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Adjective

Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual

Very serious or severe

Without breaks, gaps or interruptions

Put off till a later time

Large in scale or size

Characterized by extreme force, degree, or strength

Requiring considerable time and effort

To have made a quantity bigger

Past tense for to extend or make longer

Past tense for to maintain, prolong, or keep something going

Past tense for to delay taking action

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

Past tense for to put off until a later time

Past tense for to remain in existence, or in the same state, indefinitely or for an extended period

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Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual

of considerable length

having kissed the Blarney stone

with the gift of the gab

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

having kissed the blarney stone

having kissed the Blarney Stone

excessively communicative

running on at the mouth

blessed with the gift of the gab

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“The struggle was bitter and protracted.”

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Very serious or severe

lodged in one's brain

deeply felt

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Without breaks, gaps or interruptions

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Put off till a later time

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Large in scale or size

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Characterized by extreme force, degree, or strength

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

marvelous^US

marvellous^UK

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

focused^US

focussed^UK

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

labored^US

unsavory^US

laboured^UK

unsavoury^UK

mesmerizing^US

fetid^US

not taking no for an answer

foetid^UK

mesmerising^UK

lock stock and barrel

nose to the grindstone

skillful^US

skilful^UK

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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Requiring considerable time and effort

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

laboured^UK

labored^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

sombre^UK

somber^US

with a heart of stone

unfavorable^US

gray^US

grey^UK

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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

added fuel to the flames

colored^US

coloured^UK

added insult to injury

put up

set up

set off

put salt on the wound

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

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 make longer

extended the duration of

made something go on and on

increased the length of

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“The appearance of a rebel splinter group will merely protract the civil war.”

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Past tense for to maintain, prolong, or keep something going

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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 put off until a later time

temporised^UK

temporized^US

put on the back burner

taken a rain check on

canceled^US

cancelled^UK

put off the evil hour

knocked something on the head

suspended proceedings

immobilized^US

immobilised^UK

brought to a standstill

baulked^UK

gave something the chop

given something the chop

reorganized^US

rearranged

declared null and void

balked^US

put on the bank burner

put out of commission

reorganised^UK

restrained oneself from

resisted the temptation to

nipped something in the bud

brought to standstill

stopped in your tracks

apologized^US

closed one's doors to

apologised^UK

beaten around the bush

taken a breather from

thrown a monkey wrench in the works of

threw a monkey wrench in the works of

thrown a spanner in the works of

threw a spanner in the works of

done an about-turn on

did an about-turn on

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Past tense for to remain in existence, or in the same state, indefinitely or for an extended period

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