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What is another word for
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To assign to a later time
Submit to or acknowledge the merit of
To store or set aside for future use
To act in a submissive manner
To prevent from progress
Be subjected to
To fail to care for or pay attention to
Pause in indecision before saying or doing something
To express approval or agreement
Accredit, assign to
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▲
Verb
▲
To assign to a later time
delay
postpone
shelve
suspend
adjourn
put off
prorogue
remit
hold over
stay
table
continue
hold off
mothball
pigeonhole
procrastinate
put back
put over
carry over
protract
respite
block
detain
extend
hinder
hold up
impede
intermit
lay over
lengthen
obstruct
prolong
reschedule
retard
slow
stall
waive
hold in abeyance
hold off on
hang fire
lay on the table
put on ice
set aside
give rain check
put in cold storage
put on hold
put on back burner
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
put aside
interrupt
discontinue
hold
stop
hold back
keep in abeyance
break off
put to one side
dissolve
terminate
halt
lay aside
stand over
bring to an end
withhold
recess
arrest
prorogate
cease
leave
reserve
pause
cut short
check
wait
call a halt to
cool
dally
temporize
US
tarry
temporise
UK
set back
play a waiting game
disband
end
abandon
cut
cancel
drop
renounce
give up
dismiss
put on the shelf
curb
file
restrain
sideline
put something off
break up
hang up
do later
dawdle
hang back
hesitate
put an end to
refrain from
lag
poke
slow up
put in abeyance
neglect
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
linger
loiter
let up
put a stop to
avoid
play for time
keep back
give a rain check
be indecisive
hum and haw
refrain
kick the can down the road
use delaying tactics
drag one's feet
take a raincheck
park
rearrange
reorganize
US
forestay
put something on hold
hold something in abeyance
get across
put across
reprieve
hold something over
cool it
retain
suppress
hang
dillydally
save
break
contain
keep
take offline
sever
leave off
leave to another time
bar
quit
pink-slip
omit
inactivate
can
cut off
inhibit
handicap
take something under advisement
reorganise
UK
stave off
push back
count out
rule out
lay off
encumber
clog
prevent
hamper
still
restrict
hamstring
bring to a standstill
bring to a halt
bring to a close
trammel
decelerate
cumber
take a breather from
catch
keep from
partition
assort
class
peg
tab
group
slot
put on a back burner
sit tight
take no action
slow down
abolish
withdraw
type cast
break down
sort out
put on one side
interfere with
ward off
pull up
put a brake on
bring up
freeze
eliminate
jettison
put out of commission
decommission
put into storage
draw up
shut up
throw a spanner in the works of
pack away
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
fetch up
throw out
junk
ditch
axe
UK
take away
fall
dump
put down as
relinquish
avoid doing something
equivocate
descend
plummet
do away with
plunge
put on the bank burner
suspend proceedings
ax
US
scrub
chuck in
surrender
surcease
desist
rest
knock off
finish
take a break
tergiversate
yield
keep from doing something
come to an end
take a breather
take a recess
take five
tie up
prevaricate
be evasive
cede
reject
call a halt
take a rain check
palter
hedge
balk
US
call it a day
resign
refuse
disregard
abjure
sacrifice
abdicate
forsake
beat about the bush
gain time
baulk
UK
forgo
spurn
stall for time
avoid committing oneself
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
take your time
disclaim
disown
allow
dispense with
remove
grant
do without
renege
elongate
hand over
sign away
turn down
turn over
draw out
drag out
waver
dither
vacillate
haver
stretch
stretch out
outstretch
swither
goldbrick
perpetuate
wire-draw
sustain
drag
spin out
pad
string out
keep going
keep up
prolongate
carry on
draw
extend the duration of
make longer
expand
drag on
keep something going
go on with
dilly-dally
put off doing something
postpone action
drag your feet
defer action
be undecided
suspend action
let slide
shilly-shally
be dilatory
more ❯
“He said the national executive agreed to
defer
the election to October 2, two weeks later than the original date of September 18.”
