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What is another word for
ran down
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To have discovered something either by chance or intention
Past tense for to knock down with velocity or momentum, especially with a moving vehicle
Past tense for to belittle or express disapproval of
Past tense for to become dilapidated, usually over time
Past tense for to become, or cause to become, reduced in size or numbers
Past tense for to bring to an end
Past tense for put under arrest
Past tense for bring to a close
Past tense for to summarize
Past tense for to pursue in order to keep track of, or to apprehend, someone
Past tense for use up the supply or resources of
Past tense for to assault, attack
Past tense for to reckon or calculate
Past tense for to explain meticulously or in great detail
Past tense for to make emotionally sad or depressed
Past tense for to move fast enough to reach or pass someone or something ahead
Past tense for to study or check into thoroughly
Past tense for to reduce to dishonour or disgrace
Past tense for tell someone about something
Past tense for to precisely state or describe the nature, scope, or meaning of
Past tense for feel or express contempt or disdain for
Past tense for to do repeatedly so as to become proficient
Past tense for to make spitefully critical comments
Past tense for to fall or dive downwards or to a lower level
Past tense for to gradually eliminate or bring to an end
Past tense for to stop operating
Past tense for to exhaust or use up all available physical energy
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To have discovered something either by chance or intention
found
discovered
encountered
located
identified
noticed
detected
distinguished
recognized
US
pinpointed
spotted
uncovered
unearthed
descried
exposed
met
observed
perceived
sighted
struck
bumped
chanced
collared
corralled
discerned
espied
happened
rummaged
lit on
stumbled on
turned up
arrived at
brought to light
bumped into
came across
came upon
came up with
caught sight of
chanced on
chanced upon
dredged up
dug out
dug up
fell in with
ferreted out
found out
happened on
happened upon
hit on
hit upon
hunted out
laid fingers on
lit upon
made out
nosed out
pitched upon
put one's finger on
ran across
ran into
rooted out
routed out
scared up
searched out
smelt out
smoked out
sniffed out
stumbled upon
tracked down
tripped on
hunted down
lucked into
pinned down
recognised
UK
got
fand
scouted up
determined
hunted up
ascertained
learnt
UK
learned
US
gat
revealed
obtained
acquired
disclosed
ran to earth
caught
saw
ran to ground
came to know
stumbled across
figured out
got on to
wised up to
sussed out
realized
US
picked up on
gained
attained
achieved
worked out
unlocked
caught on to
came by
fathomed out
realised
UK
conceived
tumbled to
doped out
had an aha moment
thought of
looked up
founded
got wind of
got wind of the fact
got wise to the fact
got wise to
met with
unveiled
gotten
goted
twigged
rumbled
heard
debunked
glimpsed
explored
elicited
sensed
run down
tumbled upon
stumbled onto
laid your hand on
tripped over
read
rustled up
seen
sawed
stricken
come across
come to know
gotten on to
disinterred
come upon
gotten wind of
scented out
run to earth
run to ground
unmasked
retrieved
gotten wise to
tracked
transpired
scraped up
foraged for
looked for
made certain
got to know
learned of
tumbled into
brought into the open
followed the scent of
edged out
localised
UK
zeroed in on
localized
US
got at
laid hands on
hooked
traced
became known
came to pass
cropped up
came to light
popped up
understood
apprehended
comprehended
beheld
grasped
appreciated
savvied
cognized
intuited
noted
assimilated
registered
dug
regarded
cottoned on to
viewed
deciphered
compassed
decoded
seized
grokked
cottoned to
beholden
remarked
fathomed
eyed
spied
made
knew
known
witnessed
followed
picked up
took in
taken in
deduced
divined
gathered
set eyes on
clocked
judged
sussed
felt
considered
picked out
estimated
slanged
thought
deemed
latched on to
become aware of
watched
reckoned
eyeballed
absorbed
absorpt
believed
marked
digested
heeded
interpreted
imagined
accepted
looked at
caught on
suspected
figured
readen
surveyed
made sense of
sized up
supposed
concluded
got the picture
gotten the picture
guessed
inferred
clapped eyes on
got the drift of
laid eyes on
paid attention to
envisaged
surmised
esteemed
gazed at
acknowledged
speculated
predicted
apperceived
inspected
got a load of
gotten a load of
expected
checked
fancied
smelt
smelled
had a hunch
got the message
gotten the message
stared at
slang
evaluated
assumed
checked out
conjectured
presumed
scented
forecast
made head or tail of
scrutinized
US
became aware of
become conscious of
postulated
theorized
US
examined
caught a glimpse of
looked on
contemplated
penetrated
presupposed
theorised
UK
told
minded
adjudged
established
envisioned
tasted
were aware of
been aware of
was aware of
assessed
got a glimpse of
visualised
UK
visualized
US
construed
soaked up
scanned
scrutinised
UK
gotten a fix on
got a fix on
held
decided
unravelled
UK
unraveled
US
hypothesized
US
mastered
become cognizant of
anticipated
puzzled out
imbibed
dared say
studied
granted
appraised
had
peered at
got the point of
hazarded a guess
differentiated
gotten the hang of
got the hang of
founden
had a feeling
hypothesised
UK
paid heed to
got it
took
diagnosed
foretold
took on board
took notice of
taken notice of
taken on board
rubbernecked
called
posited
glanced at
had sight of
ventured
familiarized oneself with
pieced together
latched onto
felt in one's bones
conceived of
cottoned on
adjudicated
trusted
gleaned
taken
received
admitted
premised
forecasted
looked upon
prophesied
became conscious of
taken note of
took note of
foreboded
rated
discriminated
prognosticated
differenced
secerned
calculated
processed
reviewed
augured
placed
vaticinated
gawped at
previsioned
presaged
attended
cracked
prevised
forefelt
got to the bottom of
gotten to the bottom of
auspicated
watched like a hawk
kept a weather eye on
had a gander at
kept up with
gauged
UK
had a squint at
integrated
gaged
US
had a dekko at
spaed
pored over
recce'd
recced
took a dekko at
taken a dekko at
verified
flashed
focused on
psyched out
feasted your eyes on
thought likely
got one's head around
felt in gut
scoped out
became cognizant of
got the drift
gotten the drift
soaked in
saw the light
gaped at
got into
got the idea of
seen the light
confirmed
reasoned
foresaw
foreseen
holden
predicated
dare-said
opined
were cognizant of
been cognizant of
was cognizant of
respected
weened
suggested
said
weighed up
summed up
gotten to know
gotten it
pronounced
conceded
allowed
monitored
remembered
proclaimed
confessed
sniffed
analyzed
US
declared
ruled
surveilled
perused
separated
counted
gazed upon
owned
decreed
treated
spied on
foreknown
foreknew
soothsaid
untangled
disentangled
settled
contrasted
pondered
read up on
hit the books
kept an eye on
forewarned
kept under surveillance
kept tabs on
kept under observation
had a sensation of
hazarded
kept watch on
daresaid
daresayed
kept a tab on
enrolled
kept under scrutiny
looked over
had experience of
hearkened
got clued up about
cased
took a gander at
taken a gander at
entertained
kept a beady eye on
had a shufti at
adumbrated
taken a shufti at
took a shufti at
sayed
drunk in
drank in
featured
analysed
UK
taken heed of
attended to
had a funny feeling
had knowledge of
gawked at
reckoned on
latched on
peeked at
piped
cut
told apart
got the picture about
took heed of
let on
wised up
peeped at
got the message about
got the idea
paid attention
set down
thought about
took for granted
made of
flashed on
thought through
become aware
gotten the idea
glared at
got the impression of
listened to
