
descent
sortie
thrust
raid
incursion
roar
violence
aggression
din
agitation
strife
overflow
overflowing
overrunning
monsoon
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of exaggerating or embellishing a statement or account
magnification
exaggeration
embellishment
overstatement
hyperbole
embroidery
elaboration
amplification
overemphasis
inflation
caricature
coloring
US
embroidering
padding
stretching
overplaying
enhancement
extravagance
overdramatization
aggrandisement
UK
aggrandizement
US
dramatisation
UK
dramatization
US
colouring
UK
deepening
heightening
gilding the lily
blowing up
blowing up out of all proportion
making a big thing out of something
overestimation
enlargement
emphasis
excess
puffery
pretension
exaltation
pretentiousness
ornamentation
boasting
overkill
tall talk
overvaluation
excessiveness
over-emphasis
over-embellishment
over-elaboration
adornment
stretching of the truth
varnishing
gilding
rant
romance
fancy
fish story
jazz
hogwash
falsehood
figure of speech
fantasy
whopper
fabrication
hyperbolism
baloney
tall story
flight of fancy
line
stretch
misjudgement
misrepresentation
crock
untruth
misjudgment
yarn
dressing up
touching up
hype
PR
auxesis
distortion
metaphor
gingering up
jazzing up
big talk
purple prose
mountain out of molehill
laying it on thick
hog
braggadocio
luridness
scandal
melodrama
shock tactics
ennoblement
elevation
glorification
tribute
aggrandization
praising
decoration
showiness
ornateness
elaborateness
yellow journalism
tabloid journalism
over-elaborateness
ostentation
sensationalism
addition
digression
deviation
flowery speech
more ❯
Noun
▲
(
usually "preparations"
)
Something done to get ready for an event or undertaking
preparation
arrangements
groundwork
planning
plans
preliminaries
grounding
legwork
measures
organisation
UK
organization
US
arrangement
foundation
homework
plan
preparedness
readiness
spadework
alertness
anticipation
precaution
preparing
readying
rehearsal
research
gearing up
preparatory measures
background work
necessary steps
preparatory work
dry run
putting in order
lead time
preparations
preliminary work
preparatory
work
foundations
provision
dirty work
grind
donkeywork
prep
donkey-work
prep work
reading
basic work
donkey work
hack work
hard work
reading up
fact-finding
more ❯
Verb
▲
To augment or make something greater
enhance
increase
add to
intensify
magnify
amplify
inflate
strengthen
build up
augment
boost
upgrade
raise
lift
escalate
elevate
exalt
swell
aggrandize
enrich
heighten
deepen
stress
reinforce
build
underline
compound
consolidate
emphasise
UK
emphasize
US
expand
further
jack up
extend
hike
increment
accentuate
advance
amp up
balloon
beef up
bump up
crank up
enforce
exacerbate
multiply
puff up
pump up
maximise
UK
maximize
US
proliferate
mushroom
enlarge
grow
accelerate
mount
rise
accumulate
snowball
burgeon
spread
up
develop
climb
bourgeon
appreciate
gain
wax
step up
boom
widen
supersize
roll up
hype
improve
stoke
rocket
broaden
pad
hike up
aggravate
exaggerate
redouble
soar
shoot up
accrue
supplement
amass
blow up
spiral
mount up
embellish
skyrocket
surge
make greater
add
stretch
progress
fortify
thicken
make larger
go up
embroider
dilate
pyramid
top up
make bigger
flourish
lengthen
inflame
gather
get bigger
overstate
worsen
distend
overemphasize
US
grow rapidly
dramatize
US
hyperbolize
elaborate
intensate
flesh out
parlay
dramatise
UK
overemphasise
UK
pick up
double
pile up
overdo
make worse
increase rapidly
sharpen
color
US
colour
UK
buttress
ameliorate
overestimate
fudge
thrive
better
run up
collect
bloom
fill out
bolster
spike
jump up
overplay
triple
shore up
go through the roof
become more numerous
rouse
cultivate
make better
pump
optimize
US
upsurge
cumulate
puff
boost up
feed
elaborate on
spring up
leap up
increase in size
make a big thing out of
make a mountain out of a molehill
concentrate
put up
blow out of proportion
go through the ceiling
blow up out of all proportion
harden
protract
support
uplift
optimise
UK
sweeten
brace
pullulate
promote
mark up
slap on
overdraw
overstress
fatten
get larger
catastrophize
prosper
toughen
arise
sprout
soup up
fabricate
gain strength
falsify
propagate
brag
boast
lie
jazz up
jump
flower
explode
tone up
fill
flow
push up
put on
become larger
play up
stretch the truth
rise rapidly
increase exponentially
make too much of something
run riot
make stronger
annex
US
prolong
stimulate
teem
swarm
secure
meliorate
endow
tack on
diversify
annexe
UK
upscale
brighten
ratchet up
nourish
stiffen
fester
sustain
increase in value
inure
acquire
distort
prop
nurture
indurate
steel
misrepresent
build on
misreport
top
uprise
stockpile
misquote
buck up
heat up
shore
turn up
pile on
bulwark
touch up
bloat
stack up
cement
leap
tone
draw the long bow
grow in
corrupt
increase in scope
ascend
romanticize
US
spring
make a production out of
make a federal case of
caricature
stuff
spread out
romanticise
UK
blow something out of all proportion
speed up
fatten up
cook up
be jacked up
firm up
increase dramatically
lay it on thick
back up
go to extremes
make healthy
scale up
expatiate
piggyback
turbocharge
send up
go up in price
advertise
revitalize
US
advertize
make louder
refine
grow quickly
rally
revitalise
UK
tag on
pile
vault
tower
escalade
complement
fan the flames of
open
succeed
harshen
grow greater
supply
subsidize
US
cram
surcharge
spurt
grow larger
subsidise
UK
peak
metastasize
amend
polish
help
perfect
manifold
aggregate
round out
magnify importance
ramp up
diffuse
become greater
upsize
goose up
fetch up
send through the roof
blossom
outspread
do well
be successful
spiral upwards
go sky-high
increase suddenly
drive up
swell up
mature
come on
pervade
reach
incline
billow
surge up
get higher
breed
grow full
get to
become large
start to be
ferment
rise in value
get taller
increase in weight
be hiked up
ape up
puff out
brew
smoulder
UK
become stronger
fuel
luxuriate
become strong
tend
put on a spurt
produce
pour
rain
overrun
develop quickly
emerge
spread quickly
mass
be enlarged
be stepped up
be extended
be magnified
be increased
be amplified
make richer
smolder
US
gather steam
develop rapidly
round off
fill up
punch up
overvalue
add fuel to fire
get stronger
eke out
become more powerful
burst
detonate
burst forth
go off
blow up out of proportion
well
grow stronger
complicate
tot
conglomerate
get into shape
condition
oversell
detail
expound
confound
confuse
add fuel to the fire
make intricate
add fuel to the flames
rub salt in the wound
make complex
add insult to injury
go from bad to worse
scale
inject
spur on
vitalize
hop up
gild
varnish
overpitch
underpin
stabilize
US
aid
titivate
inspirit
favour
UK
invigorate
US
advantage
favor
US
evolve
uphold
benefit
add value
blow-up
enlarge on
dress up
overelaborate
yeast
make federal case
add detail to
exaggerate information
go into detail about
spread on thick
make mountain out of molehill
overembellish
ginger up
add flesh to
overexaggerate
quicken
keep burning
mend
rekindle
stir
poke
add fuel to
emphasize too much
romance
scam
become bigger
lay on
over-elaborate
draw the longbow
big up
add colour
lay it on with a trowel
pretty up
make a big thing of
loud talk
lay it on with a shovel
pile it on
pile it on about
shoot a line
lay it on with a trowel about
make a drama out of a crisis
lay it on thick about
gird
add on
increase in
acquire more of something
lighten
darken
whet
point
accent
envigorate
UK
carry
explicate
substantiate
make stable
toughen up
stabilise
UK
bear
stoke up
put fuel on
set off
add fuel
heap on
extend operations
broaden one's horizons
branch out
stay
reequip
undergird
accrete
add value to
pour it on
season
contribute to
maintain
issue
drive forward
brush up
do up
reenforce
upraise
confirm
defend
temper
ensue
follow
hold up
bolster up
prop up
buoy up
spruce up
give a facelift to
fine-tune
give a boost to
polish up
smarten up
encourage the growth of
perk up
give a lift to
give substance to
follow up
elongate
jack
foster
rigidify
reflate
feed up
be added
anneal
coarsen
nutrify
ennoble
prepare
provide for
poise
make strong
give strength to
nurse
nerve
ready
dignify
prefer
canonize
US
enthrone
ensky
enshrine
glorify
sublimate
deify
rearm
appoint
hoist
canonise
UK
honor
US
honour
UK
move up the ladder