Verb
▲
Submit to or acknowledge the merit of
submit
yield
accede
acquiesce
bow
capitulate
surrender
truckle
give way
honor
US
honour
UK
respect
accept
accommodate
adapt
adjust
admit
agree
agree with
assent
buckle
cave
comply
comply with
concede
cringe
fawn
give in
knuckle
knuckleunder
knuckle under
kowtow
obey
succumb
be deferential
bow to
give in to
cave in
back down
give up
relent
throw in the towel
concede defeat
admit defeat
quit
budge
fall
fold
throw in the sponge
raise the white flag
blink
cede
show the white flag
climb down
buckle under
be overcome
fall victim
wave the white flag
accept defeat
go under
lay down your arms
pack it in
crumble
abandon
be beaten
be overwhelmed
resign
collapse
go down
lay down arms
eat crow
cry uncle
give up the struggle
be conquered by
put up white flag
be overwhelmed by
toss it in
be overcome by
bend
indulge
drop
relinquish
let go
roll over
give yourself up
deliver
lay down
hand over
cease
come to terms
give out
resign yourself
be beaten by
pay homage
vail
concur
make concessions
be defeated
approve
retreat
adhere
conform
heed
observe
throw in your hand
fall in line
give away the store
come across
bow to something
bow to someone
put out
acquiesce in
concur with
cooperate with
give oneself up
give
tumble
break
founder
entrust
consign
leave
forego
act in accordance with
be servile
crumple
give oneself over
fold up
be conquered
suffer defeat
turn over
abdicate
cry quits
turn in
implode
call it quits
go out
play dead
eat humble pie
go along with
proffer
lose
stop
hand in
despair
bail out
desist
cut out
tender
leave off
waive
chicken out
present
bow out
forswear
pull out
be overthrown
fall to pieces
be a casualty to
be smitten by
be taken by
be overthrown by
lie down
pass into the hands of
pass into enemy hands
be destroyed by
eat dirt
be defeated by
be vanquished by
flatline
decease
exit
expire
die
demise
depart
croak
perish
part
end
go
meet waterloo
break down
flake out
pass
take the count
kick in
pass away
conk out
pop off
pass on
peg out
show white flag
check out
give up the ghost
wilt
step out
kick off
surrender to
be submissive
hoist the white flag
bend the knee
say uncle
resign oneself
humble oneself
give ground
withdraw
back out
back-pedal
backpedal
renege
back off
go back on
cancel
cop out
recant
call it a day
beg off
back pedal
balk
US
recoil
yield to
lose heart
change your mind
backtrack
call off
drop out
baulk
UK
pull back
scratch
welsh
avoid
fink out
wimp out
abide by
weasel out
wiggle out
shy from
worm out
do a U-turn
agree to
consent to
conform to
blow it off
get cold feet
come round
toe the line
come around
do an about-turn
give way to
give oneself up to
lose oneself in
put one's tail between one's legs
fall victim to
bottle out
shrink
retire
recede
change
compromise
lose your nerve
stop trying
wuss out
bottle it
funk out
turn yellow
have no stomach for
think better of something
die of
give up hope
break off
halt
abandon hope
finish
call a halt
chuck it in
indulge in
shy away
move away
back away
go backward
draw back
lose oneself to
bring to an end
throw up one's hands
throw up the sponge
row back
do an about-face
soften
reconsider
demur
renege on
retreat from
withdraw from
repudiate
have second thoughts
dishearten
sadden
melt
unbend
take back
hold back
follow
weaken
default on
cry off
pull out of
fail to honour
kneel
grovel
abase
forbear
eat your words
sing a different song
admit that one is wrong
allow
have mercy
mind
sympathise
UK
have pity
become lenient
become merciful
slow
give quarter
show pity
sympathize
US
show mercy
adhere to
keep
get cold feet about
chicken out of
embrace
agree to something
allow something
be merciful
admit something
concede something
admit you were wrong
have no fight left
withdraw from agreement or statement
despond
consent
permit
tolerate
prostrate
let it happen
change one's mind
cool it
go easy on
take a softer line
lighten up
die away
mellow out
give some slack
let happen
lay back
ease up on
wallow in
hold to
answer
fulfill
US
serve
fulfil
UK
accord
respond
goose-step to
stick to
keep to
assent to
brook
OK
okay
subscribe
play ball
submerge
drown
go bust
bite the dust
default
suffocate
sink
bankrupt
fail
submerse
go to the wall
take orders
do as you are told
do as one says
do what is expected
come to heel
act upon
do one's bidding
play it by the book
get into line
do what one is told
play second fiddle
live by
do one's duty
hold fast
be ruled by
get in line
be loyal to
suffer
set
reconcile
jibe
buy
stand by
yes
ditto
revel in
abandon oneself to
give rein to
luxuriate in
bow down
cast before
fall at feet
say yes to
submit to
give free rein to
accept tacitly
shake on
go along
give the nod to
say the word
cut a deal
give the go-ahead to
give the thumbs up to
roll over and play dead
give the green light to
more ❯
“But I'm sure there are many people like me who would
defer
to scientific facts that are duly recorded and widely acknowledged.”