split hairs
caught the drift
hearkened to
made certain of
contrived
added up
gotten an eyeful of
gotten the impression
got an eyeful of
taken for granted
took notice
got the impression
gotten into
philosophized
US
ranked
taken notice
absorbed mentally
got vibes
philosophised
UK
gotten vibes
celebrated
gaped
faced
pictured
pursued
leered
suffered
probed
lived through
nosed
solved
demarcated
ogled
umpired
assigned
arbitrated
refereed
projected
gone through
valued
overheard
been through
went through
resolved
swotted
investigated
questioned
own
approximated
whiffed
accounted
participated in
maintained
endured
come into contact with
become familiar with
listened
come up against
harkened
confronted
harked
run into
snuffed
familiarized yourself with
become expert in
become proficient in
gained an understanding of
affected
become skilled at
had lessons in
got across
worked at
acquired a knowledge of
crammed
acquired skill in
apprenticed
mugged up
become competent in
prepared
grinded
ground
conned
charged
awarded
sentenced
apportioned
announced
decried
agreed
incorporated
affirmed
yielded
professed
assayed
dissected
anatomized
implied
told the difference between
told between
decided between
made a distinction between
portended
diagnosticated
had information
pegged
improved mind
majored in
waded through
brushed up on
trained in
cracked the books
become able
become versed
specialized in
minored in
fixed
fixt
given something a once-over
gave something a once-over
croaked
ingested
acceded
acquiesced
spectated
rubbernecked at
translated
planned
reconnoitred
UK
gave the once-over
given the once-over
determinated
got down pat
gotten down pat
had a look
copied
pinned
kept eagle eye on
planned on
had sneaking suspicion
got to the bottom
had a sensation
seen something coming
told the difference
clicked with
double-checked
certified
gotten to the bottom
called the turn
saw in the cards
dug into
eavesdropped
became aware
saw something coming
checked up on
sampled
discerned a difference
visioned
leered at
segregated
come out of closet
taken up
overlooked
felt certain
seen it coming
tried
gave attention to
given attention to
checked over
fessed up
viewed as
categorized
US
prepared for
called it
owned up to
delved into
picked at
cooperated with
taken note
acquiesced in
sustained
ruled on
chewed over
subscribed to
made sure
counted upon
credited
deconstructed
severed
adverted
come to the conclusion
made a distinction
feasted one's eyes
cooked up
had a sneaking suspicion of
larnt
hoped for
earmarked
guesstimated
paid heed
told which is which
become conscious of the fact that
made an estimate of
contradistinguished
separated the sheep from the goats
collated
copped a plea
kept track of
waited for
had an awareness of
lived
become aware of the fact that
measured
caught on to the fact
recognized a distinction
categorised
UK
larned
saw it coming
felt deeply
concentrated on
imaged
tolerated
saw through
had knowledge
canvassed
sifted
setted at variance
jumped to a conclusion
had a butcher's at
pierced
extricated
kept one's eye on
counted on
just known
had a look-see
regarded as likely
watched for
come to grips with
crystal balled it
allowed for
sorted out
become clear to
tumbled
compared
understood the situation
got your head round
beamed
made eyes at
saw daylight
formed an opinion of
embraced
stared
separated the wheat from the chaff
come into contact
passed
regarded as
got wise
foreshadowed
had a handle on
withstood
harked to
listened in to
classified
pointed out
audited
spied out
scoped
banked on
become conscious
figured on
picked
just knew
opened up
counted chickens
pre-empted
took up
experienced
foretasted
sympathized with
checked something out
avowed
eavesdroped on
come clean
caught the drift of
deferred to
concurred with
had a hunch of
took as read
clinched
gazed
bowed to
severalized
took note
seen daylight
owned up
felt in bones
had an idea that
ogled at
had down pat
broke down
thought it likely
run the gauntlet
specified
reconnoitered
US
auscultated
made a guess at
contemplated the possibility of
beared
seen in the cards
looked on at
dreamt up
had a look-see at
seen through
underwent
undergone
took a look
taken a look
seen over
saw over
taken account
took account
taken as read
became clear to
saw the point of
seen the point of
gotten vibrations
got vibrations
broke
broken
brake
got the gist
gotten the gist
oversaw
overseen
foreshown
foreshowed
knew by sight
known by sight
became proficient in
applied oneself to
knew inside out
known inside out
gotten across
became skilled at
knew backwards
known backwards
became expert in
became competent in
got down cold
gotten down cold
knew for certain
known for certain
believed to be
saw as
seen as
partook
came up against
became familiar with
partaken
came into contact with
gotten a view of
got a view of
became aware of the fact that
got through one's head
gotten through one's head
became conscious of the fact that
became conscious
gotten the point
got the point
drawn a distinction
knew what's what
drew a distinction
known what's what
seen future
saw future
bewared
given the once over
took a butcher's at
taken stock of
taken a butcher's at
gave the once over
took stock of
gave the eye
given the eye
drew the inference
taken it as given
drawn the inference
took it as given
bargained on
bargained for
took it
came to the conclusion
taken it
taken a shot at
took a stab at
went out on a limb
took a shot
taken a shot
took a shot at
gone out on a limb
took a stab
taken a stab at
taken a stab
yolden
yold
burnt midnight oil
got the knack of
gotten the knack of
taken course
took course
became versed
became able
burned midnight oil
went over
gone into
broken down
went into
gone over
took a glance at
taken a glance at
came into contact
bore
borne
ran the gauntlet
came to grips with
came clean
attested to
agreed to
took an oath
acceded to
taken an oath
came out of closet
went along with
approved of
gone along with
took into consideration
gave thought to
bore in mind
took to heart
taken into consideration
taken to heart
given thought to
gave a thought to
given a thought to
born in mind
taken to mean
took to mean
given an audience to
gave ears
gave an audience to
gotten an earful
gave attention
given ear to
given ears
given attention
gave ear to
got an earful
more ❯
“The excellent geographical index makes it possible to
run down
the data for any special locality with great ease.”
Verb
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Past tense for to knock down with velocity or momentum, especially with a moving vehicle
flattened
leveled
US
levelled
UK
floored
ran over
knocked down
mowed down
bowled down
knocked over
knocked to the ground
prostrated
threw to the ground
dropped
decked
toppled
felled
fell
bowled over
brought down
downed
run over
run down
thrown to the ground
cut down
laid out
grounded
ground
struck down
knocked out
KO'd
laid low
upset
put down
lay out
brought to the ground
stricken down
lay low
overturned
tipped over
pulled down
spread out
knocked into the middle of next week
threw down
knocked for six
set down
thrown down
caught off balance
spilled
spilt
lowered
tumbled
upended
hew
hewed
debased
rolled
flushed
abraded
depressed
straightened
graded
laid
poleaxed
plastered
razed
tripped
tripped up
capsized
ironed out
upturned
pushed over
caused to fall
tackled
overpowered
mowed
overcome
chopped down
scattered
knocked off your feet
rolled out
grassed
blasted
knocked unconscious
chopped
picked off
kayoed
cleared
tore down
beat down
clear-cut
shot down
torn down
hacked down
hewn
beaten down
taken out
took out
threw
thrown
fallen
overthrew
overthrown
overcame
blown down
saw down
clear-felled
blew down
more ❯
“This morning, a car would
run down
a stray dog, but it managed to survive and receive treatment.”
