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Verb
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To carry over
beat
defeat
conquer
overcome
best
lick
subdue
master
surmount
worst
dispatch
stop
get
take
overmatch
upend
skunk
trim
triumph over
prevail over
win against
get the better of
get around
do down
knock for a loop
vanquish
overpower
trounce
crush
overwhelm
wipe off map
bring to knees
succeed over
trample underfoot
stifle
whelm
bowl over
finish
squelch
dumbfound
stagger
squash
prostrate
knock for six
abolish
silence
bring down
terminate
topple
eradicate
shake
astonish
daze
knock sideways
surprise
engulf
bewilder
get rid of
take aback
shatter
put a stop to
end
oust
amaze
deaden
depose
crack down on
dethrone
knock down
solve
put the kibosh on
flabbergast
snuff out
stamp out
level
nip in the bud
clamp down on
astound
demoralizeUS
startle
dull
wreck
baffle
stupefy
resolve
eliminate
extirpate
defeat utterly
scotch
diminish
demoraliseUK
do away with
confuse
affect
swallow up
allay
distress
lower
exterminate
liquidate
sort out
crack
find a solution to
find an answer to
consume
raze
numb
move
stir
slap down
disturb
break down
dazzle
strike dumb
appease
put the lid on
get round
muffle
assuage
submerge
lessen
annexUS
tyrannizeUS
fulfilUK
immerse
blunt
render speechless
disconcert
seize
dampen
capture
leave speechless
dismay
rock
find the answer to
find the solution to
occupy
tear down
still
dumfound
dash
thunderstrike
get to
tip
tumble
purge
win out
cripple
tyranniseUK
force
fulfillUS
surround
gain
paralyseUK
be the victor
inhibit
abash
shake up
bring low
paralyzeUS
put out
touch
impress
keep down
win a resounding victory over
hold down
annexeUK
put to shame
carry the day
take over
nullify
run circles around
take the crown
arrest
sit on
dismantle
carry off
spellbind
knock the stuffing out of
take possession of
satisfy
inundate
succeed
slake
sate
satiate
weed out
dispirit
flood
enslave
sap
balkUS
immobilizeUS
weaken
moderate
traumatizeUS
degrade
supplant
downgrade
gratify
overload
execute
damp
outfox
defenestrate
out-think
immobiliseUK
discourage
indulge
nonplus
decrease
relieve
mute
appropriate
deluge
strangle
sweep over
steamroller
unsettle
spoil
outjockey
limit
puzzle
undermine
surprize
cool
colonizeUS
enervate
baulkUK
envelop
coerce
outrage
prevent
benumb
usurp
enfeeble
demote
remove
gain the victory
finish first
win through
flummox
damp down
acquire
secure
rule over
mitigate
abase
traumatiseUK
catch
outpace
bring to heel
come out ahead
settle
fell
hijack
perturb
take someone's breath away
hit for six
sweep someone off their feet
exploit
bemuse
muddle
petrify
coloniseUK
overawe
shame
vaporizeUS
shush
alleviate
take out
scourge
be successful
keep in check
chagrin
snow
blank
bring under the yoke
hold sway over
take by surprise
take off
vaporiseUK
come first
take the honours
scupper
put a damper on
bear down on
cast down
trample on
glut
shake off
fake out
shoot ahead
halt
pull down
foul up
banjax
give someone a pasting
take control of
take the edge off
cut off
hit like a ton of bricks
screw up
rule with an iron hand
leap over
rule with a rod of iron
bring to naught
take the prize
do for
unhorse
dislodge
eject
stamp something out
blow
intimidate
capsize
turn over
scrunch
squish
lay waste
defeat heavily
defeat easily
outrank
gain control over
meet
get control of
depress
improve upon
greatly upset
stretch
subsume
overdevelop
shellack
overdraw
defeat someone heavily
domineer over
disable
blow someone's mind
overpass
suffocate
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
lather
wipe off the mat
bash
pick apart
shut off
roll over
perplex
cut to pieces
assassinate
psych
ail
deject
trouble
dishearten
gobsmack
queer
lay one out
get tough on
moisten
content
lighten
gorge
sweep someone off his
befog
devour
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
come down heavily on
discontinue
enthrallUS
compel
underyoke
sadden
devitalize
daunt
blur
befuddle
disorder
fuddle
addle
distract
mystify
dizzy
incapacitate
disrate
impair
hush up
restrict
dwarf
upstage
drown out
make inaudible
enthralUK
put lid on
keep inside
keep in
put kibosh on
block out
drive underground
interrupt
bottle
clamp
hold in
spike
stem
quelch
ice
impoverish
debilitate
bother
weary
make speechless
stop someone in their tracks
mix up
dispose of
clamp down
get tough
crack down
hold sway
kick around
throw for a loop
shower
bombard
lead
sweep
rub out
bump off
weigh down
bum out
displace
come down on
tighten up on
keep under control
asphyxiate
plunge
psych out
smash down
wear down
keep under thumb
reel back in
take someone's life
outvie
tower above
cook
expropriate
make emotional
disestablish
dissolve
give the coup de grâce
administer the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
trip
cast a pall over
encompass
overflow
submerse
gulf
come down on like a ton of bricks
gain on
leave behind
remove from power
remove from office
lull
