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Past tense for attack or criticize (someone)
Past tense for to make an effort at doing something
Past tense for to severely reprimand or criticize someone
Past tense for to attack verbally or physically
Past tense for to agree to take responsibility of
Past tense for to devote effort to something
Past tense for to have as one's goal
Past tense for to grab (someone), usually aggressively, to stop them or bring them to ground
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Past tense for attack or criticize (someone)
attacked
criticised
UK
criticized
US
found fault with
arraigned
censured
condemned
denounced
lambasted
pilloried
carped at
cast aspersions on
cavilled at
denigrated
deprecated
disapproved of
disparaged
inveighed against
poured scorn on
railed against
besmirched
blasted
hammered
knocked
maligned
panned
ran down
run down
slammed
slurred
vilified
bad-mouthed
gave flak to
given flak to
laced into
laid into
nitpicked about
picked holes in
pulled apart
pulled to pieces
threw brickbats at
thrown brickbats at
crucified
gave a bad press to
given a bad press to
hit out at
mauled
roasted
savaged
skewered
slagged off
slated
animadverted on
bagged
cut up
gave some stick to
given some stick to
pummelled
UK
pummeled
US
rated
reprobated
rubbished
slashed
trashed
vituperated against
aspersed
derogated
excoriated
flayed
got angry with
gotten angry with
objurgated
reprehended
reprimanded
put down
dissed
castigated
abused
reviled
bashed
let someone have it
let fly at
berated
vituperated
flamed
reproved
set upon
pitched into
rebuked
tore into
torn into
upbraided
fulminated against
decried
belittled
chastised
belabored
US
belaboured
UK
assailed
reproached
impugned
dressed down
lit into
jumped on
scathed
chid
chided
lashed out at
faulted
scolded
discredited
bawled out
depreciated
derided
harangued
dragged through the mud
sailed into
set about
hauled over the coals
scoffed at
chewed out
blamed
vilipended
slagged
defamed
dispraised
admonished
carpeted
insulted
scorned
potshotted
weighed into
beat
detracted from
read the riot act
cried down
cut down
talked down
ranted at
diminished
minimized
US
denunciated
slighted
took to task
taken to task
blistered
railed at
dismissed
played down
turned on
waded into
trash-talked
picked to pieces
rounded on
minimised
UK
spread lies about
slandered
traduced
assaulted
set on
dumped on
undervalued
ridiculed
took to pieces
taken to pieces
underrated
beset
sledged
discounted
did a hatchet job on
done a hatchet job on
scorched
pooh-poohed
reamed out
kissed off
told off
sneered at
hit
calumniated
caned
found lacking
contemned
underestimated
smeared
trivialized
US
ripped
carped
deflated
nitpicked over
mocked
treated lightly
rapped
made light of
called down
trivialised
UK
got stuck into
held cheap
misprized
found fault
shot down
libeled
US
libelled
UK
stigmatized
US
done down
did down
blackened the name of
anathematized
spoken ill of
spoke ill of
remonstrated with
raved at
lectured
stigmatised
UK
fallen on
fell on
execrated
marginalized
US
charged
come down on
flew at
skinned
ripped into
ticked off
struck out at
flown at
marginalised
UK
nagged at
put away
made an assault on
rushed
launched an attack on
minified
cut down to size
downgraded
bagged on
judged
launched oneself at
wrote off
written off
spoke badly of
spoken badly of
sullied the reputation of
criticizes severely
rollicked
bollocked
complained about
deplored
slung mud at
ragged
pounced on
drubbed
thrashed
lashed
thumped
battered
accosted
keelhauled
degraded
basted
passed strictures upon
pasted
rapped over the knuckles
jawed
pounced upon
stormed
torn down
struck
tongue-lashed
beat up
punished
picked at
called over the coals
tore down
given someone a bad press
scored
gave someone a bad press
laughed off
jumped
poor-mouthed
proscribed
detracted
laughed at
thrown mud at
threw mud at
tore off a strip
torn off a strip
tore a strip off
taken down
torn a strip off