Verb
▲
To store or set aside for future use
save
reserve
keep
store
hoard
retain
withhold
conserve
hold
preserve
stockpile
amass
collect
devote
earmark
bank
dedicate
secure
stash
gather
spare
accumulate
allocate
cache
economise
UK
economize
US
treasure
hide away
lay aside
put aside
put away
set aside
stash away
hang on to
keep in reserve
lay away
lay by
put to one side
squirrel away
stow away
put by
garner
salt away
deposit
lay in
stow
lay up
squirrel
store up
hide
assemble
husband
pile up
invest
maintain
sock away
heap up
stock up on
glean
hive
buy up
scrape together
possess
hang onto
hold onto
keep back
scrounge
hold on to
mass
cling to
acquire
stock up with
scrimp
heap
conceal
stack up
scratch together
cumulate
put aside for rainy day
have
save up
put in
put away for a rainy day
put aside for a rainy day
put by for a rainy day
pack
load
concentrate
corral
pay in
keep up
put
bury
stock
stock up
put down
pick up
round up
plant
build up
park
lay down
bring together
keep hold of
roll up
hold fast to
keep possession of
hold back
lock away
put in storage
scratch up
keep to yourself
save for rainy day
coffer
scrape up
squirrel something away
muster
mound
speculate
hill
pile
rustle up
rake together
lay something in
have an account
buffer
omit
tuck away
entrust
consign
lodge
put in the bank
clear
keep on hand
build up stocks
house
commit
secrete
leave behind
hush up
keep from
ensconce
safeguard
budget
accrete
multiply
snowball
accrue
increase
constellate
lump
congregate
group
use sparingly
conglomerate
aggregate
rack up
run up
array
shelve
extract
harvest
cull
bulk up
economize on
be frugal with
use economically
cover
ditch
duck
screen
put in the hole
repress
file
stifle
manage thriftily
scare up
search out
retain possession of
tot up
get hold of
group together
lump together
keep for oneself
set something by
hold in
uphold
not part with
save for a rainy day
perpetuate
own
contain
command
detain
grasp
cherish
enjoy
grip
nurture
place
tuck
mothball
warehouse
continue with
keep possession
clutch on to
hold fast
cleave to
continue to have
hutch
reposit
pack up
put up
pack away
put in store
lock up
put into storage
get in supplies of
tidy away
tidy up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To act in a submissive manner
truckle
kowtow
toady
submit
yield
fawn
concede
crouch
pander
apple-polish
bootlick
brown-nose
crawl
cringe
fuss
grovel
stoop
suck up
bend the knee
be obsequious
brownnose
cajole
flatter
give in
give way
kiss-up
make up
massage
oil
prostrate oneself
smoodge
stroke
woo
bow and scrape
curry favour
UK
curry favor
US
fawn on
pander to
abase oneself before
be servile
butter up
curry favor with
US
curry favour with
UK
dance attendance on
honey up
ingratiate oneself with
kiss up to
knuckle under
lick boots
pay court
fall all over
kiss one's feet
lay it on
play up to
scratch one's back
suck up to
fall on one's knees
eulogize
US
praise
be sycophantic to
be obsequious to
kowtow to
be servile to
crawl to
creep to
truckle to
soft-soap
sweet-talk
toady to
pay court to
grovel before
cringe before
praise to excess
blandish
cotton
make up to
jolly
fall over oneself for
kneel
slaver
creep
court
debase
abase
snow
eulogise
UK
smarm around
bow
scrape
cower
invite
praise to the skies
smoodge to
sing the praises of
bow and scrape before
be all over
rub up the right way
cave in to
be at beck and call
cater to
lay it on thick
lay it on with a trowel
buddy up
grovel to
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
be sycophantic towards
be servile towards
demean oneself to
prostrate oneself to
bow and scrape to
keep someone sweet
lick someone's boots
kiss the feet of
politic
soften up
gratify
play the game
please
soap
satisfy
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prevent from progress
retard
arrest
check
decelerate
delay
handicap
brake
clog
detain
hinder
impede
obstruct
encumber
postpone
slow down
stall
hamper
curb
hamstring
hold back
hold up
inhibit
set back
slow up
interrupt
keep back
put back
restrain
restrict
slacken
slow
cumber
stay