kick upstairs
give promotion
give advancement to
improve the position of
improve the status of
raise high
move up
give a higher rank
give advancement
overrate
overcharge
make a mountain out of
make mountain of molehill
more ❯
Verb
▲
To come into possession of
get
acquire
obtain
come by
come to have
come into possession of
receive
gain
earn
win
come into
come in for
take possession of
take receipt of
be given
buy
purchase
procure
possess oneself of
secure
gather
collect
pick up
appropriate
amass
build up
hook
net
land
achieve
attain
get hold of
get your hands on
grab
bag
get one's mitts on
score
snag
glean
nab
collar
have
cop
latch onto
rack up
access
lock up
swing
inherit
capture
reap
realize
US
make
garner
draw
carry
annex
US
wangle
annexe
UK
realise
UK
pull down
knock down
bring in
take
corral
catch
hustle
grasp
scare up
clinch
derive
reach
hit
scoop
log
pot
harvest
be awarded
clear
carry off
fulfill
US
chalk up
advance
consummate
clock up
accomplish
enlist
fulfil
UK
notch up
come away with
ameliorate
ring up
complete
arrive at
walk off with
walk away with
find
seize
pocket
lay hold of
produce
fetch
record
pull in
accumulate
develop
snap up
register
take home
effect
snare
lay hands on
gross
strike
pull
wrest
return
establish
assume
do
snatch
yield
get possession of
get paid
pull off
nail
form
haul in
retrieve
rake in
accept
negotiate
tally
compass
be paid
get one's fingers on
recover
bring about
extract
profit
wrap up
be presented with
conquer
have conferred on one
feel
glom
clean up
knock up
turn in
understand
take in
carry out
raise
know
work out
put together
come to
take by force
elicit
hold
accrue
touch
reify
get at
encounter
be provided with
meet
conclude
execute
make a profit of
bank
blag
perform
effectuate
cull
bring
scrape together
trap
manage
get into one's hands
prehend
perpetrate
arrive
pay
drum up
claim
bring home
clutch
adopt
grapple
prise
trace
gather up
get to
rise to
climb to
prosecute
commit
get done
bring to fruition
wrench
win possession of
cultivate
yank
learn
assimilate
bear
go for
take hold of
draw up
thrash out
clap hands on
hammer out
bring off
follow through with
take a grip of
grab hold of
seize hold of
take up
put through
gather in
contract
steal
captivate
engage
experience
sense
mark up
clock
walk away
poll
cover
be in receipt of
go
undergo
make a profit
ingather
cinch
save
hoard
schlenter
salvage
occupy
succeed in making
get a hold of
be one's lot
meet with
fall to the lot
polish off
glom onto
guaranty
guarantee
ice
ensure
assure
insure
accept delivery of
take into one's possession
agree to receive
round up
possess
retain
enjoy
own
scrape up
lay up
gobble up
actualize
make use of
succeed in finding
get in
induce
solicit
maintain
face
command
source
get as a result
draw in
beg borrow or steal
take over
succeed
make sure of
give security
make sure
clutch at
stretch for
go after
grow
come across
come upon
luck into
fall upon
happen upon
stumble upon
be appointed to
hit up
hold out for
lay claim to
locate
track
track down
wind up
eke out
take home earnings of
receive a salary of
come into contact with
partake in
tear
give
accede to
be elevated to
rip
tie up
buy out
manage to get
make a haul
latch on to
prevail upon
buy up
bring around
provide
notch
finish
overtake
amount to
grip
recoup
peel
be worth
make attain
pluck
generate
run to
gain on
move to
make it to
engineer
nobble
foster
furnish
afford
supply
bestow
rap
honor
US
conduct
honour
UK
usurp
wrestle
exact
do justice to
fix
make good on
discharge
take care of
succeed in
live up to
make it
nail it
put it over
do the trick
get there
keep faith with
sew up
put the tin lid on
deliver on
carry through
do a bang-up job
get someplace
fulfill one's potential
make hay
follow through on
perfect
do one proud
be true to
bring to completion
satisfy
fructify
propagate
breed
engage in
extricate
deduce
judge
infer
reason
decide
extrapolate
embrace
undertake
take to
nurture
discover
sustain
take on
bring forth
give forth
grab away
ratify
sanction
try to develop
try to acquire
excogitate
make out
elaborate
determine
evolve
educe
formulate
follow
sign
endorse
hash out
decide on
settle on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To drive spiritually or urge someone on
encourage
inspire
motivate
embolden
buoy
buoy up
cheer
drive
empower
incentify
stimulate
strengthen
applaud
enliven
galvanise
UK
galvanize
US
envigorate
UK
invigorate
US
push
reassure
spur
stir
build up
disinhibit
enforce
fillip
fortify
goad
hearten
impassion
inspirit
pique
spark
sway
trigger
vitalize
activate
arouse
boost
brighten
build
comfort
egg
enhearten
excite
exhilarate
fire up
incentivise
UK
incentivize
US
instigate
jumpstart
kindle
move
pep up
spur on
steel
stir up
uplift
whip up
animate
assure
boost up
cheer on
energise
UK
energize
US
give a boost to
ignite
provoke
pump up
quicken
raise
reenforce
restore
revitalise
UK
revitalize
US
revivify
rev up
rouse
bear up
chirk up
gladden
incite
nudge
rally
refresh
console
praise
prick
bield
boost morale
buck up
cheer up
gee up
give a shot in the arm to
give confidence to
give hope to
give shot in arm
lift the spirits of
light a fire under
prop up
psych up
raise the morale of
raise your spirits
spirit up
stiffen the resolve of
stimulate spiritually
revive
brace
rejuvenate
renew
reinvigorate
sustain
regenerate
fire
liven up
resuscitate
reanimate
perk up
vivify
awaken
bolster
prime
reinforce
ginger up
jazz up
work up
breathe new life into
give new strength to
dynamize
cause
generate
induce
produce
inflame
occasion
rekindle
electrify
engender
spike
promote
enkindle
recharge
prompt
reawaken
whet
freshen
resurrect
breed
refreshen
jump-start
recreate
zap
innervate
repair
help
actify
arm
goose
activize
enable
juice up
amp up
zip up
kick-start
put zip into
get going again
re-energize
put some spark into
elevate
pick up
lighten
elate
make confident
give courage to
vivificate
liven
innerve
lift
turn on
switch on
start up
recondition
brighten up
reactivate
give a lift to
rewake
update
rewaken
evoke
precipitate
elicit
save
recover
enthuse
wake up
touch up
replenish
modernise
UK
regain
renovate
give a new lease on life
modernize
US
prod
put new life into
make whole
bring back to life
bounce back
relieve
foster
beget
foment
invoke
abet
bestir
brew
begin
exercise
make
ferment
move to action
suscitate
waken
call forth
give rise to
set off
touch off
bring about
bring on
lead to
spark off
contribute to
result in
make for
draw forth
agitate
improve
cure
bring back
heal
rescue
make healthy
cultivate
hatch
get up
muster up
urge
impel
egg on
support
influence
actuate
persuade
propel
press
fuel
incline
intensify
exhort
soothe
lead
sting
thrill
solace
coerce
bring
key up
impress
succour
UK
succor
US
fire the imagination of
calm
fan
create
start
force
put up to
stoke up
get
pressure
get going
give strength to
increase
tempt
exalt
nerve
trigger off
compel
aid
instil
UK
psych
mobilize
US
assuage
instill
US
touch
wake
assist
mobilise
UK
commove
ease
prepare
give a lift
fire with enthusiasm
drum up
coax
bring out
entice
set in motion
raise spirits
put in motion
gird
see someone through
bring around
invite
set going
intoxicate
put at ease
heighten
be a source of strength to
bring comfort to
pick
sic
nurture
fan the flames of
further
procure
drive on
dispose
root on
advance
enhance
placate
charge
initiate
catalyze
US
root for
effectuate
needle
condole
fire the enthusiasm of
set on
work
relax
forward
catalyse
UK
talk into
salve
wind up
add to
charge up
give a new lease of life to
be a tower of strength to
whip
poise
augment
develop
solicit
ready
predispose
harden
agitate for
root
inveigle
countenance
ask
oblige
dragoon
carry
inform
set
exacerbate
strike
accelerate
feed
upraise
rile
convince
condition
direct
effect
jolt
give confidence
urge on
convert
affect
enrich
favour
UK
favor
US
set up
pressurize
US
put a bomb under
challenge
condole with
better
determine
give new life to
be responsible for
titillate
add fuel to
get someone going
pacify
act as a incentive to
act as a stimulus to
build a fire under
commiserate with
sympathize with
pressurise
UK
ameliorate
power
gear up
prevail upon
satisfy
give condolences to
allay
compose
besoothe
commiserate
get ready
bring into being
restart
keep someone going
snap out of it
