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Verb

To move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground

To move very slowly (towards something)

To act at a slow speed

To teem, or be overrun or overflowing with

To behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favor

To move somewhere in a slow and steady way

Express remorse, regret

Wend your way

To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet

To drip or dribble down vertically (in drops)

To deprive of self-esteem, confidence, rank or status

To move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously

To be the site of or cause an itch

Make way through water using arms, legs

Make an emotional appeal

To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in

A style of swimming where the swimmer is face-down in the water and moves the arms in alternating overhead strokes

Tootle or drive

Slow pace

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To move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground

move on hands and knees

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“Max and Jack would be able to crawl under the electrified fence and slip into the forest.”

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To move very slowly (towards something)

move at a snail's pace

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

appear to pass slowly

slow down

become tedious

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“Our train would crawl slowly through the American countryside like a scene out of a Buster Keaton movie.”

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To act at a slow speed

temporize^US

temporise^UK

put off doing something

use delaying tactics

hold back

let the grass grow under one's feet

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“We crawl through our days paralyzed with indecision as we shuffle through life's hoops and hurdles.”

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To teem, or be overrun or overflowing with

be chock-a-block with

be up to one's ears in

be knee deep in

be all over the place

be thick on the ground

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“The hallways, after lying dormant for months, would soon crawl with students again.”

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To behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favor

ingratiate oneself with

be sycophantic towards

rub up the right way

ingratiate yourself

be obsequious towards

try to get on the good side of

eat crow

humiliate yourself

prostrate oneself before

curry favor^US

ingratiate yourself with

lie down and roll over

eulogize^US

fall over oneself for

slaver

abase

scrape

bow and scrape before

eulogise^UK

lay it on with a trowel

humor^US

humour^UK

throw oneself at someone's feet

express admiration for

say nice things about

compliment excessively

wax lyrical about

pay blandishments to

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“A few years ago, a representative of the Queen would have had to crawl and beg for admission to that jealous Court.”

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To move somewhere in a slow and steady way

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Express remorse, regret

Verb

Wend your way

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To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet

plough^UK

plow^US

temporize^US

temporise^UK

put off doing something

use delaying tactics

take a stroll

let the grass grow under one's feet

take one's own sweet time

move at a snail's pace

kick the can down the road

leave to another time

suspend

prorogue

reschedule

put on the back burner

appear to pass slowly

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To drip or dribble down vertically (in drops)

distil^UK

distill^US

hemorrhage^US

haemorrhage^UK

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To deprive of self-esteem, confidence, rank or status

bastardise^UK

bastardize^US

demoralise^UK

demoralize^US

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

make someone eat crow

take down a peg or two

put someone in their place

make someone eat humble pie

stigmatize^US

stigmatise^UK

settle someone's hash

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

drag through the mire

have the last laugh on

take the wind out of someone's sails

colour^UK

lower someone's status

lower someone's dignity

bias

brand

dehumanize^US

desensitize^US

dehumanise^UK

desensitise^UK

minimize^US

minimise^UK

make someone feel ashamed

color^US

scandalize^US

abandon one's principles

scandalise^UK

force to eat humble pie

appal^UK

treat with disrespect

appall^US

get one's comeuppance

put out of countenance

ruin the reputation of

pooh-pooh

bring into disfavour

destroy someone's credibility

damage someone's reputation

blacken someone's name

damage the reputation of

discolour^UK

discolor^US

criticise^UK

harm the reputation of

muddy the reputation of

ravage

criticize^US

blacken the reputation of

drag someone's name through the mud

deform

lie about

blacken the character of

run a smear campaign against

trivialize^US

blemish the reputation of

tarnish the reputation of

trivialise^UK

become a stain of the escutcheon of

become a blot of the escutcheon of

irk

backbite

give offence to

raise eyebrows amongst

blackball

cause raised eyebrows

lampoon

cause a few raised eyebrows amongst

categorize^US

categorise^UK

be a blot on the landscape

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To move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously

move on hands and knees

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

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To be the site of or cause an itch

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Make way through water using arms, legs

practise^UK

practice^US

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Make an emotional appeal

inquire^US

enquire^UK

clamour^UK

clamor^US

present one's suit to

mobilize^US

make an urgent request

make an earnest request

mobilise^UK

put in an application

hypothesize^US

hypothesise^UK

submit an application

realize^US

theorize^US

realise^UK

authorize^US

authorise^UK

theorise^UK

request the pleasure of someone's company

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To cause a feeling of disgust or revulsion in

make someone feel sick

make your flesh creep

turn your stomach

make someone want to throw up

disenchant

turn one's stomach

be distasteful to

give someone the creeps

make someone's gorge rise

cause to feel nauseous

turn

derange

be extremely distasteful to

give someone the heebie-jeebies

make someone's skin crawl

make someone's flesh creep

appal^UK

turn someone's stomach

make someone's stomach rise

appall^US

make someone feel nauseous

make someone's blood run cold

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A style of swimming where the swimmer is face-down in the water and moves the arms in alternating overhead strokes

Noun

Tootle or drive

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Noun

Slow pace

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