trammel
baffle
baulk
UK
balk
US
bog
choke
crimp
dawdle
decrease
down
falter
fetter
flag
hesitate
interfere with
lessen
loaf
loiter
mire
poke
reduce
retardate
put a brake on
back off
bog down
choke off
close off
hang up
let up
shut down
shut off
take down
bring to screeching halt
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
stymie
shackle
stop
pause
halt
thwart
block
cramp
hobble
frustrate
derail
handcuff
shelve
hog-tie
remit
prorogue
put off
suspend
stand in the way of
hold over
manacle
short-circuit
tie up
waive
hold off
interfere
stonewall
forestall
sabotage
foil
catch
still
bridle
limit
withhold
protract
repress
prevent
cripple
deter
bork
intermit
bar
prolong
confine
hold
freeze
tarry
prevaricate
stand
dither
quibble
bring up
pull up
fetch up
equivocate
draw up
fence
stave off
stand still
stand off
not move
peter out
buy time
hold off on
avoid the issue
take one's time
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
drag one's feet
make late
get in the way of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Be subjected to
undergo
endure
experience
suffer
sustain
bear
go through
stand
weather
withstand
face
receive
brave
encounter
feel
have
know
pass
see
submit to
support
taste
tolerate
undertake
witness
abide
be subjected to
bow
brook
engage in
live through
share
thole
wear
yield
come in for
bear up
cope with
meet with
put up with
accept
take
stomach
hack
handle
countenance
absorb
swallow
bide
go
meet
pocket
live with
stick
sit tight
concede
hang tough
hang in
sweat out
stick out
be big about
consent
acknowledge
stand for
hang in there
bear with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To fail to care for or pay attention to
neglect
overlook
disregard
ignore
discount
forget
abandon
bypass
overpass
shirk
skip
dismiss
forsake
avoid
contemn
desert
discard
omit
pretermit
depreciate
elide
evade
miss
overleap
postpone
procrastinate
reject
scant
underestimate
leave undone
pass over
be lax about
gloss over
let pass
not attend to
pay no attention to
pay no heed to
pay no mind
set aside
skimp on
brush aside
brush off
fail to look after
leave alone
let go
let slide
lose sight of
not care for
procrastinate over
shrug off
take no notice of
think little of
be remiss about
not care
pass up
pay little attention to
slur over
tune out
turn a deaf ear to
turn your back on
be careless
be derelict
be indifferent
fail to care for
fail to provide for
live with
not trouble oneself
be irresponsible
be negligent
be remiss
laugh off
be remiss in
keep at arm's length
make light of
throw to the winds
trifle with
keep one's distance
fail to remember
look the other way
have nothing to do with
not remember
slight
fail
turn a blind eye to
pass by
whitewash
condone
excuse
paper over
wink at
blink at
leave out
turn a blind eye
escape
unheed
unmind
dispense with
gloze over
skip over
dodge
shun
sidestep
duck
pass
forgive
remit
pardon
elude
minimize
US
shake
pooh-pooh
play down
get around
run away from
let something slide
get out of
funk
duck-shove
weasel out of
wriggle out of
minimise
UK
cut
eschew
finesse
scape
slough off
cop out of
fail to notice
be oblivious to
miss out
duck out of
shuffle out of
blow off
turn back on
shut eyes to
leave be
take no account of
write off
let ride
leave
not choose
close the eyes to
not dwell on
skirt
blank over
put behind you
erase from your mind
put out of your mind
lose track of
short-circuit
dance around
shy from
connive
cushion
leave something undone
pussyfoot around
tergiversate
skirt round
disbelieve
let something go downhill
blank
blink
keep one's distance from
fend off
go around
shake off
give the slip to
lay low from
undersell
dispel
doubt
let something go to seed
lay aside
take with a pinch of salt
give no credence to
shirk from
decline
connive at
cold-shoulder
go over the head of
leave out of account
let off easy
send to Coventry
brush away
turn a deaf ear
put aside
disdain
forgo
wave aside
sweep aside
forget about
give something a miss
steer clear of
stop thinking about
give a miss
skim over
play hooky
do without
bunk off