yield
spawn
call into being
look up
put new life in
put one's mind to rest
translate into
win over
prevail on
make happen
be the cause of
palliate
mollify
re-establish
feed the fire
give solace to
give sympathy to
have
give courage
give incentive
hook
summon up
make brave
grab
agitate against
remind
chivvy
enrapture
make braver
boost moral
transport
edify
incent
jog
barrack
intrigue
tap
gain
roil
speed
lift the morale of
give life to
light up
shock
startle
cajole
nourish
psyche up
motive
summon
stoke
refine
irritate
imbue
infuse
burgeon
impact
advise
badger
hound
give a buzz
make alive
craze
taunt
juice
give pep talk
bias
irk
incense
constrain
necessitate
add fuel
harass
originate
civilize
US
endue
infect
beghast
run
add fuel to the flames
forearm
grill
vex
make wild
crank up
make enthusiastic
whomp up
get to
bully
impose on
orient
heat up
emphasize
US
speed up
reinstitute
relaunch
reintroduce
shout for
civilise
UK
warm
jack up
gear oneself up
start off
give impetus
fan the fire
work into lather
make more cheerful
make happier
give new energy to
steam up
stun
astonish
frighten
roust
lash
spur to action
lighten burden
empathize with
make one feel at ease
quiet fears
make well
underline
cement
stress
suggest to
keep one going
keep you going
lean on
draw on
have as a consequence
have as a result
spook
give the kiss of life to
bring to
quieten
get one started
act as a impetus to
act as a fillip to
act as a spur to
act upon
ride herd on
hint to
shake
shake up
madden
supplement
champion
deepen
give one an idea
stir embers
add fuel to fire
call to mind
make waves
adapt
lighten up
loosen up
corroborate
buttress
maintain
underpin
reward
uphold
take a load off
give someone a kick
become cheerful
make happy
take a turn for the better
clear up
take heart
give a shot in the arm
free
brace up
reestablish
back
broaden
defend
substantiate
highlight
emphasise
UK
put on cloud nine
dig
let the sun shine in
reproduce
recall
redevelop
give respite to
put on top of the world
make willing
bolster up
back up
be a source of strength
give a leg up to
give moral support to
hold someone's hand
boost the morale of
be there for
pity
change
make stronger
shore up
extend
play a part in
help out
cheer along
tide over
keep someone's head above water
keep going
minister to
be instrumental in
give the incentive to
restore confidence to
sharpen
alleviate
launch
set your mind at rest
snap one out of it
enlarge
amplify
play a role in
tranquilize
US
tranquillize
UK
untrouble
express sympathy to
show compassion to
restore someone's confidence
dispel someone's fears
bolster someone's confidence
sow the seeds of
draw
attract
achieve
have a hand in
accomplish
establish
amount to
culminate in
be a factor in
show fellow feeling to
push forward
be conducive to
realise
UK
realize
US
organise
UK
introduce
engineer
open the door for
attain
organize
US
court
multiply
swell
expand
compound
mount
magnify
escalate
aggrandize
put new heart into
express sympathy
express sympathy for
end in
kickoff
cause to occur
bring forth
finish in
draw out
add up to
cause to happen
have a part in
make possible
conduce to
conduce
oil the wheels of
bring off
be at the bottom of
bring to pass
carry off
actualize
carry through
have the effect of
entail
pull off
contrive
put in place
be partly responsible for
bear
spell
contribute
snap up
put new heart in
put new strength in
get smoking
burn up
admit
let in
wax
woo
allure
welcome
be of assistance to
be advantageous to
pay off for
do good to
be beneficial to
be good for
bless
be of help to
befit
serve
be of service to
benefit
please
work for
be useful to
suit
be of use to
be helpful to
gratify
be of advantage to
be to the advantage of
profit
advantage
entreat
issue
lure
command
ask for
include
beg for
call for
bring on oneself
flirt with
leave the door open to
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of a settlement
)
To plan and begin the building of
found
build
construct
erect
build up
put up
establish
assemble
form
create
put in place
develop
elevate
lay plans for
plan
set up
design
lay out
lay the foundations of
raise
start to build
make
fabricate
put together
manufacture
fashion
shape
produce
bring about
forge
confect
make up
engineer
constitute
mold
US
mould
UK
piece together
knock together
fit together
organize
US
model
piece
organise
UK
rear
reconstruct
contrive
join
frame
compile
prefabricate
cast
throw together
compose
jerry-build
superstruct
throw up
sculpture
structure
arrange
order
connect
fit
sew
weld
patch up
sew up
join up
craft
coin
give structure to
configure
knock off
knock up
hammer out
turn out
carpenter
edify
evolve
synthesize
US
synthesise
UK
architect
draw up a layout of
make a drawing of
make a map of
draw up a plan of
make a representation of
prefab
put out
whip up
cobble up
compound
institute
launch
start
authorize
US
install
US
legislate
enact
initiate
base
predicate
lay foundation
set down
inaugurate
secure
ratify
station
decree
plant
place
instal
UK
corroborate
authorise
UK
lodge
implant
domiciliate
moor
inculcate
invest
get something working
get going
originate
get moving
kick off
devise
concoct
invent
work
formulate
generate
prepare
carve
process
hew
sculpt
mass-produce
churn out
draw up
knock out
fix
complete
cobble together
mix
spawn
draft
US
yield
render
beget
draught
UK
cut
cook up
rustle up
run up
whittle
issue
effect
block out
fudge together
mount
do
mint
ready
hammer
chisel
actualize
implement
brew
hatch
turn
unite
stamp
cultivate
style
mass produce
fix in position
propagate
gather
collate
systemize
marshal
UK
systematize
US
throw
patch together
whip out
eke out
rig up
come up with
execute
mill
accomplish
cobble
machine
tool
harvest
procure
die-cast
fix together
brainstorm
consummate
scheme
outline
set
project
finish
plot
pattern
perfect
trace
format
bring out
bring into existence
anthologize
sort out
accumulate
amass
combine
collect
link
write
release
sketch
systematise
UK
marshall
US
bring together
vamp
crank out
whomp up
pump out
bang out
sketch out
trot out
hash out
grind out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make or get ready
lead up
build up
get ready
make ready
prepare
anticipate
arrange
fit
construct
formulate
assemble
produce
develop
compose
ready
make
fabricate
fashion
craft
supply
draft
US
calculate
plan
edit
lay
adapt
devise
adjust
frame
conceive
organize
US
design
contrive
concoct
equip
form
chart
perfect
choreograph
project
furnish
cast
outfit
fix
prep
budget
shape
blueprint
accoutre
jack up
make provision
make up
set up
groom
get up
settle on
lay out
draught
UK
scheme out
organise
UK
endow
turn out
work out
strategize about
put in order
map out
put together
fit out
fill in
work up
smooth the way
draw up
think up
appoint
create
prime
hatch
plot
outline
scheme
cook up
provide
set
invent
orchestrate
engineer
forge
brew
originate
sketch
build
map
dream up
fix up
block out
tailor
whip up
mastermind
sketch out
rustle up
manage
throw together
manufacture
set out
line up
array
gear up
qualify
arm
season
gear
delineate
compile
kit out
rig out
schedule
stock
vamp
coordinate
represent
rough out
marshal
UK
rig
train
conspire
modify
direct
draw
intend
plan out
come up with
excogitate
marshall
US
brace
coin
accommodate
knock up
trump up
write
propose
purpose
process
brainstorm
evolve
condition
make arrangements for
suit
provision
reset
mobilize
US
erect
codify
work
gird
systematize
US
mobilise
UK
do
make provisions
sort out
aim
rig up
systematise
UK
knock together
slate
think out
install
US
figure out
fit up
model
knock off
premeditate
mix
mold
US
detail
initialize
US
kit up
initialise
UK
poise
intrigue
stage
think ahead
treat
instal
UK
strategize
make arrangements
meditate
forearm
mould
UK
quarterback
dispense
give
chalk out
doctor
put
purport
load
make available
reckon on
gather
mean
establish
accouter
convert
compute
facilitate
programme
UK
register
systemize
timetable
program
US
adumbrate
render
make preparations
alter
transform
orient
administrate
get set
order
discover
dress
range
rough
mount
skeleton
reorganize
US
see to
manipulate
constitute
piece together
drum up
kit
vamp up
bring together
look after
classify
confect
make plans for
refine
spawn
generate
plan ahead
mock up
do the necessary
get everything ready