took down
brought into disrepute
blackened the reputation of
conducted a smear campaign against
blackened the character of
grouched about
groused about
quibbled about
carped about
whined about
moaned about
given someone hell
gave someone hell
debased
blackened
gave someone a roasting
given someone a roasting
devalued
torn to pieces
tore to pieces
bellyached about
griped about
beefed about
whinged about
demeaned
disdained
curst
cursed
cussed
mugged
beaten
given something a bad press
torn to shreds
busted
given a rocket
worked over
descended on
sounded off about
ostracized
US
clobbered
cast out
cheapened
gone for
went for
put a whammy on
shellacked
gave a rocket
looked down one's nose at
nit-picked
scourged
objected to
beat up on
gave something a bad press
disapproved
fustigated
downplayed
caviled
US
blitzed
put someone in their place
nitpicked
read out
ostracised
UK
lammed into
lowered
got at
hit out
sicced
lashed into
sold short
came down on
trimmed
ripped up
jumped down someone's throat
slugged
tore to shreds
had at
besieged
skinned alive
put hooks in
cut to bits
cavilled
UK
descended upon
cut to the quick
zapped
spoken evil of
spoke evil of
torn apart
tore apart
gave a bad name
given a bad name
gave someone a rollicking
hitten
gave someone a dressing-down
given someone a dressing-down
stricken
bit someone's head off
taken apart
took apart
bitten someone's head off
given someone a bollocking
hat
given someone a rollicking
beaten up
gave someone a bollocking
refuted
voodooed
dug
mistreated
demonized
US
jinxed
surprised
ambushed
doomed
sentenced
beat someone up
penalised
UK
framed
whipped
humbled
fell upon
passed judgment
threw shade
went in on
piled in
had a pop at
lampooned
destroyed
pinned it on
roughed up
looked down on
jumped down one's throat
gotten at
spurned
expelled
impeached
devaluated
screamed at
poormouthed
lessened
shot full of holes
cudgeled
US
beat the living daylights out of
run at
rushed upon
fluffed
complained of
demonised
UK
named
animadverted upon
imprecated
taken a swipe at
launched at
given something a battering
maltreated
understated
dratted
compromised
charged with
taken down a peg
snapped someone's head off
squelched
hung something on
smothered
convicted
held responsible
snapped at
remonstrated
pointed finger at
rushed at
rapped knuckles
had your knife in
pulled up
fallen upon
slapped down
inveigled against
argued with
slogged
took a swipe at
raided
animadverted
took down a peg
lashed out
questioned
darned
scandalized
US
sprung on
discountenanced
held accountable
gone for the jugular
disgraced
showed up
went for the jugular
yelled at
knocked off high horse
sent up
sent up the river
disagreed with
picked apart
harshed
declaimed against
shouted at
thundered against
gave something a battering
jeered at
come at
held someone to blame
slapped
sneered
bushwhacked
sniped
gone in on
pronounced
sweared
prosecuted
called to account
penalized
US
rebuffed
brought down
indicted
incriminated
squashed
disciplined
laid at one's door
humiliated
complained to
browbeat
clamored against
sprung at
confounded
raked over the coals
knocked off
scandalised
UK
declaimed
started on
jeered
duffed up
encountered
cudgelled
UK
criticized unfairly
exprobated
jumped on one's case
started in
criticized harshly
invaded
looked askance
rejected
banished
adjudged
thrown shade
banned
blasphemed
ragged on
spoke of with disfavour
spoken of with disfavour
sworn
swore
gave a tongue-lashing
given a tongue-lashing
took on
taken on
assaulted verbally
gave comeuppance
given comeuppance
beaten someone up
wrote down
written down
gave black eye
bad mouthed
given black eye
given bad press
gave bad press
done a number on
given the business
gave the business
did a number on
backbitten
backbit
gotten after
got after
gave a black eye
given a black eye
given someone bondi
gave someone bondi
blown whistle on
blew whistle on
came at
went on at
gone on at
sprang on
gave someone a beating
sprang at