flee
slip up
look past
slip up on
pay no attention
leave out of consideration
scoff at
refuse to acknowledge
flout
spurn
trivialize
US
misheed
think no more of
belittle
have no time for
let fall between the cracks
never mind
push aside
look through
trivialise
UK
brush something aside
let it go
take no notice
turn blind eye
pay no mind to
turn deaf ear
shut your eyes to
close your eyes to
not take into account
bury one's head in sand
cock a snook at
shuffle off
body-swerve
not attend
shrink from
scrimshank
play truant from
quit
creep
parry
dog
cheat
slide out of
fence
bob off
skive off
lie down on job
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Pause in indecision before saying or doing something
hesitate
delay
dither
pause
waver
vacillate
wait
shilly-shally
equivocate
haver
falter
hang back
scruple
temporise
UK
temporize
US
oscillate
stall
balance
be uncertain
boggle
dilly-dally
doubt
halt
stagger
stumble
swither
teeter
wabble
wobble
baulk
UK
balk
US
be hesitant
be indecisive
demur
fumble
shillyshally
stammer
stutter
alternate
be doubtful
be reluctant
be unsure
be unwilling
dally
dawdle
debate
deliberate
dillydally
flounder
fluctuate
hang
hedge
hover
linger
mammer
ponder
pussyfoot
seesaw
shift
shrink
shrink from
stop
straddle
swerve
tergiversate
waffle
weigh
be disinclined
be in a dilemma
be in a quandary
be in two minds
have second thoughts
be irresolute
blow hot and cold
have qualms
hold back
hold off
pull back
shy away
think about
think twice
hum and haw
sit on fence
be on the horns of a dilemma
hem and haw
be undecided
procrastinate
pussyfoot around
sit on the fence
yo-yo
sway
totter
tarry
prevaricate
tremble
see-saw
vary
swing
reel
dodge
shake
shy
lurch
lag
speak haltingly
get cold feet
break
beat about the bush
put off
be ambivalent
flinch
whiffle
recoil
rock
faff about
blunder
change
evade
drag your feet
loiter
stonewall
run hot and cold
hang fire
roll
drag
poke
quibble
mess about
draw back
waste time
use delaying tactics
play for time
be non-committal
splutter
dodge the issue
evade the issue
chop and change
flip-flop
jib
quiver
quail
flannel
take your time
play a waiting game
parry questions
be unable to make up your mind
fudge the issue
veer
rest
quaver
cower
faff around
shudder
trifle
straggle
be evasive
palter
eschew
duck the question
shuffle
filibuster
diddle
creep
crawl
topple
duck
shirk
lollygag
back away
mark time
waddle
lallygag
mope
have doubts
hang around
be unable to decide
hang about
shrink back
beg the question
take one's time
drag one's feet
go from one extreme to the other
beat around the bush
hobble
desist
wince
adjourn
fluff
gain time
cringe
start
dodder
fudge
mumble
refuse
take a break
sidestep
idle
call time
have a breather
take a breather
stop briefly
sputter
weasel
flicker
quake
squinch
blench
careen
recoil from
flinch from
take ten
take five
avoid
trip
be vague
elude
escape
hang on
jive
tergiverse
shuck
while away time
putter
blanch
pitch
mince words
walk unsteadily
weave
undulate
quail at
withdraw
keep changing your mind
fumble for words
vibrate
wheel
zigzag
jib at
wave
cop out
run around
turn away
blink
kill time
stay put
stall for time
be unsteady
lag behind
goof off
kick the can down the road
retreat
pass the buck
ebb and flow
be dilatory
rise and fall
drag your heels
put off doing something
cop a plea
go up and down
wobble about
change one's mind
limp
wiggle-waggle
be on the fence
will and will not
muddle
potter
tumble
sit tight
hold on
fence-straddle
bobble
change mind
speak falteringly
dribble
slouch
loll
be defective
shamble
toddle
mess around
fence
hold your horses
hold your fire
move slowly
um and ah
second-guessing oneself
doubt yourself
become unsteady
have misgivings
doubt oneself
parry
postpone
retard
prolong
protract
express misgivings
express reservations
express reluctance
sit around
be tardy
be long
fool around
bide
avoid committing oneself
goldbrick
cool
slip
slide
shimmy
remain
be ambiguous
cavil
stay
trip over your tongue
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
jump back
react