reorganise
UK
knock out
put up
bring about
structure
methodize
slap together
be in charge of
be responsible for
make plans
take the necessary steps
pencil in
restart
configure
illustrate
describe
indite
pattern
steel
codetermine
cover
graph
get
contemplate
set down
write out
spread
coach
empower
forecast
stagger
tabulate
hew
educate
enable
work something out
depict
make suitable
record
document
draw plans of
steer
trace
take on
bestow
fortify
collate
bargain for
figure on
fix to
rough in
lay in provisions
assign
allot
allocate
reconfigure
provide with
impart
reach an agreement
estimate
issue
finish
publish
clean
plot out
trace out
rattle off
regale
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
pen
connect
join
anthologize
accumulate
combine
collect
amass
link
comp
scare up
prefab
envisage
compound
batch
mature
envision
deliver
launch
initiate
temper
warm up
arm oneself
piece
cost
invest
rear
raise
book
make out
list out
pave the way
account
determine
make a chart of
make a diagram of
cater
acclimate
acclimatize
US
fix together
gear oneself up
gear up for
decide
settle
run up
deck out
prioritise
UK
predict
prioritize
US
phase
trap out
trick out
trick up
regiment
fudge together
bang out
stage-manage
stir up
mix up
ad lib
resolve
gird up one's loins
purvey
make fitting
soften
conform
lay on
put in place
synthesize
US
diary
put in motion
set in motion
acclimatise
UK
reserve
shape up
come to an agreement
agree to
come to terms
set stage
iron out
agree on
make preparations for
come to terms about
pull things together
prepare for
cost out
aspire
card
note
implement
synthesise
UK
yield
complete
make financial arrangements
actualize
effect
prepare hastily
parent
charge
emerge
give birth
occasion
engender
breed
give forth
cause
induce
procreate
spitball
break open
sire
provoke
bear
come out
measure
sell
arrange for
run
stand
destine
patch together
beget
whip out
cobble up
sculpture
eke out
cobble together
churn out
endeavor
US
strive
endeavour
UK
slot in
write in one's book
fix a time for
put down
muster
distribute
group
add
focus
seek
hammer out
bring into existence
fit together
brush
comb
style
rank
seat
regulate
attempt
angle
try
machinate
parcel out
mete out
spread out
dispose
shepherd
conduct
preen
primp
straighten
be eager
wish
hope
essay
want
target
prepare to use
prepare to fire
fill
improvise
stock up
institute
found
start
cogitate
comb out
do up
zoom in on
look
set your sights on
zero in on
imagine
crunch
begin
concert
spark
await
attend
take care
expect
deal with
see about
get together
get going
start up
lay the foundations of
psych yourself up
prepare yourself
ready yourself
ad-lib
take care of
lick into shape
get off the ground
straighten out
budget for
change
crack
encrypt
decrypt
hack
fake it
play it by ear
think of
decipher
hit on
head trip
dope out
get off
mine
post
sort
merge
scan
store
transmit
declassify
compress
scrape
filter
fetch
archive
transfer
restore
redesign
customize
US
revise
reconcile
remodel
refashion
restyle
rework
reshape
amend
improve
redo
vary
revamp
reconstruct
tweak
square
readjust
bend
metamorphose
customise
UK
make improvements to
make alterations to
make adjustments to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become improved or more advanced
progress
develop
advance
evolve
grow
improve
mature
upgrade
augment
refine
update
ameliorate
expand
modernise
UK
modernize
US
revolutionise
UK
revolutionize
US
transform
blossom
build up
flourish
increase
make progress
prosper
thrive
build
come along
come of age
come on
gain ground
get better
get on
make headway
make strides
move on
scale up
shape up
take steps forward
work up
be getting there
better
grow up
roll up
become better
ripen
straighten up
make first rate
turn over new leaf
strengthen
perfect
extend
move forward
forge ahead
work out
burgeon
succeed
boom
rocket
skyrocket
get on well
go great guns
be successful
bear fruit
unfold
enlarge
hone
elevate
elaborate
push
change
unroll
move
drive
metamorphose
emerge
alter
spread
boost
proceed
transmogrify
differentiate
adapt
head
go
educe
derive
continue
shoot
truck
speed
lift
raise
enhance
practice
US
practise
UK
work on
push forward
foster
improve on
push ahead
move ahead
move onward
go forth
press on
push on
press forward
cover ground
work one's way
march on
open out
step up
polish
go forward
adapt yourself
reinforce
uplift
beef up
supplement
touch up
intensify
heighten
promote
straighten out
build on
fast-track
brush up
fine-tune
smarten
magnify
aggrandize
reenforce
smarten up
fortify
further
amplify
cultivate
enrich
compound
bloom
get ahead
rise
pick up
get somewhere
do well
age
make inroads
take shape
go places
flower
move forward in leaps and bounds
season
take the next step
maturate
mushroom
optimize
US
show improvement
move up
optimise
UK
shine
meliorate
arrive
revamp
look up
help
make it
fare well
culminate
prime
perk up
reach adulthood
mend
achieve
bourgeon
correct
amend
reform
propel
score
rectify
recuperate
sharpen
go well
shoot up
spread your wings
fly high
come to fruition
get places
go on
be a success
arise
turn the corner
make perfect
change for the better
mellow
turn out
be promoted
motor
gain
rally
drive forward
take it to the next level
batten
pull ahead
continue ahead
excel
prevail
polish up on
triumph
level up
appreciate
be in good health
go up
make the grade
make good
cut it
get going
develop well
envigorate
UK
take a turn for the better
be in the pink
go to town
make the big time
invigorate
US
turn out well
hit it big
run riot
show promise
adjust
revise
climb
complement
purify
edit
emend
germinate
march
modify
set right
take off
give a boost
peak
better oneself
make one's way
step forward
climb the ladder
work one's way up
be elevated
convalesce
show progress
be fine and dandy
ascend
keep going
fix up
transcend
make ground
graduate
spruce up
take to the next level
add value to
embellish
pick up speed
make up for lost time
proceed forward
profit
soup up
make better
be on the up
burst forth
yield
produce
wax
fix
mitigate
assuage
forward
remediate
redress
elaborate on
temper
top up
tighten up
polish up
endow
illume
inflate
burnish
consolidate
vitalize
stimulate
boost up
smooth
gain promotion
crack on
be strong
be well
be vigorous
industrialize
US
technologize
civilize
US
reach maturity
make a go
grow vigorously
do wonders
get there
grow well
make good speed
grow rich
become rich
go ahead
have legs
catch on
be enriched
star
be in good shape
shift up
recover
get ready
become adult
be fully developed
develop fully
be in its heyday
stand out
become ripe
grow ripe
make ripe
become tender
figure
be fully grown
round out
be full-grown
fill out
make a breakthrough
perform
lead
train
come to maturity
be in your prime
be on top of the heap
go up in the world
feature
be take on a new lease of life
be on the road to recovery
be given on a new lease of life
make a comeback
turn a corner
be on the mend
bounce back
hasten
launch
bolster
exalt
be skilful
be brilliant
be excellent
be outstanding
civilise
UK
industrialise
UK
forge ahead with
make headway with
multiply
bring forward
get with it
prefer
sparkle
glow
dominate
get ahead of
convert
reign supreme
be proficient
be expert
be talented
be very good
be pre-eminent
be unparalleled
be unrivalled
be good at
be good
be skilled at
be skilled
be without equal
stand out in a crowd
be unsurpassed
be the best
be second to none
wear the crown
come into your own
be unequalled
have a gift
have a gift for
be unexampled
steal the show
go far
carry all before you
strike it big
crack it
attain control
achieve success
attain ascendancy
hit the jackpot
gain ascendancy
carry all before one
get to the top
gain control
carry off
hit the target
beat the game
yield results
beat the system
give a higher position to
kick upstairs
give promotion to
improve the position of
improve the status of
give a higher rank to
place in a higher rank
come about
be someone
make your mark
gain advancement
make a name
find a place in the sun
do all right for oneself
move up in the world
set the Thames on fire
rise in the world
advance oneself
achieve a great deal
make a name for oneself
climb the ladder of success
set the world on fire
make one's way in the world
get on in the world
do well for oneself
grow older
