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Adjective

Extending or continuing over a relatively long time period

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 preserve from extinction or oblivion

Past tense for to postpone or assign to a later time or date

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

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Extending or continuing over a relatively long time period

of considerable length

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

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

Adjective

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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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Adjective

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Using, or expressed in, an excessive amount of words

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Very serious or severe

lodged in one's brain

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Adjective

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Put off till a later time

Adjective

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Large in scale or size

of considerable length

marvelous^US

marvellous^UK

worth taking into account

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Verb

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To have made a quantity bigger

maximized^US

optimized^US

maximised^UK

optimised^UK

spiralled^UK

spiraled^US

emphasized^US

emphasised^UK

increased exponentially

leaped^US

leapt^UK

modernized^US

modernised^UK

increased dramatically

went through the roof

rounded out

reequipped

injected

gone through the roof

dramatized^US

favoured^UK

favored^US

revitalized^US

smouldered^UK

subsidized^US

broadened one's horizons

trucked

poured it on

added insult to injury

practised^UK

practiced^US

reflated

got to

poised

added fuel to the flames

darkened

sent through the roof

acquired more of something

revitalised^UK

encouraged the growth of

subsidised^UK

dramatised^UK

made a big thing out of

smoldered^US

went through the ceiling

rubbed salt in the wound

gone through the ceiling

added fuel to the fire

went from bad to worse

gone from bad to worse

blew something out of all proportion

drove up

blew up out of all proportion

driven up

blown up out of all proportion

blown something out of all proportion

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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

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 preserve from extinction or oblivion

favoured^UK

favored^US

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Past tense for to postpone or assign to a later time or date

taken a rain check on

put on back burner

put on the back burner

put off the evil hour

temporized^US

temporised^UK

put out of commission

put on the bank burner

suspended proceedings

taken a breather from

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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

Verb

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Past tense for to jut out

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