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Adjective

Lengthy in duration

Without breaks, gaps or interruptions

Using, or expressed in, an excessive amount of words

Very serious or severe

Put off till a later time

Large in scale or size

To have made a quantity bigger

Past tense for to extend or draw out, typically a period or duration

Past tense for to begin again or continue after a pause or interruption

Past tense for to put off until a later time

Past tense for to delay taking action

Past tense for to make (someone or something) late or slow

Past tense for to jut out

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Adjective

Lengthy in duration

of considerable length

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“It retreated in subsequent periods of prolonged dryness, leaving deposits of sediments.”

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Without breaks, gaps or interruptions

all day and all night

that will live forever

till the cows come home

in for the long haul

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Using, or expressed in, an excessive amount of words

having kissed the Blarney stone

with the gift of the gab

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Very serious or severe

lodged in one's brain

deeply felt

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Put off till a later time

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Large in scale or size

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

of considerable length

all that and a bag of chips

worth taking into account

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

carrying a lot of weight

like Piccadilly Circus

heaped

overrun by

abounding in

bursting at the seams

chock-full of

cram-full of

chock-a-block

having a considerable amount of

full of

having a copious amount of

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To have made a quantity bigger

maximized^US

optimized^US

maximised^UK

optimised^UK

emphasized^US

emphasised^UK

added fuel to the flames

colored^US

coloured^UK

added insult to injury

put up

set up

set off

put salt on the wound

spiralled^UK

spiraled^US

dramatized^US

dramatised^UK

added fuel to the fire

rubbed salt in the wound

stabilized^US

honoured^UK

made a mountain out of a molehill

stabilised^UK

honored^US

blown out of proportion

blew out of proportion

increased in complexity

galvanized^US

canonized^US

revitalized^US

rubbed salt in a wound

canonised^UK

rubbed salt in the wounds

laid it on with a shovel

shot a line

darkened

sent through the roof

applauded

laid it on with a trowel

fired the imagination of

bigged up

started to be

loud talked

made a production out of

made a federal case of

revitalised^UK

made a drama out of a crisis

sinewed

galvanised^UK

scaled

confused

increased exponentially

authorised^UK

energized^US

went from bad to worse

energised^UK

laid it on thick about

laid it on with a trowel about

made a big thing out of

gone from bad to worse

blew up out of all proportion

authorized^US

blown up out of all proportion

piled

determined

confounded

exaggerated information

increased dramatically

endued

integrated with

compounded the problem

stocked up

brightened

toned

made mountain out of molehill

went into detail about

gone into detail about

blew something out of all proportion

drawn the longbow

blown something out of all proportion

blown up out of proportion

blew up out of proportion

went through the roof

risen rapidly

gone through the roof

rose up

went through the ceiling

gone through the ceiling

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Past tense for to extend or draw out, typically a period or duration

extended the duration of

made something go on and on

favoured^UK

favored^US

increased the length of

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“The heady aftertaste lingered just long enough for me to order another one to prolong the experience.”

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Past tense for to begin again or continue after a pause or interruption

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Past tense for to put off until a later time

temporised^UK

temporized^US

put on the back burner

taken a rain check on

put off the evil hour

canceled^US

cancelled^UK

suspended proceedings

thrown a spanner in the works of

threw a spanner in the works of

thrown a monkey wrench in the works of

drew up

threw a monkey wrench in the works of

taken a rain check

took a rain check

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Past tense for to delay taking action

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Past tense for to make (someone or something) late or slow

brought to screeching halt

hog-tied

threw a spanner in the works of

thrown a spanner in the works of

threw a monkey wrench in the works of

thrown a monkey wrench in the works of

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Past tense for to jut out

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