grow feeble
become older
put mileage on
grow old
get along
become old
advance in years
turn it up
step it up
turn out to be
turn into
become
fall into place
come together
get better at
work hard at
brush up on
devote oneself to
crank it up
step up one's game
increase one's intensity
rise to the next level
take it to the limit
propel forward
take it up a notch
raise one's game
kick it up a notch
elevate one's game
boost one's game
pick up the pace
more ❯
Verb
▲
To express approval or admiration of
praise
commend
acclaim
compliment
extol
laud
admire
aggrandize
celebrate
endorse
honor
US
honour
UK
applaud
appreciate
cheer
congratulate
eulogise
UK
eulogize
US
hail
speak highly of
accredit
ballyhoo
boost
credit
encourage
heap praise on
panegyrize
pay tribute to
salute
sing the praises of
toast
tout
advocate
approve of
build up
crack up
ennoble
express admiration for
express approval of
hand it to
kudize
pay homage to
pay respects to
proclaim
puff up
rave about
recommend
sanction
say nice things about
show appreciation for
speak well of
wax lyrical about
big up
cite
clap
cry up
dignify
distinguish
go into raptures about
make much of
pat on the back
praise to the skies
take one's hat off to
throw bouquets at
glorify
magnify
exalt
lionize
US
emblazon
lionise
UK
hymn
bless
idolize
US
carol
extoll
resound
idolise
UK
put on a pedestal
elevate
augment
glamorize
US
romanticize
US
idealize
US
revere
worship
venerate
glamourize
reverence
apotheosize
glamour up
idealise
UK
romanticise
UK
glamorise
UK
approve
stroke
mention
countenance
build
look on with favour
gold star
hero-worship
esteem
deify
enhance
give a posy
hats off to
hear it for
halo
erect
lift
intensify
uprear
sublime
transfigure
hold in awe
look up to
promote
increase
canonize
US
immortalize
US
hold in high esteem
hold in high regard
enshrine
adorn
add dignity to
raise
lift up
welcome
adore
set on pedestal
set on a pedestal
heroize
add distinction to
sing
rhapsodize over
rhapsodize about
sound the praises of
hike
immortalise
UK
canonise
UK
add lustre to
flatter
sing paeans to
big something up
put up
wax lyrical
commemorate
recognize
US
recognise
UK
rave
value
plug
memorialize
US
acknowledge
favor
US
push
favour
UK
memorialise
UK
root
respect
prize
support
go into raptures over
show appreciation of
give recognition to
root for
vaunt
hallow
sanctify
rhapsodize
US
vouch for
decorate
sing praises
observe
felicitate
solemnize
US
fete
crack someone up
praise enthusiastically
give it up for
rhapsodise
UK
gush about
enthuse about
enthuse over
gush over
give a big hand
solemnise
UK
roll out red carpet
back
go on about
express delight over
go wild about
be mad about
think highly of
hurrah
gush
hurray
rave over
effuse
fuss
slobber
enthuse
drool
eternize
advance
give a bouquet
effervesce
accept
signalize
US
give accolades to
give credit to
suggest
bring the house down
espouse
give a hand
signalise
UK
give bouquet
put your hands together
give a standing ovation
give a round of applause
champion
approbate
urge
adopt
okay
advise
make immortal
think well of
care for
look on with favor
be in favor of
keep alive the memory of
receive favorably
pat on back
subscribe to
press for
rubber-stamp
give glad hand
stand by
lobby for
flash on
give the nod to
stand up for
take a shine to
argue for
give key to city
wish joy to
be on one's side
regard highly
take to
buck for
thumbs up
campaign for
tilt toward
put in a good word
receive gladly
rejoice with
OK
take a liking to
herald
adulate
perpetuate
eternalize
pay respects
give approval
blow horn
give kudos
affirm
uphold
sing praises of
take off hat to
publicize
US
give credit for
publicise
UK
give ovation
express respect for
celebritize
preserve
show appreciation
monumentalize
regard
consider
make famous
rate highly
give someone a pat on the back
whistle
express admiration of
show gratitude to
be grateful for
shout
yell
hoot
shout for
give it up
applaud someone to the echo
strike gently
clap one's hands
be enthusiastic
be effusive
wish one well
wish happy returns
give regards
give a big cigar
express approval for
hold in respect
holler for
cheer on
bubble over
rise to
sound off for
belaud
put one's hands together for
bubble
go wild
go crazy
go into raptures
go mad
exaggerate
festival
treat
feast
holiday
entertain
be mad
be wild
be passionate
talk excitedly
go over the top
get all worked up
show enthusiasm
be wild about
be excited
fall all over
be delighted
carry on about
make a to-do
salute someone for
toast someone for
thank someone for
express gratitude for
pay tribute to someone for
give thanks for
fête
brag
boast
overstate
hold reception for
roll out the red carpet
wine and dine
brag about
give a boost to
givea bouquet
overvalue
propose
depend on it
believe in
put your faith in
have faith in
go on the record for
trust
be certain
count on
bank on
swear by
be satisfied with
depend on
rely on
offer
proffer
nominate
pose
table
proposition
tip
prescribe
be in favour of
submit
present
second
be all for
put in a good word for
offer a suggestion
look with favour on
hold up
give a tip
put forward
go on record for
speak favourably of
tip off
front for
beat the drum for
more ❯
Verb
▲
To acquire or store an increasing number or quantity of
collect
accumulate
gather
amass
assemble
hoard
save
stockpile
store
garner
stash
build up
heap up
lay in
lay up
rack up
run up
scrape together
store up
treasure
stash away
bring together
pick up
round up
scare up
get hold of
tot up
cache
keep
stow
reserve
squirrel away
stock
put away
put by
salt away
put aside
lay by
set aside
stow away
put down
lay away
stock up
keep in reserve
draw together
load up on
accrue
clean up
glean
scrounge
raise
muster
rake together
scratch together
scrape up
dredge up
rake up
rustle up
pile up
buy up
stock up on
build up stocks
keep on hand
put away for a rainy day
rake
scratch up
bulk up
stack up
get together
accrete
aggregate
cull
put together
more ❯
Verb
▲
To flatter or compliment excessively
praise
flatter
compliment
adore
adulate
revere
venerate
elevate
glorify
inveigle
lionise
UK
lionize
US
stroke
bootlick
cajole
fawn over
gush over
rave over
sweet-talk
worship
brownnose
brown-nose
build up
butter up
fall all over
kiss one's feet
play up to
put on a pedestal
suck up to
work over
compliment excessively
lay it on thick
soft-soap
spread it on
work on
overpraise
charm
humour
UK
blarney
humor
US
wheedle
honey
fawn
grovel
rub the right way
blandish
court
puff
massage
oil
belaud
soften
fawn on
hero-worship
be all over
flannel
toady
panegyrize
snow
beslaver
smooth-talk
express admiration for
wax lyrical about
pander to
cater to
ingratiate oneself with
slaver
himor
massage one's ego
apple polish
puff up
butter up to
soothe
stroke one's ego
exalt
fawn upon
roose
admire
commend
persuade
coax
pay tribute to
laud
pay court to
pay blandishments to
salve
make much of
say nice things about
rub up the right way
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
make up to
curry favor with
US
be sycophantic towards
keep someone sweet
demean oneself to
curry favour
UK
bow and scrape to
prevail on
prostrate oneself to
creep to
talk into
be servile towards
toady to
grovel to
get round
suck up
kowtow to
curry favor
US
crawl to
curry favour with
UK
get on the right side of
truckle to
dance attendance on
lay it on with a trowel
kowtow
truckle
crawl
woo
lick someone's boots
apple-polish
beguile
creep
be servile
entice
cringe
be obsequious
induce
tempt
lure
influence
fuss
pander
win over
prostrate oneself
bow and scrape
ingratiate yourself
seduce
urge
cower
palaver
humble oneself
be sycophantic
abase yourself
lay it on
sway
manoeuvre
UK
maneuver
US
allure
be obsequious to
worm
bring round
get
stoop
behave obsequiously
con
fall on one's knees
kiss up to
smoodge to
pay court
try to get on the good side of
seek the favour of
honey up
defer
submit
yield
be servile to
be sycophantic to
crouch
press
abase oneself before
kneel
hook
wangle
cultivate
eat crow
importune
ingratiate
give in
soften up
prevail upon
rope in
defer to
knuckle under
kiss-up
scratch one's back
try to win over
argue into
soap
barter
arm-twist
kiss the feet of
submit to
get around
play up
concede
kiss someone's feet
get in with
cozy up
back-scratch
humiliate yourself
prostrate oneself before