beatbeat the living daylights out of the living daylights out of
went after
ran at
given someone a beating
gone after
taken exception to
argued against
taken issue with
took issue with
took exception to
took down a peg or two
browbeaten
taken down a peg or two
dishonoured
UK
sullied
dishonored
US
stained
smirched
tarnished
tainted
shamed
injured
spread scandal about
cast a slur on
defiled
blotted
soiled
befouled
dragged through the mire
spotted
spoiled
US
spoilt
UK
besmeared
damaged
disrespected
flung mud at
reduced
abased
fouled
brought discredit to
brought shame upon
muckraked
reflected badly on
brought shame on
offended
blemished
cast down
embarrassed
chastened
mortified
blotched
breathed on
snubbed
run smear campaign
taunted
ripped up and down
tarred and feathered
dirtied
misrepresented
smudged
hurt
ruined
contaminated
polluted
corrupted
badmouthed
scoffed
crushed
undermined
marred
grimed
muddied
begrimed
told lies about
poisoned
put in a bad light
spread tales about
outraged
affronted
discolored
US
tarred
marked
discoloured
UK
sank
sunk
sunken
slanged
daubed
belied
ran smear campaign
perverted
run a smear campaign against
blackened someone's name
debauched
upset
brought low
dragged someone's name through the mud
branded
teased
accused
wound
wounded
demoted
zinged
disesteemed
gibed
railed
burlesqued
caricatured
girt
girded
disregarded
miscalled
villainized
abashed
twitted
disfavored
hit where one lives
disfavoured
treated disrespectfully
prostituted
prejudiced
made fun of
thought little of
appalled
cut rate
called names
cut dead
bemeant
bemeaned
mucked
gaumed
bemired
distained
mired
hurt somebody's feelings
owned
cast slur on
put zingers on
slung mud
set back
brushed aside
marked down
blackguarded
cast aside
marked wrong
dragged name through mud
cast aspersion
put out of countenance
made impure
despised
put to shame
adulterated
made unclean
made someone eat crow
caused to lose face
slang
annoyed
ran a smear campaign against
provoked
aggravated
spited
gossipped
lied
gossiped
backstabbed
bedaubed
insinuated
weakened
ignored
nagged
lowered in rank
decreased
strumpeted
plastered
lowered in status
reamed
discommended
made little of
objected
frowned
expostulated
exposed
gossiped about
disobliged
irritated
condescended
deigned
commented negatively
heaped
persecuted
oppressed
subdued
flouted
chaffed
mistrusted
growled
riled
repudiated
relegated
disgusted
shocked
discomfited
hosed
satirized
US
tormented
stooped
jibed at
jibed
scouted
depressed
underrepresented
underpriced
discarded
disclaimed
disowned
horrified
chagrined
anointed
betrayed
subordinated
soft-pedalled
soft-pedaled
not gone for
bastardized
US
vitiated
deteriorated
depraved
subverted
profaned
warped
cankered
demoralized
US
rallied
razzed
ribbed
kidded
bantered
louted
jollied
descended
quizzed
caused offence to
complained
sniped at
brushed off
declassed
glossed over
cussed out
quashed
crawled
held up to ridicule
heaped scorn on
poked fun at
satirised
UK
held forth against
dragged down
withered
subtracted from
own
gave offence to
given offence to
undersold
sickened
repelled
attainted
desecrated
nauseated
revolted
sold out
told someone to get lost
brought into disfavour
subjugated
bastardised
UK
demoralised
UK
vanquished
confused
made sport of
poked mullock at
treated with contempt
flouted at
stepped on one's toes
tied into
beat down
bumped
reverted
broke
broken
brake
displeased
wrote false reports about
written false reports about
reduced to the ranks
kicked downstairs
lost face
exposed to ridicule
laid down the law
talked trash
dismayed
misrespected
made a fool of
darkened
made someone eat humble pie
held up to shame
blackballed
clouded
settled someone's hash
dragged through mud
disrated
accused falsely
caused raised eyebrows
misbid
lowered the status of
cold-shouldered
raised eyebrows amongst
caused to feel small
swept aside
bloodied
made ashamed
caused a few raised eyebrows amongst
withdrawn
withdrew
rid
ridden
rode
lay about