Verb
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Past tense for to belittle or express disapproval of
denigrated
disparaged
belittled
deprecated
depreciated
minimised
UK
minimized
US
decried
diminished
derogated
dismissed
discounted
vilipended
dissed
trashed
knocked
ridiculed
criticised
UK
criticized
US
vilified
rubbished
defamed
demeaned
reviled
detracted
dispraised
berated
bad-mouthed
poor-mouthed
trash-talked
played down
put down
talked down
cried down
wrote off
kissed off
spoke ill of
made fun of
cast aspersions on
maligned
hit out at
slammed
panned
slated
slagged off
attacked
slurred
pummelled
UK
aspersed
condemned
had a go at
censured
lambasted
roasted
denounced
hammered
besmirched
abused
pulled apart
laid into
discredited
cut up
pulled to pieces
blasted
poured scorn on
railed against
did a hatchet job on
slandered
found fault with
bashed
inveighed against
picked holes in
skewered
pilloried
vituperated
excoriated
calumniated
traduced
pummeled
US
bagged
dragged through the mud
savaged
smeared
insulted
slighted
dumped on
derided
scoffed at
tore into
scorned
libeled
US
libelled
UK
castigated
crucified
arraigned
flamed
reprobated
impugned
pooh-poohed
spread lies about
tore down
cut down to size
laced into
rated
threw brickbats at
detracted from
fulminated against
reprehended
undervalued
stigmatized
US
sneered at
threw mud at
spoke evil of
took to pieces
mocked
cavilled at
carped at
gave some stick to
gave a bad press to
underestimated
underrated
stigmatised
UK
faulted
objurgated
did down
blackened
mauled
nitpicked about
animadverted on
reproached
spoke badly of
reproved
gave a bad name
blackened the name of
blistered
deflated
trivialized
US
took down
slashed
misprized
flayed
vituperated against
reprimanded
downgraded
disapproved of
blamed
trivialised
UK
scorched
ripped
assailed
slagged
gave flak to
contemned
degraded
jumped on
treated lightly
disgraced
minified
slung mud at
rapped
chastised
lowered
upbraided
held cheap
dishonoured
UK
dishonored
US
made light of
scathed
hit
humiliated
shot down
dressed down
cast a slur on
cut down
spread scandal about
found fault
found lacking
sullied
marginalized
US
took to task
tarnished
nitpicked over
scandalized
US
scolded
tore to shreds
marginalised
UK
belabored
US
belaboured
UK
scandalised
UK
sullied the reputation of
showed up
bawled out
disdained
rebuked
denunciated
tore to pieces
debased
tainted
sledged
laughed at
devalued
stained
downplayed
bagged on
came down on
read the riot act
took down a peg
cheapened
told lies about
flung mud at
brought into disrepute
sneered
nit-picked
dragged through the mire
spread tales about
blackened the character of
blackened the reputation of
conducted a smear campaign against
anathematized
complained about
hauled over the coals
sold short
humbled
execrated
laughed off
smirched
shamed
potshotted
misrepresented
hat
ranted at
chid
chided
ragged
taunted
lashed
took apart
chewed out
tongue-lashed
jeered
picked to pieces
gibed
did a number on
harangued
railed at
skinned
tore a strip off
picked at
blackened someone's name
ran a smear campaign against
gave a black eye
twitted
grouched about
groused about
quibbled about
carped about
whined about
moaned about
griped about
bellyached about
beefed about
whinged about
criticizes severely
despised
sounded off about
tore off a strip
carpeted
deplored
railed
squashed
discountenanced
ripped up
thought little of
curst
cursed
nagged at
demonized
US
abased
chastened
lectured
demonised
UK
called down
belied
passed strictures upon
villainized
sank
fouled
skinned alive
ragged on
cut to the quick
crushed
took a swipe at
backbit
nitpicked
badmouthed
mortified
threw shade
put to shame
dragged name through mud
lampooned
put in a bad light
cast aspersion
snubbed
wrote false reports about
made a fool of
lessened
exposed
marked wrong
put a whammy on
compromised
looked down one's nose at
cast slur on
dragged someone's name through the mud
beat up on
put out of countenance
got at
jeered at
put away
carped
burlesqued
brought down
hazed
put zingers on
cast down
fleered
scoffed
caricatured
put hooks in
cut to bits
judged
rejected
spoke of with disfavour
lashed out at
pitched into
tore apart
had a pop at
gave someone hell
gave someone a roasting
criticized unfairly
understated
squelched
animadverted upon
got angry with
gossiped about
befouled
voodooed
cussed
dug
mistreated
jinxed
went for the jugular
discommended
made little of
objected
disapproved
frowned
expostulated
branded
scourged
lashed into
devaluated
brought discredit to
passed judgment
accused falsely
talked trash
took a dig at
bad mouthed
subordinated
jawed
keelhauled
scored
basted
wrote down
knocked off
poormouthed
gave comeuppance
knocked off high horse
blotted
fluffed
clobbered
fustigated
slogged
gave bad press
trimmed
slugged
gave the business
zapped
injured
laid down the law
gave a talking-to
admonished
reamed
raked over the coals
shot full of holes
caviled
US
gave something a battering
cavilled
UK
gave black eye
proscribed
defiled
damaged
reamed out
impeached
ostracized
US
charged with
held responsible
gave something a bad press
questioned
held accountable
ostracised
UK
declaimed against
held someone to blame
prosecuted
called to account
indicted
complained to
declaimed
gave a rocket
not gone for
soiled
lay about
offended
besmeared
objected to
argued against
took issue with
took exception to
muckraked
gave a tongue-lashing
showed in a bad light
brought shame upon
disesteemed
disfavored
disfavoured
reflected badly on
brought into disfavour
took dim view of
animadverted
slanged
slang
growled
tied into
ripped into
gave someone a dressing-down
sailed into
riled
yelled at
accused
told off
barked at
lit into
commented negatively
girt
girded
complained
sniped at
strumpeted
plastered
slung mud
ran smear campaign
blasphemed
backstabbed
spurned
held forth against
marked down
took away
clamored against
threw stones at
took swipe at
looked down on
embarrassed
subdued
discomfited
withered
bemeant
vanquished
chagrined
made someone eat humble pie
owned
took down a peg or two
confused
took the wind out of your sails
abashed
brought low
broke
made someone eat crow
settled someone's hash
brake
caused to lose face
caused to feel small
quashed
confounded
made ashamed
bemeaned
teased
satirized
US
unmasked
poked fun at
bantered
jibed at
made jokes about
exposed to ridicule
held up to ridicule
needled
slung off at
jibed
made a game of
rid
made sport of
cartooned
held up to shame
flouted
made someone a laughing stock
poked mullock at
took the mickey
treated with contempt
wound up
jollied
made a laughing-stock
took the piss out of
flouted at
sent up
pulled one's leg
rallied
satirised
UK
laughed out of court
goofed on
mimicked
japed
chiacked
razzed
poked borack
scouted
joshed
rode
quizzed
made a monkey out of
ribbed
kidded
jived
heaped scorn on
chaffed
run down
thrown brickbats at
given a bad press to
given something a battering
torn into
taken to pieces
done a hatchet job on
caned
spoken ill of
spoiled
US
spoilt
UK
spotted
blotched
breathed on
taken to task
remonstrated with
ripped up and down
disrespected
reduced
rollicked
come down on
brought shame on
taken apart
tarred and feathered
done a number on
run smear campaign
written off
rapped over the knuckles
given a bad name
given some stick to
bollocked
done down
given a black eye
torn to pieces
given someone hell
given someone a roasting
let someone have it
torn off a strip
given flak to
undermined
poisoned
given a rocket
taken down
given someone a bad press
gave someone a bad press
torn down
torn a strip off
spoken evil of
thrown mud at
gave someone a rollicking
given someone a rollicking
backbitten
torn to shreds
argued with
opposed
frowned on
spoken badly of
booed
looked askance at
sniped
prejudiced
blemished
perverted
read out
remonstrated
taken exception to
given someone a bollocking
gave someone a bollocking
shouted at
put on
called names
zinged
jumped down one's throat
torn apart
spited
gossipped
lied