eat humble pie
win the favor of
overdo it
sweet talk
bend the knee
give way
make up
smoodge
plague
twist one's arm
pester
come on
decoy
talk someone into something
tease
encourage
jawbone
quail
implore
genuflect
show respect for
snivel
bow to
pamper
eat dirt
demean oneself
throw oneself at someone's feet
use flattery
talk blarney
talk
sell
draw
fold
toe the mark
say uncle
lie down and roll over
bend
prostrate
cave in
go along with
convince
prod
make
reason
argue
coerce
finagle
sweeten up
eulogize
US
grovel before
cringe before
fall over oneself for
invite
debase
eulogise
UK
praise to excess
abase
scrape
cotton
jolly
smarm around
bow
cave in to
be at beck and call
sing the praises of
bow and scrape before
praise to the skies
buddy up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bring together or amass as a single group or collection
gather
concentrate
mass
amass
conglomerate
unite
concentre
UK
concenter
US
constellate
corral
heap
lump
marshall
US
marshal
UK
associate
build up
pile up
bunch up
close with
draw in
draw together
join together
stack up
accumulate
collect
pile
accrete
group
assemble
heap up
aggregate
agglomerate
stack
cluster
stockpile
coalesce
bunch
mound
round up
deposit
bulk up
snowball
mobilize
US
mobilise
UK
gather together
merge
gather up
bundle up
let settle
hoard
dump
store
converge
store up
stock up
rack up
consolidate
convene
forgather
center
US
unify
centre
UK
foregather
congest
meet
compact
crowd
combine
centralize
US
localize
US
focalize
integrate
accrue
centralise
UK
localise
UK
bank
layer
cumulate
make a stack of
make a mound of
make a pile of
amound
compile
congregate
come together
zero in
garner
scare up
lump together
throw together
pull together
focus
join
bring to a focus
intensify
medialize
bring together
flock
throng
herd
press
pack
cram
jam
squeeze
cower
hug
huddle
huddle up
press close
throng together
crowd together
snuggle up
huddle together
more ❯
Verb
▲
To advertise or create publicity for
publicise
UK
publicize
US
promote
plug
advertise
advertize
hype
boost
push
puff
ballyhoo
pitch
spotlight
talk up
tout
merchandise
build up
play up
write up
puff up
spread about
give publicity to
bring to public notice
beat the drum for
bang the drum for
give a puff to
endorse
sell
hype up
bill
promulgate
market
trumpet
flog
blazon
declare
peddle
proclaim
flaunt
publish
advance
spruik
announce
flash
broadcast
herald
display
notify
trailer
blaze
blare
sound
trail
present
show
advise
praise
placard
inform
release
divulge
exhibit
uncover
spot
huckster
blurb
disclose
acquaint
circularize
US
communicate
reveal
drum
post
sponsor
flack
apprise
alert
expose
unmask
enunciate
annunciate
splash
circularise
UK
make known
call attention to
spread around
hard sell
beat the drum
give notice of
shout from the rooftops
make a pitch
run with
put on the map
get on soapbox for
shout out
give a plug to
make public
crack up
soft sell
spread abroad
give out
pump up
commend
mention
big up
namecheck
spin
draw attention to
give a mention to
package
package as
air
circulate
disseminate
report
spread
convey
transmit
state
impart
unveil
bruit
express
feature
pronounce
issue
brandish
put out
showcase
bruit about
tell
flourish
parade
pass on
utter
voice
propagate
indicate
vent
suggest
recommend
disport
produce
set forth
show off
propagandize
US
put into words
assert
showboat
raise
articulate
propagandise
UK
spiel
cry
sport
strut
roll out
advocate
relay
manifest
put across
lay out
distribute
trot out
talk about
get across
come out with
profess
affirm
say
intimate
ventilate
noise abroad
evince
pass
introduce
blazon abroad
verbalize
US
deliver
bring to public attention
hawk
relate
purvey
repeat
put forward
register
verbalise
UK
give voice to
leak
put up for sale
offer for sale
put on display
spell out
put on show
project
call
aggrandize
extol
demonstrate
headline
propound
preach
vaunt
popularize
US
deal in
pass the word
unfold
maintain
expound
denote
illustrate
signal
moot
shout
discuss
intone
bespeak
phrase
recount
purport
emphasize
US
talk of
stress
detail
outline
admit
put about
champion
clarify
bruit abroad
confess
emphasise
UK
give utterance to
give expression to
put
bring into the open
give away
make a show of
wave around
bring out
boast
vend
popularise
UK
stage
gossip
gazette
trade
decree
encourage
blast
retail
rumour
UK
rumor
US
preconize
exchange
evidence
set out
put on view
traffic in
noise
vocalize
US
protest
table
sound off
espouse
spout
cite
press-agent
word
debate
claim
let it be known
submit
speak of
ostend
mark
betray
propose
opine
allege
connote
argue
mouth
testify
press
look
give
describe
asseverate
broach
aver
break
speak
spill
mutter
avouch
spread the word
frame
put on the market
imply
modulate
vocalise
UK
offer
address
explain
render
print
flash about
whisper
summarise
UK
summarize
US
translate
let on
put in a good word for
make a great show of
signify
get out
make an exhibition of
display ostentatiously
raise awareness
let it all hang out
go into
get off
make clear
speak about
lay down
pop off
top
bark
back
supply
preview
brag
make popular
swagger
give notice
pass round
celebrate
swank
beat the drum about
put up in lights
scream
crow
campaign for
tweet
renown
splatter
get behind
gloat
grandstand
bare
sound loudly
cry up
telecast
spring
inscribe
depict
overpraise
call out
issue a statement about
shove in your face
immortalise
UK
skywrite
immortalize
US
soft-sell
billboard
acknowledge
build
stream
ring out
make manifest
make obvious
put before the public
read out
have printed
blow wide open
speak well of
make a pitch for
toot
show excerpts of
pump out
put in print
trade in
array
blow up
run off at mouth
lodge
dangle
wave
hand on
talk
make official
dispose of
put on sale
model
examine
streak
hotdog
put on the airwaves
let out
write
share
ring up
let on about
get through
postulate
hang
arrange
shift
sift
scrutinize
US
bring up
out
show and tell
show to the public
put on a display
put on public view
parade one's wares
strut stuff
put on the air
wield
deliberate
thresh out
scrutinise
UK
give an airing to
free
talk over
discourse
bring out into the open
take up
make a scene
throw in one's face
spring on
smack with
break out
whip out
fan it
exclaim
reflect
exult in
blaze abroad
further
televise
stump
recite
attest
note
remark
proselytize
US
betoken
evoke
put on
leak out
bandy about
pass around
be passed around
go the rounds
come out
persuade
contend
vouch
blurt
plead
chatter
predicate
enounce
orate
mumble
infer
hustle
proselytise
UK
state publicly
quote
retell
chirp
narrate
perorate
rehearse
swear
specify
yammer
pipe
read
blab
soliloquize
drawl
jaw
yak
regurgitate
lip
gab
gas
murmur
declaim
inform people
talk into
get acceptance for
sweet talk
persuade someone to accept
speak for
gain acceptance for
get support for
convince someone of the merits of
win someone over to
soft-soap
win approval for
bring someone round to
merchandize
shout from the housetops
spread it around
shoot off one's mouth
turn over
persuade people to buy
put forth
reel off
throw out
sound out
pipe up with
couch
get on a soapbox
let people know
spread the news
tell people
point to
be evidence of
be a sign of
tell of
point toward
avow
import
designate
formulate
asservate
inflect
insinuate
hint
intonate
yell
reassert
clothe
allegate
roar
reaffirm
wholesale
barter
make out
give utterance
put over
get over
give expression
speak out
point out
bring forward
attest to
give testimony
pour out
put in words
testify to
give vent to
bear witness
punctuate
underscore
highlight
put up
underline
accentuate
illuminate
foreground
accent
focus attention on
give prominence to
point up
set off
italicize
US
make a feature of
give the full works
italicise
UK
make conspicuous
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of a theory or suggestion
)
To put forward
advance
present
declare
pose
proffer
put forward
advocate
air
expound
introduce
propose
proposition
state
allege
broach
cite
exhibit
exhort
express
impart
offer
pitch
propound
raise
submit
adduce
deliver
expose
lay out
moot
mount
plug
prescribe
set forth
suggest
volunteer
aggrandize
ballyhoo
beat the drum for
bounce
build up
come up with
exalt
hype
lay forward
make a pitch for
make known
offer as a suggestion
publish
puff
put on the map
put up
serve