lain about
given a talking-to
gave a talking-to
shown someone up
showed someone up
taken dim view of
took dim view of
swore at
blew off
sworn at
blown off
taken away from
took away from
shown in a bad light
showed in a bad light
beaten down
taken away
took away
threw stones at
thrown stones at
took swipe at
taken swipe at
taken a dig at
took a dig at
took the piss out of
taken the piss out of
barked at
given a bad name to
gave a bad name to
taken the mickey
took the mickey
took the wind out of your sails
taken the wind out of your sails
misbad
misbidden
given someone the brush-off
given the cold shoulder to
gave someone the brush-off
gave the cold shoulder to
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Past tense for to make an effort at doing something
took a run at
taken a run at
took a stab at
taken a stab at
set out
tried
attempted
aimed
strived
essayed
endeavoured
UK
sought
endeavored
US
ventured
struggled
assayed
had a go
had a shot
busted a gut
made an effort
knocked oneself out
had a stab at
had a crack
aspired
laboured
UK
labored
US
exerted oneself
had a crack at
tried out
had a stab
spared no effort
had a shot at
pulled out all the stops
made every effort
moved heaven and earth
jumped through hoops
strove
striven
undertaken
undertook
toiled
worked
wrought
tackled
pushed
tried hard
applied oneself
made a run at
made an all-out effort
gone all out
dug deep
went all out
offered
embarked on
put to the test
bent over backwards
made an attempt
dug deeper
ruptured yourself
sweat
bid
took on
broken your neck
taken on
given it a whirl
broke your neck
gave it your best shot
did all one can
given it your best shot
gave it a whirl
done all one can
strained
competed
contended
entreated
fought
worked hard
pursued
scrambled
jockeyed
hustled
travailed
went for it
gone for it
gave something a whirl
went for broke
leaned over backwards
dipped into
shot the works
gone for broke
made an attempt at
pegged away
did your damnedest
tried your hand
gave it your all
shot for
sweated
slaved
done your damnedest
dug away
done your utmost
took it on oneself
done your best
given it your all
had at it
banged away
taken it on oneself
dabbled
did your best
exerted yourself
tried for
drudged
did your utmost
had a bash
done one's best
worked at
slogged
beavered away
experimented
went the limit
did one's best
plowed
US
gone the limit
slogged away
given something a whirl
made effort
leant over backwards
solicited
moiled
left no stone unturned
tried one's hand at
attacked
taken a whack at
took a whack at
aspired to
drave
driven
foughten
druv
drove
went for the jugular
bore down
borne down
done all you can
ploughed
UK
fallen over backwards
did all you can
gone for the jugular
fell over backwards
taken pains
took pains
took a crack at
given your all
gave a fling
took best shot
given a fling
did your best to
took the bit between your teeth
given old college try
bade
done your best to
gave something the old college try
given something a go
gave your all
given it a burl
given best shot
given it a try
did level best
given something a try
gave old college try
taken a crack at
gave something a try
gave something a go
gave it a fly
given it a fly
gave it a go
taken best shot
taken the bit between your teeth
gave best shot
gave it a try
given something the old college try
given it a go
gave it a burl
done level best
plodded
grubbed
plugged
tugged
humped
grinded
ground
put yourself out
plugged away
worked like a Trojan
grafted
killed oneself
worked like a dog
sweated blood
knuckled down
kept at it
worked your fingers to the bone
kept your nose to the grindstone
slaved away
made a great effort
pushed oneself
buckled down
persevered
put one's back into something
bullocked
ground away
kept your head down
plodded away
worked day and night
applied
poured it on
put one's back into it
trudged
battled
hammered away
grubbed away
persisted
made a supreme effort
went for the doctor
gone for the doctor
worked oneself to the bone