gossiped
abhorred
detested
gone for the jugular
taken down a peg
given something a bad press
criticized harshly
hectored
heckled
disputed
rebutted
contradicted
refuted
found unacceptable
tormented
brought under fire
louted
controverted
hissed
interrupted
catcalled
heaped
barracked
given someone bondi
gave someone bondi
protested against
disagreed with
rebuffed
incriminated
disciplined
exprobated
treated contemptuously
harshed
reviewed unfavorably
shouted disapproval
shouted down
piled in
thought wrong
not supported
come down hard on
started on
started in
disbelieved
hitten
hooted at
hissed at
jested
jabbed
hooted
quipped
booed at
catcalled at
shouted disapproval at
whistled at
picked apart
looked askance
quarreled with
destroyed
nagged
thrown shade
ruined
blackguarded
fleered at
scouted at
charged
gotten at
wigged
ridden
snapped someone's head off
jumped on one's case
taken the piss out of
rowed
taxed
dug at
taken issue with
poked fun
framed
named
punished
pronounced
adjudged
taken the mickey
negated
expressed a poor opinion of
remonstrated against
taken a swipe at
given someone a dressing-down
run a smear campaign against
persecuted
oppressed
made a crack
hosed
passed on
raised an
pinned it on
jumped all over
expressed disapprobation
thought badly of
given a talking-to
hung something on
pointed finger at
pulled up
slapped down
ticked off
weighed into
cussed out
sent up the river
stuck it to
dragged through mud
climbed all over
expressed disapprobation of
jumped down someone's throat
miscalled
laid at one's door
gotten angry with
took
taken
gainsaid
given a rough time
gave a rough time
assaulted verbally
criticizes strongly
criticized strongly
came down hard on
gotten after
got after
taken a dim view of
took a dim view of
took on
taken on
blew raspberries
blown raspberries
shown someone up
showed someone up
lain about
blown raspberries at
blew raspberries at
bit someone's head off
bitten someone's head off
given black eye
given bad press
given a tongue-lashing
showed contempt
shown contempt
taken away
blown whistle on
blew whistle on
taken dim view of
blown off
swore at
blew off
sworn at
taken swipe at
thrown stones at
given the business
given a hard time
gave a hard time
written down
taken a dig at
given someone a caning
gave someone a rating
blew up
given someone an earful
gave someone a mouthful
given someone a row
gave someone a wigging
given someone a rating
gave someone a row
gave someone a caning
gave someone an earful
given someone a telling-off
given someone a wigging
gave someone what for
gave someone a telling-off
given someone what for
blown up
given someone a mouthful
more ❯
“He would constantly
run down
his staff, telling them how stupid they and their plans were.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to become dilapidated, usually over time
decayed
declined
degenerated
became dilapidated
went downhill
fell into decay
went to seed
went to pot
went to the dogs
went to rack and ruin
hit the skids
deteriorated
rotted
fell into disrepair
slid
disintegrated
worsened
fell apart
went to ruin
went to the pack
went down the tubes
went from bad to worse
took a turn for the worse
went down the toilet
slipped
got worse
sank
retrograded
regressed
failed
slumped
ebbed
waned
crumbled
atrophied
descended
fell
felled
devolved
fell off
collapsed
retrogressed
lapsed
weakened
withered
languished
diminished
faded
dropped
disimproved
backslided
backslid
grew worse
stagnated
went backwards
broke down
wasted away
dwindled
depreciated
degraded
corroded
went to pieces
impaired
took a nosedive
became worse
withered away
mouldered
UK
flagged
ran to seed
vitiated
debased
debilitated
fell to pieces
moldered
US
depraved
lost quality
lowered
decreased
hit rock bottom
nosedived
wore away
lessened
wilted
died
went down
floundered
died out
tumbled
drifted
fell away
faltered
dissolved
spiralled
UK
spiraled
US
pejorated
reached depths
came apart at the seams
reached a new low
went down the tube
went into a tailspin
fell steeply
went pear-shaped
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
reduced
came apart at seams
relapsed
returned
died on vine
corrupted
reverted
drooped
sickened
wasted
sagged
perished
broke
skidded
injured
alloyed
brake
lost it
adulterated
undermined
marred
went into decline
dilapidated
went
became debilitated
putrefied
went bad
broke up
emaciated
fell apart at the seams
lagged
stained
turned
perverted
demoralized
US
warped
debauched
demoralised
UK
went wrong
recidivated
strayed
went astray
fell from grace
went down the primrose path
left the straight and narrow
depressed
damaged
made something worse
came to nothing
came to nought
more ❯
“The property had been allowed to
run down
by its previous owner.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to become, or cause to become, reduced in size or numbers
reduced
decreased
cut
lowered
lessened
downsized
eased
limited
moderated
trimmed
curbed
downgraded
downscaled
dropped
slashed
cut back
cut down
cut back on
dialed down
scaled down
brought down
eased off
pared down
wound down
made cutbacks in
diminished
minimized
US
curtailed
quelled
attenuated
axed
minimised
UK
cast down
kept to a minimum
kept down
shrank
kept at a minimum
shrunk
pruned
tapered
depleted
mitigated
lightened
abated
tempered
alleviated
clipt
dented
qualified
extenuated
minified
took down
petered out
impaired
stepped down
depressed
weakened
slowed down
marked down
tailed off
devaluated
degraded
tightened
amortised
UK
eroded
restrained
waned
trimmed back
sank
diluted
took the edge off
relaxed
dropped off
rolled back
tapered off
decremented
pared
couched
slackened
dried up
amortized
US
clipped
toned down
declined
made less
ebbed
dwindled
de-escalated
trimmed down
made smaller
sunk
sunken
taken down
taken the edge off
run down
softened
allayed
assuaged
soothed
mollified
relieved
dulled
palliated
blunted
deadened
calmed
quieted
subdued
checked
let up
cushioned
stilled
pacified
modified
contracted
cooled
tranquilized
US
lulled
dampened
depreciated
helped
appeased
let up on
damped
quietened
stifled
settled
placated
smothered
suppressed
composed
sweetened
subsided
lenified
comforted
smoothed
poured oil on
remitted
shrunken
damped down
calmed down
soft-pedalled
soft-pedaled
holp
holpen
muted
faded
put an end to
ratcheted down
slumped
phased down
muffled
quenched
took the sting out
taken the sting out
died down
ameliorated
anaesthetized
UK
anesthetized
US
relent
relented
salved
made nice
wasted
degenerated
drooped
decayed
slaked
shortened
took the bite out
taken the bite out
drained
loosened
narrowed
dissipated
offset
withered
evaporated
crumbled
deteriorated
shrivelled
UK
shriveled
US
numbed
put to rest
slacked off
narrowed down
lost edge
dispelled
run low
crippled
abridged
put damper on
felled
put the lid on
put a damper on
adjusted
receded
killed
commuted
thinned
improved
mellowed
squared
plummeted
plummetted
satisfied
palled
gentled
cooled out
played up to
buffered
cured
becalmed
lullabied
blurred
dulcified
become smaller
assisted
aided
drained away
whittled down
died away
cooled off
died out
untroubled
balmed
smoothed down
put a stop to
lift
patched things up
unburdened
worn down
wore away
worn away
wore down
rebated
sated
discounted
tamed
tailed away
sapped
paralysed
UK
overcome
truncated
silenced
masked
extinguished
enfeebled
knocked down
controlled
benumbed
dismissed
banished
constricted
vitiated
adulterated
undermined
offsetted
rarefied
enervated
disabled
debilitated
deflated
contained
destroyed
repressed
eliminated
paralyzed
US
fell off
fallen off
addrest
addressed
drove off
chased away
ran low
plunged
stabilized
US
docked
made less intense
fell
fallen
petered
released
restricted
modulated
slacked
watered down
hushed
rationed
brightened
saved
rescued
resolved
demilitarized
US
defused
neutralized
US
padded
stabilised
UK
recovered
neutralised
UK
demilitarised
UK
counteracted
loosed
grown less
grew less
admixed
varied
punctuated
succored
US
succoured
UK
solaced
consoled