throw out
throw spotlight on
cry up
thump the tub for
tender
table
mention
give
bring up
posit
bring forward
ventilate
recommend
vote
lodge
prefer
move
touch on
place
allude to
name
extend
specify
note
bring
file
recount
point out
quote
propone
drop
register
discuss
press
float
lay
enter
detail
refer to
produce
advert to
touch upon
instance
notice
trot out
put
make a pitch
provide
advise
talk about
speak of
throw up
make reference to
report
reveal
refer
indicate
say
intimate
postulate
spell out
relate
ask
counsel
hold out
tell of
call attention to
point to
initiate
yield
bid
put forth
announce
tell
render
reference
identify
invoke
set before
divulge
make a motion
utter
advert
venture
voice
put in
remark on
hint at
comment on
hand in
nominate
contend
describe
query
question
explain
stage
roll out
put on
show
assert
solicit
delineate
contribute
bring about
promote
argue
supply
put on the table
recite
establish
canvass
vent
get together
bring out
commit
record
open
lay before
enumerate
move for
set out
furnish
disclose
hit on
lay down
acknowledge
hand out
designate
communicate
talk of
raise a subject
put on record
give an account of
let out
draw attention to
let on about
breathe a word of
speak about
make mention of
let anyone know of
sell
bring something up
have in mind
illustrate
frame
demonstrate
display
sound
unveil
forward
issue
demo
bear
explicate
elucidate
carry
organize
US
convey
bring forth
acquaint
launch
hypothesize
US
peddle
project
ask about
reproduce
define
take out
notify
remark
preview
turn
translate
transpose
urge
promulgate
invite
affirm
spitball
request
kibitz
spread
give an introduction
cast
manifest
get the answer to
seek the answer to
let someone know of
show off
opine
speculate
conjecture
essay
hypothesise
UK
make acquainted with
fix up
open to view
acquaint with
put on display
put before the public
run something up the flagpole
test the popularity of
run something up the flagpole to see who salutes
exemplify
list
itemize
US
evoke
dare to say
organise
UK
put to
give an explanation of
evidence
itemise
UK
recall
recollect
proclaim
address
explore
make an offer of
put in a bid of
make an offer
speak one's piece
attest to
send in
approach
harbinger
herald
cover
get down to brass tacks
narrate
lay on the line
press for
rehearse
canvas
set
catalogue
UK
particularize
US
interject
enter on
open up
interpose
embark on
try out
raise subject
raise the subject of
inform of
chronicle
treat
speak
inquire
US
enquire
UK
chart
come out with
bring together
grant
exchange views on
deliberate about
exchange views about
bring in
talk through
go into
talk over
confer about
converse about
deal with
donate
make somebody aware of
bring to somebody's attention
turn somebody on to
open up on
bestow
give somebody a taste for
spring with
gift
share
confer
particularise
UK
catalog
US
accord
subsidize
US
sacrifice
subsidise
UK
set down
finger
let oneself in for
kick in
pitch in
stump up
throw in
chip in
dole out
give away
namedrop
namecheck
give as an example
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give greater praise than due
overrate
overestimate
overvalue
glorify
overprize
oversell
magnify
overpraise
over-praise
assess too highly
exaggerate
exceed
overassess
overesteem
overreckon
rate too highly
think
exaggerate the worth of
blow up
build up
praise too highly
prize too highly
attach too much importance to
exaggerate the merits of
make too much of something
think too highly of
think too much of
expect too much of
hype
Verb
▲
To gain weight, especially muscle
bulk up
build up
gain muscle
gain weight
pad out
increase size
make gains
big up
train
work out
pump iron
go to the gym
exercise
build muscle
do weights
Verb
▲
Give a false or misleading account of the nature of
misrepresent
distort
garble
misstate
pervert
belie
falsify
misinterpret
warp
disguise
fudge
misreport
twist
misquote
bend
color
US
colour
UK
cook
misrelate
parody
slant
strain
conceal
manipulate
travesty
adulterate
angle
beard
bias
blarney
cheese
cloak
con
confuse
dress
embellish
embroider
equivocate
exaggerate
lie
mangle
mask
miscolor
overdraw
overstate
palter
pirate
prevaricate
promote
puff
skew
snow
stretch
quote out of context
take out of context
blow smoke
build up
cover up
give a false account of
give a false idea of
pass off
phony up
put a spin on
trump up
alter
doctor
change
tamper with
fake
rig
fiddle
massage
interfere with
fix
tinker with
misconstrue
juggle
fiddle with
corrupt
forge
modify
amend
muddle
obscure
mistranslate
spin
misrender
mislead
deceive
varnish
contort
transform
airbrush
dress up
meddle with
mess about with
prejudice
fabricate
counterfeit
influence
masquerade
misattribute
magnify
suppress
pad
veil
whitewash
dissimulate
screen
hide
affect
put words in someone's mouth
cook the books
gloss over
put on an act
doctor up
jumble
weight
blur
slur
deteriorate
scam
curve
mutilate
mix up
mold
US
shape
mould
UK
tamper
weigh
twist around
misarticulate
quote
put the wrong slant on
invent
quote incorrectly
debase
overdo
dramatize
US
enhance
vitiate
hyperbolize
flimflam
diddle
finagle
contravene
salt
four-flush
traverse
gloss
deacon
fib
poison
trim
rearrange
shuffle
cover
give a false impression of
romanticise
UK
dramatise
UK
romanticize
US
fake it
frame up
occult
blanket
shroud
enshroud
curtain
revamp
edit
revise
rework
change round
make changes to
make adjustments to
make alterations to
elaborate on
blot out
paper over
patch
perform magic
subvert
cut
alloy
desecrate
cook up
touch up
varnish over
pretend
give a false picture of
make a pretense of
falsely represent
dissemble
minimize
US
veneer
downplay
feign
sugarcoat
secrete
extenuate
bluff
simulate
give a false identity to
minimise
UK
sham
camouflage
keep secret
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
de-emphasize
keep quiet about
hush up
keep a lid on
draw a veil over
put on a front
sweep under the carpet
keep dark
put up a front
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
sweep under the rug
degrade
taint
sway
defile
bastardize
US
contaminate
prepossess
bastardise
UK
demean
abase
deprave
cheapen
debauch
spoil
dilute
profane
convert
foul
pollute
demoralize
US
lessen
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
predispose
prostitute
canker
engineer
weaken
orient
trick
impair
turn
jaundice
demoralise
UK
make partial
present
impact
condition
gerrymander
swindle
turn out
turn outwards
arrange
disrupt
undercut
destabilize
US
destabilise
UK
give a bias to
arrange fraudulently
throw
faze
upset
steer
give a slant to
give a particular slant to
mock up
make biased
induce
persuade
incline
make partisan
impress
dispose
disillusion
embitter
lace
infect
sully
exert an influence on
have an effect on
devalue
disgrace
shame
metamorphose
putrefy
injure
mar
aggravate
disaffect
switch
splay
brutalize
US
bestialize
depreciate
adapt
mongrelize
brutalise
UK
envenom
mutate
drag down
hack
machinate
transmute
deform
recast
make impure
make resentful
make bitter
exploit
finesse
cheat
circumvent
outmanoeuvre
UK
morph
bilk
dupe
jockey
mastermind
bamboozle
wangle
outmaneuver
US
defraud
find a loophole in
fudge with
exploit a loophole in
snooker
game
more ❯
Verb
▲
To repair or renovate so as to return something to its original condition
rebuild
restore
reconstruct
remodel
renovate
refashion
revamp
remake
reassemble
recondition
rehab
build
fix
patch
reconstitute
recreate
reerect
reestablish
reform
remanufacture
repair
restructure
build up
do up
touch up
overhaul
refurbish
modernize
US
rework
reorganize
US
rehabilitate
redo
doctor
recast
regenerate
rejuvenate
reorient
reproduce
reshuffle
replace
retool
remold
US
reorganise
UK
remould
UK
modernise
UK
make over
fix up
re-establish
re-form
breathe new life into
piece together
mend
renew
refit
improve
update
redevelop
revitalize
US
refresh
upgrade
redesign
service
redecorate
bring up to date
revitalise
UK
rectify
amend
adjust
revive
revivify
revise
bring up to code
patch up
spruce
retread
put back together
vamp up
change
re-equip
reinvent
retouch
spruce up
set right
reanimate
correct
recover
emend
resuscitate
refurnish
reinstate
re-create
modify
restitute
reshape
alter
tart up
debug
put right
make good
brighten up
reinvigorate
straighten out
transform
set to rights
fiddle with
remedy
resurrect