tried as hard as one can
broke one's back
broken one's back
devoted
exerted
hammered
lumbered
staggered
addrest
addressed
overwrought
overworked
set
grappled
had a swing at
tried one's hardest
studied hard
pushed yourself
dug
skivvied
buckled to
soldiered on
mucked
committed oneself
devoted yourself
carried on
directed
bent
bended
made a pass at
worked one's socks off
worked your guts out
plugged along
used some elbow grease
burnt the candle at both ends
dragged oneself
set one's sights
pegged along
burned the candle at both ends
worked like a slave
put up a fight against
put one's back in it
put one's shoulder to the wheel
ploughed through
hit the ball
sweated away
busted chops
suffered
banged on
searched
had one's nose to grindstone
tolled
committed
purposed
scrutinized
US
gave
given
determined
trailed
taxed
pegged
dedicated
punished
oppressed
overtaxed
overexerted
schlepped
concentrated
puttered
grafted away
paid attention
endured
cultivated
turned
tended
flogged
shown dedication
showed commitment
shown commitment
showed dedication
scrutinised
UK
tried very hard
pounded
performed
campaigned
withstood
had a whack
gone for
went for
strained every nerve
pushed oneself to the limit
settled
fixed
fixt
groveled
US
grovelled
UK
studied
tried to obtain
tried to get
overworked oneself
headed-down
vied for
made a bid
lifted a finger
stood up to
worked very hard
gotten stuck in
got stuck in
kept going
pressed on
fronted up
chipped away at
driven oneself
drove oneself
ground out
worked fingers to bone
pulled out all stops
gone hard
tried your best
kept nose to grindstone
gone hammer and tongs
had designs
made a move
pegged away at
made a pitch for
worked one's butt off
went hard
made a play for
broke sweat
broken sweat
moved mountains
plodded along
made a special effort
emptied the tank
dug in
gave all one's got
given all one's got
went ham
dived in
gone ham
pitched in
had in view
went hammer and tongs
made a bid for
worked hard to
taken care
took care
taken great pains
took great pains
thrown
threw
drove oneself to the limit
driven oneself to the limit
acquited oneself
drove at
driven at
driven for
drove for
went after
gone after
gone to war
went to war
applied oneself to
took a shot at
taken a shot at
went out of the way
gone out of the way
taken special pains
took special pains
gone all-out for
went all-out for
given it all one has
gave it all one has
went all-out
went the whole nine yards
gone the whole nine yards
gone all-out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to severely reprimand or criticize someone
gave someone hell
given someone hell
admonished
chastised
rebuked
reprimanded severely
berated
castigated
chid
chided
pulled up
remonstrated with
reproached
reproved
scolded
upbraided
censured
criticised
UK
criticized
US
lambasted
lectured
took to task
taken to task
told off
dressed down
rapped
bawled out
blasted
blew up
blown up
gave a talking-to
given a talking-to
gave someone a telling-off
given someone a telling-off
hauled over the coals
laced into
laid into
pitched into
ragged
carpeted
gave a rocket
given a rocket
gave someone a dressing-down
given someone a dressing-down
gave someone an earful
given someone an earful
gave someone a roasting
given someone a roasting
gave someone a rollicking
given someone a rollicking
keelhauled
rapped over the knuckles
read the riot act
ticked off
wigged
bollocked
called down
chewed out
came down hard on
come down hard on
gave someone a caning
given someone a caning
let someone have it
rated
reamed out
gave someone a mouthful
given someone a mouthful
gave someone a wigging
given someone a wigging
gave someone some stick
given someone some stick
gave someone what for
given someone what for
objurgated
reprehended
trimmed
gave someone a bollocking
given someone a bollocking
gave someone a rating
given someone a rating
tore off a strip
torn off a strip
sent someone away with a flea in their ear
put on the mat
reprimanded