appalUK
cause instability
tackle
force down
blot out
horrify
flood out
absorb
engross
bowl down
throw down
trip up
set down
throw to the ground
rugby-tackle
knock to the ground
bring to the ground
invade
palliate
achieve
accomplish
perform
prosecute
perpetrate
do
compass
make
commit
offend
revolt
disgust
prevail against
get ahead of
go one better
draw away from
leave standing
demean
sicken
nauseate
scandalizeUS
choke
be louder than
wash out
imbibe
ease
hush
gain a victory
win hands down
get last laugh
take the cake
gain mastery of
debase
disquiet
jolt
agitate
befall
get further ahead of
be head and shoulders above
pull a fast one
be one up on
blow out of water
walk away from
score points off
be a cut above
handle
spring
overcrowd
teem
bounce
lop
jump
hop
bound
crowd
saltate
oversupply
abound
saturate
scale
pirate
arrogate
commandeer
disgrace
repel
block
abuse
dumb
abate
mortify
counter
bring about the downfall of
work away at
blow your mind
chill
navigate
get past
traverse
bring off
pull off
carry out
overleap
put through
disappoint
confiscate
unnerve
displease
provoke
discompose
persecute
maltreat
tranquilizeUS
forestall
fog
belittle
jar
appallUS
come upon
overhaul
dishonorUS
cheapen
discredit
antagonizeUS
anger
ravage
blight
vitiate
follow through with
pass through
go around
tranquillizeUK
dispel
clam
banish
hush-hush
soft-pedal
shut up
tongue-tie
muzzle
gag
preempt
bar
betide
deflate
pop one's balloon
snub
bemean
make someone eat humble pie
make someone eat crow
dishonourUK
bring down a peg
cause to lose face
cut down to size
embarrass
take down a peg
settle someone's hash
foul
make one feel small
put one away
put someone in their place
smirch
take down a peg or two
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
cut to the quick
deter
scandaliseUK
antagoniseUK
awe
electrify
insult
desolate
wrong
obstruct
impede
hinder
stymie
derail
bring around
nail
collar
happen
reach
assail
dummy up
hold one's tongue
dry up
cut short
close up
say nothing
cool it
hush one's mouth
keep it down
settle down
quiet down
choke off
decrease the volume
give offence to
throw a curve
raise someone's eyebrows
gross out
shake out of your complacency
give someone a turn
hit like ton of bricks
take the wind out of your sails
completely surprise
give a turn
make someone's blood run cold
set someone back on their heels
confront
hamper
snooker
fetter
ill-treat
bring home the bacon
topscore
deliver the goods
come through
put out of action
lay claim to
blanket
cauterizeUS
nab
snatch
wrack
gut
dynamite
crash
neutralizeUS
hamstring
hobble
trick
outthink
overreach
outslick
fox
catch off guard
catch unprepared
be visited on
happen to
catch unawares
catch off-guard
fall on
be the winner
edge the opposition
achieve success
take first prize
beat the opposition
pull it off
reign supreme
rap
cop
net
land
grapple
grab
trap
bag
grasp
snare
hook
glom
nobble
corral
snag
cruel
explode
smite
nuke
break up
vault over
jump over
fly over
jump across
crool
tone down
treat harshly
raze to the ground
make a hash of
blow to bits
mutilate
ravish
upset someone's apple cart
spoliate
make a mess of
blow sky-high
mess up
maim
balls up
blow a hole in
cook someone's goose
blow to pieces
blow up
maraud
play havoc with
louse up
muck up
cancel
cramp one's style
hang up
stump
prohibit
neutraliseUK
annul
render null and void
put a brake on
give the run around
counteract
forbid
hold up
obviate
crimp
dash one's hope
negate
upset the applecart
preclude
stand in the way of
cramp
reign
overrule
apprehend
abduct
have
hoodwink
cheat
con
outgeneral
gyp
bamboozle
dupe
defraud
jip
hoax
finagle
juke
goose
outguess
mislead
swindle
deceive
gull
gain victory
be first
upset the opposition
overwhelm the opposition
achieve first place
encumber
saddle
beset
be cruel to
ride
aggrieve
press
harass
torture
worry
tyrranize
harry
hound
strain
handicap
be brutal to
plague
annoy
despotize
torment
vex
tax
cauteriseUK
cloud
throw cold water on
leap at
take captive
spirit away
pounce
take advantage of
claw
incorporate
throttle
take by storm
pounce on
jump at
wrench
take into custody
snap up
exact
lift
seize on
tyrannize over
sink the opposition
finish in front
win the day
overcome the opposition
make a clean sweep
run circles around the opposition
come in first
defeat the opposition
sweep the board
pick on
ride roughshod over
put upon
pour cold water on
achieve mastery
domineer
prove
carry
mop up
take apart
weigh heavy upon
put screws to
put the squeeze on
make rings round
end run
put one over on
figure out
lead astray
be cleverer than
take in
pull a fast one on
steal a march on
gain ascendancy
gain mastery
prove superior
make out
make it
luck out
be usual
get there
carry all before one
go places
be happening
gain the palm
exist generally
move out
go great guns
hit pay dirt
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“Whatever the reasons for having deserted him he was determined to overbear.”