better
ameliorate
cure
adapt
redevise
fettle
furbish
regulate
face-lift
give something a facelift
clean up
put in order
restyle
rekindle
reawaken
recharge
freshen
uplift
refreshen
reinforce
redress
right
remaster
redeem
refabricate
reclaim
go over
tune
see to
gussy up
put to rights
restore to working order
make better
freshen up
bring back
make as good as new
tune up
get into shape
give a new look to
rearrange
tailor
vary
gentrify
reformat
establish again
develop
maintain
retrieve
do
kick-start
vamp
refine
rewake
rewaken
convert
create again
invigorate
US
resolve
sort
exhilarate
envigorate
UK
rewrite
redraft
customize
US
settle
produce again
square
customise
UK
salvage
rescue
get something working
sort out
help
bring into the twenty-first century
change the format
give a face-lift
scrub
red-pencil
give a shot in the arm to
shape up
make right
make whole
set straight
turn around
deal with
reinstall
cover
repeat
copy
enhance
reopen
restate
rewire
replenish
resume
reaffirm
reequip
realign
strengthen
meliorate
put back
give a face-lift to
get working again
enrich
make fit for use
emendate
give facelift
shake up
fine tune
heal
perfect
solve
reconfigure
build again
make again
reenforce
rebrand
redraw
give a facelift to
groom
tidy
add to
smarten up
pep up
buck up
set up
put back into its original condition
revolutionize
US
put new heart into
make younger
put new life into
put some spark into
add some zest to
restore vitality to
beautify
tidy up
return to a former position
return to a former state
avenge
straighten
give new life to
make young again
make someone feel young again
give face lift to
pimp out
pimp up
reorientate
inspirit
edit
permutate
permute
dial back
recalibrate
make up for
recompense
balance
reward
do justice
make amends for
go straight
launder
compensate for
make smarter
make tidy
smarten
doll up
posh up
make neater
neaten
jazz up
restart
produce
stimulate
change radically
revolutionise
UK
rescript
reword
doctor up
beet
tinker
condition
clout
botch
glue
cobble
spetch
ranter
ready
do over
clear up
polish
iron out
get with it
review
pay dues
pick up
clean up your act
set the record straight
raise from the dead
give a shot in the arm
make adjustments to
make alterations to
perk up
work on
make well
reactivate
cleanse
clean
more ❯
Verb
▲
Press for political action
lobby
influence
persuade
petition
press
pressure
push
urge
campaign
solicit
sway
appeal
importune
promote
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
advance
affect
alter
appeal to
bill
billboard
boost
call on
change
drum
further
hype
induce
modify
pitch
plug
politick
procure
request
seek to influence
sell
soft-sell
soft-soap
splash
spot
sweet-talk
thump
try to persuade
apply pressure
build up
campaign for
hard sell
high pressure
sell one on
sway opinion
bring pressure to bear on
exert influence
press your case
pull strings
put pressure on
solicit votes
try to influence
make a pitch for
bring pressure to bear
Verb
▲
To do something repeatedly so as to become skilled
practice
US
rehearse
exercise
study
hone
sharpen
train
work
attempt
iterate
polish
repeat
try
drill
habituate
prepare
recite
run over
shake-down
work at
become seasoned
build up
do again
dress rehearse
dry run
go over
go through
run through
try out
tune up
walk through
warm up
work out
practise
UK
take from the top
have a practice session
get into shape
run down
have a trial performance
go through one's paces
recapitulate
recap
work on
improve performance
spar
loosen up
shadowbox
stretch
get ready
learn one's part
run lines
read through
limber up
get into condition
get set
get loose
do
do exercises
keep your hand in
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To publicly recommend or support
advocate
champion
support
recommend
advise
endorse
favor
US
favour
UK
back
prescribe
promote
uphold
urge
commend
suggest
encourage
propose
defend
espouse
justify
countenance
indorse
patronise
UK
patronize
US
push
sanction
advance
further
plug
tout
bless
bolster
boost
sponsor
vindicate
approve of
argue for
press for
speak for
subscribe to
vouch for
lobby for
plead for
plump for
plunk for
root for
side with
stump for
be in favor of
campaign for
go for
go to bat for
go with
stand up for
brace up
build up
campaign on behalf of
hold with
run interference for
say so
spread around
be in corner
get on bandwagon
give a leg up
give a lift
hold a brief for
ride shotgun
counsel
exhort
second
approve
push for
sustain
assist
help
stick up for
aid
stand behind
foster
get behind
back up
accept
stand by
maintain
throw your weight behind
put forward
be on the side of
take up the cudgels for
condone
approbate
insist on
abet
work for
agree with
praise
ally oneself with
admonish
caution
vote for
fall in with
prefer
go along with
esteem
protect
embrace
value
forward
extol
appreciate
contribute to
instruct
enjoin
honor
US
honour
UK
tip
fight for
swear by
prompt
adopt
prop up
believe in
welcome
okay
stick by
stand for
rubber-stamp
tip off
pull for
be all for
go on record for
take to
be in favour of
advocate for
preach
beat the drum for
put in a good word for
demand
nurture
present
assent
fund
move
finance
table
offer
propagandize
US
nominate
proffer
pose
proselytize
US
submit
affirm
establish
subscribe
bid
proposition
propagandise
UK
go in for
proselytise
UK
plead
argue
vote
adjure
call for
guide
have faith in
crusade for
succour
UK
ratify
steer
backstop
direct
warn
battle for
yes
succor
US
speak in support of
offer a suggestion
smile on
lend support to
speak up for
consent to
thump for
give backing to
eulogise
UK
eulogize
US
give a tip
be in agreement with
speak highly of
think highly of
speak favorably of
rally round
speak well of
speak in favor of
care for
look on with favor
give support to
receive favorably
come to the defence of
flash on
regard highly
look up to
put in a good word
receive gladly
OK
think well of
throw in with
give the nod to
take a shine to
be on one's side
buck for
thumbs up
tilt toward
take a liking to
spread
proclaim
peddle
propound
teach
clamour for
request
ask for
persuade
befriend
instil
UK
inculcate
forewarn
speak in favour of
seek
contend
stress
bounce
put
float
applaud
fancy
validate
reason
press
be a patron of
facilitate
confirm
verify
invite
profess
instill
US
bankroll
benefit
invest in
subsidize
US
assert
grubstake
angel
ally
contend for
give help to
drum up support for
hold a torch for
abide by
formally support
opine
charge
command
put on to
put in two cents
hold up one's end
hold to
be supportive of
give a boost
give approval to
be with
agree to
accord with
give moral support to
announce one's support for
assent to
concur with
give moral support
like
develop
insist upon
subsidise
UK
take someone's part
represent
guarantee
throw in one's lot with
take one's side
stimulate
agitate for
accede
consent
acquiesce
agree
give one's blessing to
favourite
UK
favorite
US
entreat
pave the way for
give a donation to
give money to
rate
trust in
cling to
look on with favour
incite
expedite
come to defense of
take up cudgels for
cooperate with
spur
collaborate with
work with
lend a hand
collude with
connive with
take up
offer recommendation
protest
receive wholeheartedly
receive enthusiastically
take to heart
aid and abet
get into
take on
set on
be in collusion with
put up to
egg on
give a push to
participate in
connive
goad
connive at
prod
be hand in glove with
come round
accede to
obey
undersign
ditto
signature
cosign
cultivate
nurse
nourish
incubate
give advice
give one's suggestions to
give one's opinion to
give direction to
give two cents
wise up
give guidance to
give pointer
implore
rationalize
US
substantiate
be convinced by
set store by
be persuaded by
mention
aid in
help in
depend on it
put your faith in
go on the record for
trust
explain
rationalise
UK
bank on
depend on
legitimize
US
be certain
count on
legitimise
UK
be satisfied with
compliment
rely on
exalt
strongly recommend
put John Hancock on
give stamp of approval
give the go-ahead
beseech
put up
big up
have every confidence in
swear to
hold up
speak favourably of
front for
show to be reasonable
give reasons for
give grounds for
forcefully suggest
impel
recommend forcefully
look with favour on
big something up
more ❯
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