rowed
come down on
slapped down
flayed
basted
railed at
tongue-lashed
ranted at
railed against
hammered
jawed
scored
blamed
gave someone a row
given someone a row
came down on
put down
condemned
raked over the coals
tore into
torn into
reamed
slapped someone's wrist
flamed
denounced
jumped on
called on the carpet
chastened
checked
abused
dissed
excoriated
vituperated
found fault with
jumped down one's throat
nagged
pummelled
UK
railed
slated
blew up at
blown up at
cautioned
reprobated
yelled at
monished
talked to
lit into
lessoned
reviled
disparaged
attacked
accused
raked
leaned on
given a piece of one's mind
rapped on knuckles
brought to book
pummeled
US
took to the woodshed
climbed all over
gone on at
told a thing or two
strongly criticized
disciplined
slapped on wrist
jawboned
went on at
gave a piece of one's mind
laid down the law
lashed
cavilled
UK
caviled
US
taken to the woodshed
torn a strip off
tore a strip off
discredited
defamed
punished
slammed
disgraced
slanged
preached
dishonoured
UK
lowered the boom
dishonored
US
belaboured
UK
laid on
cussed out
knocked
sounded off
scathed
shouted at
criticized hatefully
blistered
aspersed
burned one's ears
vilified
drawn the line
chewed
come down on like a ton of bricks
jumped all over
assailed
laid out
raked over coals
spoken to
kept after
savaged
bashed
called to account
adjured
spoke to
gave a going over
dragged over the coals
rapped someone the knuckles
threaped
expostulated
given a going over
praught
advised
taunted
pointed the finger
visited
bagged
expressed disapproval of
skinned
called to task
feruled
counseled
US
harassed
denunciated
ripped into
sent someone away with a flea in his
severely reprimanded
warned
carped on
found fault
counselled
UK
meted out punishment to
trounced
belabored
US
had someone on the carpet
corrected
scorched
panned
exprobated
rapped across the knuckles
exprobrated
made an example of
fried
drew the line
recriminated
had words
trashed
criticizes severely
ripped
picked on
opposed
got on
potshotted
taught a lesson
harangued
zapped
ragged on
lay out
gave the dickens
given the dickens
gave tongue-lashing
given tongue-lashing
torn apart
tore apart
went after
gone after
given the business
gave the business
torn down
criticizes strongly
criticized strongly
tore down
lay on
gave comeuppance
given comeuppance
given the devil
gave the devil
spoke
gave someone stick
thrown the book at
came down on like a ton of bricks
spake
given someone stick
threw the book at
spoken
ate out
gave one hell
given someone a carpeting
slang
eaten out
chewn
gave someone a carpeting
given one hell
gave a hard time
gotten on
taken down
taken down a peg
took down
given a hard time
took down a peg
gotten after
got after
given someone a dressing down
given someone a telling off
tore someone a new one
gave someone a dressing down
gave someone a telling off
torn someone a new one
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to attack verbally or physically
beat someone up
beaten someone up
assaulted
attacked
battered
clobbered
did over
done over
knocked about
knocked around
mugged
pounded
pummelled
UK
pummeled
US
thrashed
worked over
filled in
jumped
kicked in
laced into
laid into
pasted
pitched into
roughed up
sailed into
got stuck into
beat up on
duffed up
let someone have it
beat the living daylights out of
beatbeat the living daylights out of the living daylights out of
beat
hit
set about
set upon
let fly at
walloped
wallopped
lit into
beat up
set on
struck
beaten
assailed
hammered
hat
hitten
bopped
biffed
punched
pelted
turned on
drubbed
lambasted
tore into
torn into
beaten up
lashed out at
stricken
kicked
clocked
clipt
clipped
larruped
slogged
larrupped
decked
buffeted
buffetted
smacked
busted
bombarded
boffed
batted
clouted
belted
whipped
knocked
plugged
whacked
socked
whopped
invaded
clubbed
fell on
fallen on
weighed into
flogged
tonked
rained blows on
cudgelled
UK
cudgeled
US
thumped
gave someone a beating
given someone a beating