Verb
▲
To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly
domineer
dominate
tyranniseUK
tyrannizeUS
bully
browbeat
intimidate
oppress
hector
pressuriseUK
pressurizeUS
bulldoze
rule
subjugate
persecute
terroriseUK
terrorizeUS
threaten
menace
boss
railroad
prevail
predominate
preponderate
reign
bluster
squeeze
swagger
bend
henpeck
boss around
boss about
strong-arm
ride roughshod over
push around
order about
order around
lean on
push about
dictate to
give orders to
lord it over
trample on
walk all over
rule the roost
call the shots
kick around
run the show
be overbearing
use strong-arm tactics on
keep under thumb
run things
put the screws on
be in the saddle
rule with an iron hand
lead by the nose
push the buttons
throw weight around
rule with a rod of iron
in the driver's seat
bend to one's will
hold sway
detract from
drive
impel
steamroller
make
obligate
muscle
sandbag
impress
urge
twist someone's arm
hassle
bother
plague
ride
bounce
spook
terrify
alarm
awe
put the heat on
heckle
bait
appallUS
appalUK
repress
require
order
insist
blackmail
daunt
tighten the screws on
have someone do something
unnerve
tease
annoy
petrify
dismay
chivvy
admonish
spur
suppress
chivy
induce
affright
irritate
necessitate
cajole
beset
give orders
dog
needle
trouble
bug
tell what to do
concuss
bind
cause
ramrod
issue threats to
put up to
demand
peck at
charge
insist on
impose
breathe down someone's neck
come at
put the frighteners on
scare the bejesus out of
throw one's weight around
turn the screws on
throw one's weight about
inhibit
tread on
hog
vandalizeUS
barbarize
kick about
worry
dishearten
smother
push someone around
lean
compress
vandaliseUK
constrict
condense
squash
importune
wheedle
assail
suffocate
discomfit
psych out
faze
disconcert
showboat
rattle
abash
embarrass
sell
politick
ruffle
argue
restrict
hinder
shotgun
besiege
talk
work over
act the tin god
taunt
antagonizeUS
vex
high pressure
twist one's arm
antagoniseUK
twist arm
pull rank on
force somebody's hand
will
scare off
put the arm on
tighten the screw on
high-pressure
have
impose on
turn the screw on
prevail upon
effect
make an offer they can't refuse
crowd
carp
shock
panic
scarify
horrify
fright
alarum
startle
scold
criticizeUS
chide
niggle
strike terror into
upset
strike terror in
warn
pick at
cavil
berate
fuss
overcome
crush
fill with terror
inspire panic in
enslave
occasion
foist
criticiseUK
trample
encourage
snarl
comminate
fulminate
scowl
caution
forewarn
growl
advise
implore
use duress on
burden
conscript
use force on
urge by force
choke
apply
obtrude
contract
enjoin
move
goose
promote
scare to death
put the fear of God into
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
frighten out of your wits
exert force on
beg
incite
venture
peril
jeopard
adventure
jeopardizeUS
imperil
risk
compromise
endanger
hazard
find fault
give a hard time
train
advocate
expedite
keep down
bear down
pin down
put the bite on
bear hard on
put screws to
put squeeze on
bring pressure to bear upon
hold down
inspan
beseech
solicit
motivate
recommend
domineer over
prompt
inspire
make threats against
threaten to harm
flex muscles
look daggers
make threat
threaten to kill
make threats to
bring force to bear on
pound
put to work
work
hold a gun to someone's head
portend
jeopardiseUK
chill
gamble with
impend
lower
loom
bad-eye
grind down
adjure
propel
nudge
oversee
superintend
trample underfoot
entreat
steamroll
exhort
speed up
try to persuade
key up
quarterback
supervise
captain
rule despotically
bring someone to their knees
keep someone under one's thumb
treat brutally
have someone under your thumb
shake fist at
put the screws to
spearhead
administrate
railroad into
provoke
pour it on
dragoon into
whip around
utter threats to
steamroller into
push for
bedevil
scare hell out of
bulldoze into
turn on
heavy
pursue
devil
sell on
fire up
appeal to
try to control
take charge
exert influence on
egg on
rag
scratch
scout
curdle
go to town on
be in charge
impose one's will on
browbeat into
bear down on
go on at
keep on at
keep after
be on one's tail
give chase
be at
be on one's back
take out after
yap at
search high heaven
be on one's case
scratch around
leave no stone unturned
rag on
beat the bushes
give someone a hard time
turn inside out
turn upside down
track down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Pride
plume
boast
brag
congratulate
crow
exult
felicitate
gasconade
prance
preen
presume
strut
swagger
swell
vaunt
be proud
flatter oneself
glory in
puff up
revel in
hold head high
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