reduced punishment
become less
eased up
got less
phased out
interrupted
stopped
lissed
switched
transmogrified
revamped
grown smaller
grew smaller
conciliated
excused
eased up on
surfeited
desisted
filled
dropped away
flagged
died off
shaved
prevented
fell away
fallen away
propitiated
come down
nosedived
wasted away
fixed up
became smaller
brought respite to
made reductions in
made peace with
run interference for
promoted
speeded up
brought aid
slimmed down
laid off
made less formal
brought an end to
rounded down
made up
cleared the way
brought aid to
softened the impact of
obtunded
won over
sped up
attended to
cropped
untightened
simplified
monkeyed around with
took the sting out of
facilitated
chilled out
lessened the impact of
allied
cleared the air
amputated
furthered
settled down
quietened down
smoothed out
meliorated
made something bearable
closed
reduced the impact of
cheered
reduced the force of
lifted
freed
doctored
nursed
made reasonable
stroked
buttered up
disburdened
made less strict
forwarded
taken the sting out of
opened the door
speeded
sped
disengaged
slacked up
healed
gruntled
expedited
retrenched on
made easier
overcame
driven away
drove away
gotten rid of
got rid of
became less
taken it easy
took it easy
shaven
shove
shave
broke
broken
brake
broke up
broken up
ran interference for
taken the bite out of
took the bite out of
taken the heat
took the heat
taken sting out
took sting out
gone down
went down
came down
took a load off
taken load off
taken a load off
took load off
took pressure off
lay off
taken pressure off
gone easy
went easy
more ❯
“A situation somewhat out of the ordinary has arisen as a result of the Government's decision to
run down
civil defense expenditure.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to bring to an end
shut down
closed down
wound up
petered out
brought to an end
“This may adversely affect business and may even
run down
the business altogether.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for put under arrest
took into custody
confined
detained
held
imprisoned
pulled in
apprehended
arrested
busted
captured
collared
nabbed
picked up
seized
took prisoner
Verb
▲
Past tense for bring to a close
put a stop to
terminated
brought to a halt
brought to a stop
quashed
quelled
subdued
suppressed
brought to a standstill
did for
nipped in the bud
put a lid on
put paid to
put the lid on
stifled
called a halt
closed
completed
concluded
discontinued
ended
finished
halted
put the kibosh on
put the stopper on
stopped
wound up
wrapped up
brought to a close
brought to an end
put an end to
put a period to
rounded off
dissolved
Verb
▲
Past tense for to summarize
reduced
abbreviated
condensed
summarised
UK
summarized
US
abridged
abstracted
consolidated
encapsulated
outlined
summed up
boiled down
compressed
recapped
shortened
skimmed
summated
synopsized
trimmed
truncated
chopped
clipped
clipt
compiled
concentrated
contracted
digested
epitomised
UK
epitomized
US
got to meat
gave main points
limited
narrowed
put in a nutshell
ran through
recapitulated
briefed
reprised
went over
read through
wrapped up
reviewed
cut
pared
examined
evaluated
slammed
reedited
knocked
weighed
discussed
corrected
raved
panned
judged
inspected
trashed
assessed
ripped
studied
revised
zapped
gave a precis of
gave a synopsis of
cut back
gave a rundown of
wrote a critique
gave the main points of
made a summary of
gave an outline of
put down
gave a summary of
gave the gist of
cut down
gave an abstract of
gave opinion
described
delineated
indicated
characterized
US
drafted
adumbrated
gave a rough idea
skeletoned
touched on
draughted
skeletonized
gave a quick rundown on
gave a thumbnail sketch of
told about
made an outline of
laid out
gave a rough idea of
characterised
UK
lay out
capsulized
rehashed
inventoried
snipped
summed
ciphered
pruned
retrograded
restated
bad-mouthed
reiterated
repeated
run through
gone over
run down
given opinion
written a critique
curtailed
cut short
edited
telescoped
shrunk
cropped
pared down
decreased
minified
capsuled
compacted
docked
downsized
elided
syncopated
lessened
diminished
blued pencil
given a summary of
shrank
shrunken
constricted
sketched
cut to bone
slashed
restricted
list
put in nutshell
given a precis of
given a synopsis of
given the main points of
cut out
cut to the bone
cut off
given an outline of
given an abstract of
given the gist of
nutshelled
concluded
closed
totaled
estimated
totalled
recounted
expurgated
bowdlerized
US
zipped
run over
captured
made shorter
bowdlerised
UK
made a outline of
recorded
expressed
replayed
reworded
enumerated
paraphrased
rephrased
listed
sized up
dwindled
lopped
lopt
bobbed
minimized
US
excerpted
retrenched
minimised
UK
stated again
aborted
gotten to the meat
got to the meat
given a rundown of
gotten to meat
given main points
run through again
stopped short
turned up
summarized the evidence
made a long story short
summarized the argument
reviewed the evidence
ran over
got shorter
taken up
took up
gotten shorter
given a digest of
gave a digest of
taken out
took out
written a summary of
wrote a summary of
ran through again
gotten the measure of
given a summing-up
gave a summing-up
got the measure of
gone the same round
gone over same ground
went over again
gone over again
went the same round
went over same ground
given a rough idea of
given a quick rundown on
given a rough idea
given a thumbnail sketch of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to pursue in order to keep track of, or to apprehend, someone
followed
pursued
chased
tailed
tracked
trailed
shadowed
coursed
dogged
hounded
tagged
chased after
gave chase to
went after
went in pursuit of
hunted down
ran after
rushed after
took off after
tracked down
kept pace with
kept up the pace with
dogged the footsteps of
bird-dogged
stalked
hunted
traced
ran
spoored
gave chase
fand
found
sought
chivied
took out after
searched for
ran to ground
heeled
located
scented
chevied
shagged
followed the trail of
gunned for
sought out
looked for
dug up
bedogged
ferreted out
smelt out
harried
tagged along
accompanied
followed on
strung along
rid
harassed
haunted
rode
attended
badgered
plagued
followed in hot pursuit
hung back
lingered behind
poked along
kept a tab on
kept an eye on
kept in sight
kept tabs on
moved behind
prowled after
followed a scent
ran to earth
nosed out
played catch up
camped on the doorstep of
run
run down
run to earth
taken out after
run to ground
run after
given chase to
watched
gone after
put a tail on
surveilled
eyed
observed
kept watch on
kept under surveillance
run with
followed secretly
founden
kept track of
lurked behind
lurked close by
lurked nearby
watched over
given chase
investigated
scouted
crept up on
striddled
lurked
ambushed
menaced
paced
prowled
approached
probed
observed furtively
spied
followed on the heels of
monitored
surveyed
taken off after
quested
elicited
gone in pursuit of
spied on
come after
kept under observation
ran with
pried
flushed out
wormed out
searched out
staked out
scouted out
kept a watch on
got at
smoked out
dug out
chased down
worked undercover
sniffed out
lurked in the shadows
rooted out
secretly followed
walked up to
ridden
drave
driven
druv
drove
gotten at
came after
trod on the heels of
trodden on the heels of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for use up the supply or resources of
wore out
depleted
frayed
trashed
used up
exhausted
consumed
drained
expended
emptied
milked
sapped
burnt
burned
finished
sucked dry
drew down
ate up
spent
diminished
bled
absorbed
devoured
absorpt
attenuated
dissipated
slashed
impoverished
wasted
squandered
blew through
swallowed up
emptied out
finished up
dug into
ran up
cut back
ran through
washed up
put to use
bled dry
frivolled away
dried up
ran out
drew
went through
got through
used
utilized
US
availed oneself of
had recourse to
employed
utilised
UK
frittered away
took last of
threw away
burned through
reduced
evacuated
decreased
lessened
lowered
bankrupted
