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Adjective

On foot

Travelling, especially on foot

Advancing

Noun

The sport of climbing mountains

A journey, especially over long distances

Adverb

Traveling by foot

Verb

Present participle for to walk for a long distance, especially across country

Present participle for to elevate to a higher place or position

Present participle for to grow larger in value, quantity or degree

Present participle for to move or walk, especially in an orderly fashion as a group in a single line

Present participle for to move slowly, heavily, clumsily, or with difficulty

Present participle for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

Present participle for to pull with a jerk or sudden movement

Present participle for to lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails

Present participle for describe or represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably

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Adjective

On foot

Adjective

Travelling, especially on foot

traveling^US

travelling^UK

without a settled home

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Adjective

Advancing

Noun

The sport of climbing mountains

Noun

A journey, especially over long distances

traveling^US

travelling^UK

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Adverb

Traveling by foot

Verb

Present participle for to walk for a long distance, especially across country

travelling^UK

traveling^US

getting some exercise

pounding the pavement

going off at a tangent

getting sidetracked

wandering aimlessly

getting off the point

going for a constitutional

getting no place fast

going hither and thither

socializing^US

socialising^UK

walking back and forth

painting the town red

having a night on the town

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“Both couples began to hike retracing the path that the van had traveled.”

Verb

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Present participle for to elevate to a higher place or position

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Present participle for to grow larger in value, quantity or degree

spiraling^US

spiralling^UK

maximizing^US

maximising^UK

optimizing^US

fanning the flames of

optimising^UK

emphasizing^US

sending through the roof

emphasising^UK

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“Skyrocketing oil prices would hike transportation costs.”

Verb

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Present participle for to move or walk, especially in an orderly fashion as a group in a single line

Verb

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Present participle for to move slowly, heavily, clumsily, or with difficulty

plowing^US

ploughing^UK

laboring^US

labouring^UK

moving with difficulty

getting no place fast

walking with difficulty

making one's way with difficulty

shinnying

shilly-shallying

going slowly

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Present participle for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

colouring^UK

dramatising^UK

dramatizing^US

coloring^US

emphasising^UK

emphasizing^US

making too much of something

piling it on

stretching the truth

putting on

making a big thing of

adding colour

making a federal case of

laying it on with a trowel

blowing something out of all proportion

blowing up out of all proportion

laying it on with a shovel

laying on

making a production out of

drawing the longbow

making a mountain out of a molehill

shooting a line

cooking up

blowing out of proportion

laying it on thick about

bigging up

making a drama out of a crisis

laying it on with a trowel about

enhancing

blowing up out of proportion

making a big thing out of

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

making a production of

mugging

gilding

hyping

laboring^US

labouring^UK

maximizing^US

attaching too much importance to

attaching too much weight to

maximising^UK

making a big thing about

making a big deal out of something

expounding on

harping on about

going on

laying too much emphasis on

placing too much emphasis on

chewing up the scenery

allowing too much for

making a song and dance about

making a fuss

laying too much stress on

making a mountain out of

giving someone a sob story

making mountain of molehill

magnifying importance

making something out of nothing

pumping up

swelling

extending

exaggerating information

going into detail about

promoting

acclaiming

going on and on about

going over the top about

making mountain out of molehill

paying extravagant compliments

embellishing the truth

sweet-talking

giving fulsome praise

laying on with a trowel

camping it up

playing on heartstrings

giving color to

playing to gallery

making a performance of

playing to the gallery

running into the ground

pressing

illuminating

italicizing^US

italicising^UK

putting emphasis on

focusing attention on

calling attention to

turning spotlight on

drawing attention to

bringing attention to

laying emphasis on

bringing to the fore

giving prominence to

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Present participle for to pull with a jerk or sudden movement

Verb

Present participle for to lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails

Verb

Present participle for describe or represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably

eulogising^UK

eulogizing^US

hymning

boosting

lionising^UK

lionizing^US

acclaiming

glamorising^UK

glamorizing^US

canonising^UK

canonizing^US

emblazoning

hailing

honouring^UK

idealising^UK

idealizing^US

carolling^UK

caroling^US

adding distinction to

crying up

heroizing

idolising^UK

idolizing^US

singing

singing the praises of

honoring^US

sounding the praises of

putting on a pedestal

building up

putting up

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