resile
shun
flee
jabber
hammer
repeat
trim
con
adumbrate
double-talk
lie
falsify
fib
step back
carom
stickle
stick
spring back
balk at
shrink away
move back
rotate
titubate
move clumsily
shuffle about
postpone action
defer action
suspend action
let slide
take a raincheck
retire
recede
whiffle waffle
warm a chair
hang round
tail
trail
tool
lose time
get no place fast
lodge
goof around
hold the phone
stop over
cover up
straddle the fence
trip up
stub toe
tail off
be tentative
stay back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
fight shy of
back off
baulk at
boggle at
avoid the issue
tell white lie
cloud the issue
duck the issue
give run around
dance around
euphemize
tapdance
walk falteringly
wait and see
be cagey
have difficulty
get into difficulties
get nowhere
stumble over your words
swivel
move back and forth
waggle
pendulate
librate
move backward and forward
move to and fro
wiggle
whirl
switch
pivot
toss
waltz
ripple
dangle
thrash
wag
fishtail
teeter-totter
palpitate
be divided
drop the ball
alter
feel uncertain
wonder about
hang back from
hesitate to
vacillate about
scruple about
cease
second-guessing yourself
think something unlikely
be dubious
lack conviction
be sceptical
resist
fudge and mudge
back and fill
discontinue
mutate
differ
snap
shiver
have misgivings about
have scruples about
think twice about
have qualms about
be chary of
be reluctant about
harbour suspicions about
express reservations about
harbour reservations about
fluctuate on
have doubts about
feel uneasy about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
have reservations about
entertain doubts about
have suspicions about
flutter
shy away from
be coy about
be cagey about
be shy about
amble
plod
be unstable
interrupt
come and go
break off
buy time
wait around
scorn
disdain
refuse to
pull up
sideline
suspend
take a breath
reflect
drop
sidestep the issue
be slow
fall behind
horse around
potter around
potter round
potter about
not keep pace
be unwilling to
crimp
demur from
shy from
draw back from
be reluctant to
hesitate over
scruple to
cramp
let up
hate to
not like to
take exception to
draw the line at
be noncommittal
give the run around
stop short
rein in
turn down
put on hold
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
upset apple cart
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To express approval or agreement
assent
accept
approve
bless
rubber-stamp
sanction
agree to
authorise
UK
authorize
US
endorse
licence
US
license
UK
mandate
pass
ratify
validate
warrant
accede
accede to
acquiesce
acquiesce in
agree
back
buy
concur in
confirm
consent
consent to
OK
subscribe
support
accord
adopt
allow
come round
comply
concur
conform
ditto
embrace
espouse
grant
okay
permit
recognise
UK
recognize
US
say yes to
cave in
give five
give in
give the go-ahead to
give the nod
give the OK to
knuckle under
pass on
say the word
say uncle
shake on
subscribe to
cut a deal
give the green light to
give the thumbs up to
go along with
go with the flow
heed
submit to
pay attention to
acquiesce to
comply with
assent to
bow down to
toe the line
yield
play along with
be guided by
conform to
concur with
acknowledge
defer to
toe the mark
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▲
Accredit, assign to
credit
accredit
ascribe
attribute
impute
assign
chalk up
lay
put down
refer
set down
associate with
connect with
ascribe to
attribute to
charge to
stick something on
chalk up to
lay at the door of
charge
pin on
reference
lay on
put down to
blame
allocate
allot
blame on
set down to
hang on
give the credit for
put-down
give credit
trace to
impose
attach
fix
consider
brand
insinuate
imply
complain
indict
hint
reckon
accuse
censure
assert
adduce
allege
intimate
implicate
challenge
cite
stigmatize
US
stigmatise
UK
stick on
hang something on
apply
rationalize
US
explain
trace
account for
associate
rationalise
UK
explain away
connect
pin something on
hold responsible for
fix upon
place something on
lay something on
hold responsible
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