pared down
played out
weakened
slimmed down
undermined
drawn
drawn down
eaten up
run down
run through
gone through
been through
deprived
gotten through
run out
cleaned out
fleeced
worn out
strained
ruined
finished off
squeezed
wiped out
tapped
siphoned
US
syphoned
UK
dispatched
dried
exploited
busted
disposed of
wrecked
made use of
pauperized
run out of
brought to ruin
brought down
run up
extracted
pumped
destroyed
enervated
drafted
annihilated
eroded
ravaged
engulfed
demolished
voided
draughted
dispersed
dispelled
devastated
enveloped
ate
eaten
frittered
broke
broken
brake
gutted
razed
occupied
drew off
drawn off
catheterized
diverted
overcome
payed out
paid out
laid waste
disfigured
pillaged
beggared
burnt up
burned up
lapsed
liquidated
worn down
wore down
gobbled
guzzled
taken last of
ran out of
filtered off
chipped away at
taken up
took up
blown through
petered out
crippled financially
reduced to beggary
made destitute
sucked the life out of
brought to its knees
decimated
freed from
had no more
pumped out
ruinated
slowly lessened
slowly diminished
wasted away
slowly reduced
crushed
gradually overcome
extraught
blew
blown
went
gone
overcame
wore away
worn away
thrown away
gradually overcame
gotten rid of
gotten last drop
got rid of
got last drop
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to assault, attack
impugned
challenged
disputed
queried
questioned
assailed
attacked
blasted
broke
brake
contested
contradicted
contravened
criticised
UK
criticized
US
crossed
denied
disaffirmed
disavowed
doubted
gainsaid
impeached
knocked
negated
negatived
opposed
oppugned
resisted
slammed
smeared
tarred
traduced
trashed
traversed
zapped
zinged
called into question
put down
skinned alive
swang at
cast aspersions upon
cast doubt upon
came down on
cut to shreds
pinned on
stuck it to
took issue with
threw doubt on
thumbed nose at
threw the book at
Verb
▲
Past tense for to reckon or calculate
computed
calculated
figured
reckoned
ciphered
enumerated
measured
tallied
totalled
totaled
added up
assessed
counted
determined
estimated
evaluated
quantified
rated
summed
worked out
added
cast
divided
gauged
UK
gaged
US
multiplied
subtracted
totted
totalized
toted
added together
cast up
counted up
figured out
counted heads
counted noses
cut ice
doped out
kept tabs
sized up
toted up
totted up
put a figure on
took account of
took measure
numbered
put
ticked off
numerated
summed up
placed
called
made
judged
told
footed
figured up
counted off
counted out
scored
summated
conjectured
guessed
supposed
aggregated
accounted
reckoned up
found the sum of
number crunched
approximated
squared
appraised
valued
amounted
looked upon
thought of
putten
run down
taken account of
recorded
set
cost
forecast
registered
racked up
footed up
put together
kept score
established
fixed
fixt
devised
writ
formulated
guesstimated
did addition
done addition
considered
weighed
costed
calibrated
assayed
foretold
forecasted
analyzed
US
analysed
UK
adjusted
marked
settled
weighed up
inventoried
itemized
US
catalogued
UK
cataloged
US
tallyhoed
itemised
UK
taled
noted
plussed
plused
audited
combined
balanced
figured something out
worked something out
marked down
counted one by one
taken stock of
kept tally
kept the score
kept a tally
kept count
stacked up
kept a running record
kept a tally of
took stock of
tallied up
totalled up
kept
kept a record
piled up
written
wrote
taken measure
written down
wrote down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to explain meticulously or in great detail
explicated
clarified
elucidated
explained
expounded
illuminated
interpreted
cleared up
construed
demonstrated
demystified
developed
developt
illustrated
simplified
spelled out
spelt out
unfolded
unriddled
untangled
amplified
appraised
criticised
UK
criticized
US
dilated
enucleated
expanded
expatiated
commented on
experiments with
got across
made clear
made explicit
made plain
worked out
enlarged upon
told why
threw light on
gave the big picture
put into plain English
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make emotionally sad or depressed
depressed
saddened
oppressed
discouraged
upset
daunted
desolated
disheartened
dispirited
distressed
dejected
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
grieved
troubled
chilled
dismayed
tried
afflicted
crushed
perturbed
shook
aggrieved
ailed
burdened
dashed
disturbed
drained
harrowed
haunted
mortified
tormented
wearied
bothered
bugged
dampened
abased
beat
cowed
damped
darkened
debilitated
dragged
drug
dulled
enervated
fazed
cast down
reduced to tears
weighed down
cast a gloom upon
got down
made sad
made unhappy
beat down
brought tears to your eyes
bummed out
made despondent
made gloomy
turned off
weighed heavily on
caused suffering to
gave someone the blues
kept under
knocked for six
knocked the stuffing out of
made desolate
hung over
harshed someone's mellow
knocked sideways
bore down
made someone fed up
poured cold water on
threw cold water on
dampened spirits
dashed hopes
broke someone's heart
Verb
▲
Past tense for to move fast enough to reach or pass someone or something ahead
caught
overtook
passed
jumped
overhauled
caught up with
neared
approached
gained ground on
crept up on
got nearer to
drew nearer to
drew level with
closed in on
gained on
narrowed the gap between
came up to
drawn nearer to
gotten nearer to
come up to
drawn level with
run down
overtaken
Verb
▲
Past tense for to study or check into thoroughly
investigated
examined
explored
researched
considered
studied
analysed
UK
analyzed
US
inspected
looked into
went into
probed
reviewed
scrutinised
UK
scrutinized
US
looked over
sifted
audited
delved into
evaluated
queried
appraised
brainstormed
cased
dissected
enquired into
eyeballed
inquired into
interrogated
prospected
questioned
scouted
bugged
canvassed
excogitated
frisked
muckraked
poked
recced
recce'd
reconnoitred
UK
reconnoitered
US
searched
spied
surveyed
tapped
tested
undersought
vetted
wiretapped
checked into
checked out
checked over
checked up
checked up on
conducted an enquiry into
conducted an investigation into
deliberated on
dug into
felt out
followed up
went over
listened in
made enquiries about
made inquiry
pored over
probed into
pried into
read into
searched for
took stock of
weighed up
brooded over
chewed over
cross-examined
dived into
inquired about
looked at
looked at carefully
mulled over
nosed around
poked around
read up on
scoped out
searched into
sized up
sounded out
staked out
sussed out
worked over
asked questions of
did research into
made inquiries about
put questions to
put to the test
gave the once over
gave the once-over
searched the evidence concerning
sifted the evidence concerning
subjected to an examination
tried to get to the bottom of
viewed
pursued
enquired about
found out about
made an observation of
made enquiries into
got back to
asked questions about
chased up
made sure
spied on
made a recce of
gone into
gone over
taken stock of
run down
done research into
given the once over
given the once-over
scanned
checked
read
perused
overlooked
conned
assessed
scoped
eyed
put under a microscope
observed
gone through
went through
been through
looked through
contemplated
run over
regarded
cut
oversaw
overseen
read over
cast your eye over
cast an eye over
inquired
watched
gone over with a fine-tooth comb
went over with a fine-tooth comb
enquired
UK
estimated
judged
gave something a once-over
given something a once-over
skimmed
browsed
assayed
thought through
examined closely
readen
skimmed through
dipped into
run through
run your eye over
dug
monitored
interpreted
candled
verified
took a look at
taken a look at
screened
ran over
anatomized
pondered
clocked
picked apart
scoured
swept
thought about
had a look at
parsed
supervised
beheld
looked
corrected
superintended
raked
gave something a going-over
given something a going-over
surfed
looked see
stared at
gazed at
looked upon
reread
edited
read through
flipped through
leafed through
read quickly
read intently