thwacked
whaled
battled
pounced on
knocked into the middle of next week
belaboured
UK
knocked cold
knocked block off
got at
belabored
US
laid one on
struck at
rounded on
fired at
knocked for a loop
assaulted physically
gotten at
smote
smited
smit
smitten
fell upon
fallen upon
given someone a good hiding
gave someone a good hiding
bashed
lashed
bludgeoned
manhandled
switched
abused
banged
pommeled
pommelled
basted
whapped
whupped
tanned
licked
mauled
birched
caned
hid
slated
spanked
threshed
laced
paddled
lathered
tromped
fibbed
hurt
curried
maltreated
punched out
messed up
bunged up
slapped
cuffed
swatted
rapped
slugged
chinned
roughhoused
mistreated
bashed up
slapped around
punished
cracked
hidden
welted
smashed
boxed
bruised
flagellated
quilted
flailed
slammed
rammed
harmed
zapped
lammed
lacerated
mutilated
pounced upon
put in the hospital
beat to a pulp
thrust
aimed blows at
handled roughly
did
done
aggressed
swiped
pulped
flayed
scourged
besieged
broke
broken
lobbed
brake
mishandled
nailed
tagged
impacted
clapt
jabbed
bobbed
thudded
clumped
bonked
clapped
bumped
crashed
collided
impinged
tapped
injured
popped
crowned
whomped
conked
donged
chastised
waxed
disfigured
lamed
dashed against
physically attacked
leaned on
thrusted
knocked someone's lights out
crippled
disabled
come down on
hauled off on
dinged
jumped down one's throat
ill-treated
mashed
dotted
skinned
boxed someone's ears
mangled
skinned alive
drummed
brutalized
US
zonked
beaten to a pulp
wrecked
wound
defaced
laid a finger on
contused
brutalised
UK
maimed
sloshed
wounded
beat someone's brains out
impelled
floored
beaten someone's brains out
taken care of
broken face
took care of
broke face
came down on
gone for
went for
gave black eye
given black eye
given a lesson to
gave a lesson to
gave a going over
given a going over
gave someone what for
gave it to someone
given someone what for
gave someone the works
given it to someone
given someone the works
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to agree to take responsibility of
got stuck into
embarked on
went about
gone about
set about
tackled
commenced
got down to
gotten down to
got to grips with
gotten to grips with
got to work at
made a start on
threw yourself into
thrown yourself into
had a crack at
launched into
started
entered on
had a shot at
ventured into
shouldered
assumed
handled
accepted
attempted
tried
dealt with
undertaken
undertook
began
begun
beared
managed
embarked
taken up
took up
approached
endeavored
US
committed to
entered upon
initiated
endeavoured
UK
made a run at
concentrated on
plunged
become involved in
set upon
got cracking on
ventured on
set in motion
put in motion
engagde in
turned one's hand to
participated in
had a stab at
plunged into
setted about with
devoted oneself to
engaged in
took on
taken on
gone into
took upon oneself
went into
taken upon oneself
addressed oneself to
bore
borne
met
instituted
faced
took responsibility for
embraced
taken responsibility for
attacked
engaged
been responsible for
were responsible for
taken on oneself
taken over
took on oneself
took over
was responsible for
contracted
essayed
gave something a whirl
avowed
gone for
shot the works
had a hand in
went in for
went for
took part in
tried out
fell into
hazarded
carried out
endeavoured to do
agreed to
settled down to
endeavored to do
moved into
taken part in
answered for
became involved in
gone in for
volunteered oneself to
fallen into
given something a whirl
had a try at
committed oneself
immersed yourself
taken forward
addressed oneself
taken the plunge
taken upon yourself
took upon yourself
took forward
took the plunge
taken
took
took in hand
agreed to do
taken in hand
took a flyer
went whole hog
went the limit
gone whole hog
gone the limit
taken a flyer
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to devote effort to something
addressed
addrest
tackled
attacked
confronted
grappled with
attended to
dealt with
undertook