thumbed through
proofread
taken a dekko at
took a dekko at
delved
established
ran through
ran your eye over
weighed
combed
certified
noted
ascertained
confirmed
penetrated
perlustrated
pierced
identified
censored
redacted
stared
pegged
smoked
balanced
told
sorted out
tried
determined
kicked around
discerned
perceived
nitpicked
proved
compared
ensured
counted
quizzed
traversed
unpacked
criticized
US
opened up
noticed
catechized
found out
reported
tackled
discussed
examined carefully
treated
esteemed
tried out
scouted out
tested out
flicked
criticised
UK
beholden
subjected to an inspection
taken stock
took stock
left no stone unturned
glanced over
glassed
passed under review
kept account
made sure of
kicked the tires
deconstructed
leafed
flipped
looked closely
gave something a look-see
given something a look-see
got a load of
gotten a load of
ranged over
riffed
riffled
flashed
rumbled
waded into
thumbed
looked on
broke down
thought of
passed through
followed
adjudicated
picked holes
found fault
triangulated
gaged
US
winnowed
sifted through
sized
waded through
was absorbed in
checked through
looked around
referred to
summarized
US
pored
deleted
had a quick look
valuated
eyed up
looked up and down
struck out
copyedited
flicked through
glanced through
plotted
graphed
buried oneself in
charted
looked round
blue-pencilled
blue-penciled
ploughed through
refined
marked up
glanced
been absorbed in
riffled through
glanced at
picked at
removed errors
devoured
mapped out
browsed through
rephrased
summarised
UK
gauged
UK
boned up
had a look-see
rearranged
revised
asked about
dolven
dalf
prove
proven
burnt up
burned up
took the measure of
taken the measure of
seen
saw
broken down
taken apart
took apart
gotten back to
undersaw
underseen
taken a gander
took a gander
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to reduce to dishonour or disgrace
degraded
demeaned
cheapened
debased
disgraced
humbled
humiliated
shamed
abased
corrupted
discredited
injured
prostituted
devalued
dishonoured
UK
mortified
perverted
reduced
bastardised
UK
bastardized
US
cankered
chastened
damaged
debauched
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
depraved
deteriorated
dishonored
US
fouled
harmed
lessened
lowered
marred
poisoned
profaned
sank
smirched
subverted
vitiated
warped
brutalised
UK
brutalized
US
dehumanised
UK
dehumanized
US
desensitised
UK
desensitized
US
spoiled
US
spoilt
UK
undermined
weakened
belittled
bemeant
bemeaned
decried
derogated
destroyed
detracted
diminished
disparaged
panned
slammed
took down
brought shame to
cast down
cut down
lowered the status of
put down
shot down
tore down
cut down to size
took down a peg
Verb
▲
Past tense for tell someone about something
recounted
described
narrated
related
told
reported
recited
rehearsed
delineated
depicted
portrayed
detailed
enumerated
repeated
communicated
conveyed
gave an account of
outlined
painted
presented
retailed
unfolded
charted
chronicled
imparted
itemised
UK
itemized
US
listed
list
relayed
relaid
cataloged
US
catalogued
UK
cited
particularised
UK
particularized
US
set forth
specified
echoed
pictured
recapped
recapitulated
rehashed
stated
tracked
unloaded
verbalised
UK
verbalized
US
played back
ran through
said again
told the story of
broke a story
gave an account
ran by again
set out
numerated
named
enrolled
let your hair down
ticked off
spelt out
spelled out
reeled off
set down
rattled off
checked off
ran off
shared
scheduled
revealed
span
spun
divulged
expressed
disclosed
transmitted
spilled
slang
slung
retold
spilt
tabulated
spoke about
tallied
documented
clued in
spilled the beans
gave the word
shot the breeze
spun a yarn
spilt the beans
arranged
noted
got off your chest
alphabetized
billed
polled
laid it on the line
calendered
minuted
mentioned
laid out
wrote down
lay out
quoted
buttoned down
broke down
made a list of
kept count
noted down
identified
gave
inventoried
summarized
US
summed
specialised
UK
specialized
US
figured
summarised
UK
counted noses
kept tabs
took account of
given an account of
run down
run through
broken a story
given an account
run by again
spread
broadcast
put forward
declared
made known
announced
proclaimed
explained
broadcasted
published
advanced
propounded
let on about
told of
discussed
expounded
pointed out
promulgated
instanced
indicated
raised
passed on
referred to
given
circulated
touched on
enunciated
informed
made public
commented on
represented
evoked
articulated
offered
covered
proposed
brought up
illustrated
adverted to
touched upon
framed
showed
designated
intimated
aired
elucidated
introduced
referenced
mooted
adduced
testified
characterized
US
put into words
put
noticed
recorded
put in words
sketched
reviewed
talked about
put out
epitomized
US
pointed to
let anyone know of
made reference to
transferred
voiced
characterised
UK
exposed
sayed
said
defined
disseminated
asserted
acknowledged
submitted
denoted
transfused
rendered
uttered
epitomised
UK
trumpeted
reported on
conducted
broached
ventilated
publicized
US
dropped
individualized
US
individualised
UK
publicised
UK
remarked on
called attention to
reiterated
restated
registered
spoken about
proffered
addrest
addressed
elaborated
dealt with
alluded to
analysed
UK
explored
uncovered
typecast
explicated
shown
discovered
analyzed
US
exhibited
treated
blabbed
displayed
exemplified
affirmed
conjured up
notified
argued
individuated
advised
provided details
averred
canvased
suggested
heralded
pronounced
reproduced
circumstantiated
laid down
phrased
vocalized
US
invoked
blazoned
vented
advertised
advertized
worded
provided details of
informed of
interpreted
admitted
accounted for
handed on
let in on
formulated
sounded
embodied
testified to
couched
asseverated
adverted
debated
passed
alleged
run off
put graphically
broadcast details of
delivered
maintained
avowed
talked through
let on
let out
got across
vocalised
UK
made mention of
put over
let someone know of
come out with
brought into the open
put across
followed
traced
gone over
went over
given details of
gave details of
monitored
gone into
went into
spoke
spoken
spake
broke
broken
brake
logged
spoke of
spoken of
summed up
expatiated
descanted
voice-overed
discoursed
scrutinized
US
examined
graphed
sketched out
run over
abstracted
briefed
reprised
digested
synopsized
encapsulated
chimed
dinned
readied
acted
iterated
stamped
styled
branded
featured
classed
stipulated
leaked
drew
drawn
replayed
rephrased
reworded
paraphrased
held forth
related to
pegged
modeled
US
charactered
symbolized
US
classified
categorized
US
modelled
UK
personified
typecasted
symbolised
UK
typified
pigeonholed
posted
told about
embellished
kept posted
filled in
opened up
reenacted
experimented
honed
tested
had to do with
studied
painted in words
clarified
canvassed
sent
wrapped up
boiled down
stated again
produced
told a story
affected
involved
trotted out
constituted
marked
captured
caught
limned
imaged
unbosomed
tabled
deciphered
resolved
solved
painted a word picture of
advised of
pertained to
run through again
annunciated
purported
instructed
taught
gave a rundown of
given a rundown of
signified
writ
mouthed
claimed
lay down
realized
US
personalised
UK
realised
UK
distinguished
numbered
peculiarized
singularized
emblematized
signalised
UK
categorised
UK
signalized
US
personalized
US
tabbed
instantiated
tackled
looked into
delved into
encompassed
commentated on
putten
gave details
given details
hinted at
cabled
adumbrated
wired
acquainted
inferred
given details on
gave details on
opined
professed
gave the facts
given the facts
gave the facts on
given the facts on
recalled
counted
recollected
evidenced
deliberated on
investigated
contended with
expounded on
probed
advocated
imported
looked
blared
preached
talked
sounded out
praught
posited
quoted chapter and verse
written up
wrote up
inflected
muttered
avouched
intonated
hinted
insinuated
bespoke
emphasized
US
stressed
intoned
confessed
connoted
brought to life
told vividly
published details of