undertaken
concentrated on
fielded
focused on
handled
managed
maneuvered
US
manipulated
manoeuvred
UK
negotiated
saw to
seen to
turned to
applied oneself to
buckled down to
devoted oneself to
embarked on
engaged in
engagde in
hacked
played
swang
swung
swungen
took on
taken on
took up
taken up
treated
attended
concentrated
contended with
coped with
dug
focused
focussed
got down to
gotten down to
settled down to
took in hand
taken in hand
tried
turned
became involved in
become involved in
got cracking on
got stuck into
got to grips with
gotten to grips with
got weaving on
went at
gone at
went for
gone for
hammered away
had at
pegged away
pitched into
tried to deal with
tried to sort out
had a crack at
had a shot at
had a stab at
knuckled down to
pluged away at
plugged away at
took care of
taken care of
threw yourself into
thrown yourself into
directed attention to
turned one's hand to
set about
faced
approached
set to
pursued
dived into
waded into
tried to solve
busied oneself with
got to work at
tried to cope with
come to grips with
engaged
challenged
fought
addressed oneself to
contested
contended
occupied oneself with
setted to work on
plunged into
looked after
started in on
got started on
gone about
went about
got to work on
essayed
attempted
learned to live with
accepted
took measures about
taken measures about
started on
worked on
embarked upon
made a run at
launched into
hammered away at
had a go
applied oneself
setted your hand to
squared off
pegged away at
tried on for size
started the ball rolling
came to grips with
stepped up to the plate
waded in
grappled
foughten
gone to work on
went to work on
began
begun
taken forward
gave something a whirl
sank your teeth into
took the bit between your teeth
sunk your teeth into
given something a go
taken a shot at
took a shot at
given something a try
gave something a try
gave something a go
went for it
gone for it
banged away at
taken the bit between your teeth
given something a whirl
took forward
fitted in
incorporated
taken
took
organized
US
sorted out
organised
UK
squeezed in
found time for
did
operated
done
performed
covered
executed
stewarded
overlooked
discussed
settled
run
surmounted
orchestrated
worked
bespoke
wrought
overcome
juggled
made room for
preached to
tended to
carried out
speechified to
pontificated on
made time for
talked to
got over
made arrangements for
turned one's attention to
took charge of
watched over
presided over
delivered a sermon on
slotted in
preachified to
sermonized on
droned on about
talked about
made a speech on
held down
taken charge of
oversaw
overseen
ran
overcame
begun to tackle
began to tackle
gotten over
taken responsibility for
gave attention to
given attention to
took responsibility for
bespake
bespoken
given a sermon on
spoken on
gave an oration on
gave a lecture on
gave an address on
spoken to
gave a discourse on
given a lecture on
spoke to
given an oration on
gave a sermon on
took aim at
given an address on
given a dissertation on
given a speech on
taken aim at
gave a speech on
gave a dissertation on
spoke on
given a discourse on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to have as one's goal
pursued
sought
courted
tried for
aimed at
aimed for
attempted
purposed
pushed towards
quested after
searched for
strived for
strove for
striven for
aspired to
worked towards
worked for
worked toward
went out for
gone out for
had as an objective
had as a goal
Verb
▲
Past tense for to grab (someone), usually aggressively, to stop them or bring them to ground
tackled
stopped
challenged
grabbed
intercepted
seized
blocked
confronted
wrestled
obstructed
threw
thrown
attacked
clutched
collared
felled
fell
floored
grappled
grasped
halted
nailed
sacked
took
taken
caught
downed
brought down
contended with
grappled with
knocked down
took on
taken on
threw down
thrown down
faced up to
took hold of
taken hold of
brought to the ground
put the freeze on
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