concerned itself with
regarded
had a bearing on
dug into
concerned
comprised of
sifted through
scrutinised
UK
inquired about
conferred on
doped out
figured out
cleared up
talked over
communicated information
brought word on
brought word
shouted
roared
allegated
reasserted
emphasised
UK
reaffirmed
cried
clad
yelled
clothed
modulated
gave out
given out
gotten across
got down to brass tacks
gotten down to brass tacks
poured out
painted a picture of
entered
attested to
got over
conferred about
brought forward
conjured up a vision
made you see
exchanged views on
came out with
chimed in
illustrated with
deliberated about
popped off
pitched
given voice to
brought out
exchanged views about
brought in
caught a likeness
conversed about
sweated details
talked of
gave voice to
enounced
told all about
caught a likeness of
made out
spieled
shouted from the rooftops
tweeted
ran over
given a report of
gave a report of
given the word
broken the news
broke the news
drawn up
drew up
given a description of
gave a description of
gotten off your chest
gave a account of
given a account of
been through
gone through
went through
wrote
written
written down
spoke briefly of
spoken briefly of
ran through again
looked at
broken down
taken account of
borne upon
took on
born upon
taken on
applied to
bore upon
appertained to
gotten through
got through
rung up
rang up
twoten
twote
gone over again
went over again
went public with
gone public with
gave blow-by-blow
given blow-by-blow
gave rundown
thrown out
given rundown
threw out
bespake
bespoken
flown speck
flew speck
given an explanation of
gave an explanation of
written about
wrote about
given utterance
gave utterance
gave expression
gave expression to
gave vent to
bore witness
given expression
given expression to
spoken out
given away
gave testimony
given utterance to
given testimony
gave utterance to
borne witness
gotten over
spoke out
given vent to
gave away
gone the same round
gone over same ground
went the same round
went over same ground
appealed to
gave as example
drew attention to
gave as an example
given as an example
given as example
drawn attention to
wrote an account of
written an account of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to precisely state or describe the nature, scope, or meaning of
represented
depicted
portrayed
pictured
characterised
UK
characterized
US
described
illustrated
rendered
showed
delineated
sketched
expressed
charactered
defined
designated
displayed
exhibited
imaged
limned
outlined
painted
denoted
drew
evoked
reproduced
designed
draughted
drafted
enacted
hinted
interpreted
mirrored
narrated
realised
UK
realized
US
related
signified
suggested
tracked
ran through
Verb
▲
Past tense for feel or express contempt or disdain for
scorned
disdained
slighted
derided
contemned
snubbed
despised
disparaged
mocked
rejected
scouted
dismissed
rebuffed
shunned
sniffed at
spurned
dissed
disrespected
flouted
high-hatted
poured scorn on
scoffed at
sneered at
snooted
was above
were above
heaped scorn on
jeered at
laughed at
misprized
treated with contempt
abhorred
avoided
belittled
confuted
defied
gibed
hated
held in contempt
looked down on
pissed on
pissed over
refused
refuted
renounced
repudiated
reviled
ridiculed
scoffed
sneered
spitted on
taunted
trashed
blew raspberries at
laughed out of court
considered beneath you
put down
turned down
considered beneath one
curled your lip at
gave the Bronx cheer to
looked down upon
showed contempt for
spitted in the eye of
spitted in the face of
turned back on
made fun of
turned your nose up at
Verb
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Past tense for to do repeatedly so as to become proficient
rehearsed
practised
UK
drilled
exercised
practiced
US
prepared
trained
ran over
went through
learnt one's part
read through
ran lines
sang through
tried out
worked out
went over
ran through
walked through
took from the top
repeated
recapped
recapitulated
did again
run over
gone through
been through
run lines
sung through
gone over
run down
run through
taken from the top
studied
honed
worked
sharpened
wrought
polished
tried
iterated
attempted
recited
habituated
dress rehearsed
become seasoned
warmed up
tuned up
built up
done again
became seasoned
Verb
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Past tense for to make spitefully critical comments
complained
griped
grope
groused
grumbled
moaned
whined
whinged
grizzled
grouched
nagged
yammered
bleated
carped
criticised
UK
criticized
US
fussed
grumped
squawked
squealed
wailed
beefed
bellyached
caterwauled
hollered
maligned
rubbished
slandered
sniped
whimpered
badmouthed
crabbed
croaked
growled
inveighed
murmured
muttered
repined
screamed
trashed
yowled
knocked
maundered
bad-mouthed
pulled to pieces
slagged off
spoke ill of
took apart
found fault with
cast aspersions on
moaned and groaned
did a hatchet job on
kvetched
protested
objected
remonstrated
denounced
reproached
keened
yawped
yauped
expostulated
kicked
sounded off
kicked up a fuss
let someone have it
put the boot in
inveighed against
grieved
groaned
bemoaned
bewailed
deplored
lamented
charged
nitpicked
mithered
demurred
chirped
cavilled
UK
created
fretted
dissented
opposed
caviled
US
chuntered
deprecated
refuted
snivelled
UK
twined
cribbed
ascribed
contravened
laid
accused
nattered
imputed
disapproved
sniveled
US
disagreed
differed
gainsaid
defied
indicted
attacked
decried
found fault
nit-picked
spoke out against
made a fuss
railed at
went on about
kicked up a stink
objected to
took exception to
looked askance
made a complaint
carried on
plained over
picked holes in
lodged a complaint
declaimed
condemned
disparaged
vituperated
impugned
upbraided
lashed
ranted
railed
reviled
admonished
lambasted
castigated
censured
scolded
cried
vilified
blasted
recriminated
fulminated
berated
roasted
blamed
denigrated
scorched
abused
raged
stormed
yelped
bawled
yapped
laid into
ripped into
tongue-lashed
grouched about
laid out
lay out
kicked up a fuss about
had at
complained vehemently about
bellyached about
cracked down on
took exception
went after
jumped down one's throat
worked over
beefed about
sounded off about
kicked up a stink about
gripen
gone after
taken exception
run down
howled
sobbed
put up a fight
made a stand
screeched
made a fuss about
puled
raised objections
excepted
expressed disapproval
challenged
squalled
wept
weeped
expressed disapproval of
ululated
blubbered
mourned
yelled
shrieked
shright
thundered
whispered
protested against
opposed strongly
disputed
raised objections to
complained vociferously about
picked at
greeted
wauled
gone on
went on
roared
curst
cursed
execrated
mewled
spoken out against
mumbled
quibbled
sighed
put down
vociferated
fumed
expostulated about
ranted about
made a protest
animadverted
picked on
argued
taken a stand
took a stand
railed against
split hairs
expressed disagreement
protested strongly at
mouthed off about
lodged a protest against
expressed disagreement with
resisted
bickered
disagreed violently with
combated
fought
combatted
made a stink
made an objection
put up a fight against
kicked against
spoken out
spoke out
taken exception to
taken issue
took issue
taken issue with
took issue with
gone on about
took a stand against
taken a stand against
plained
harangued
discoursed
orated
perorated
anathematized
harassed
badgered
harried
protested strongly
niggled
hounded
excoriated
flamed
mouthed off
sniffled
chivvied
henpecked
hassled
blustered
spouted
raved
dissed
reprobated
arraigned
huffed
rumbled
expressed objections
bullied
persecuted
pestered
worried
denunciated
blubbed
bayed
expressed objections to
lodged a protest
minded
miaowed
dogged
vexed
needled
kept on at
vext
pecked at
plagued
raged against
fulminated against
thundered against
pleaded
pled
hypercriticized
intimidated
menaced
sorrowed about
sighed over
sorrowed for
grieved over
sorrowed
remonstrated against
kept after
carped at
revolted
slurred
swallowed
wittered
droned
snarled
gabbled
quarreled
US
quarrelled
UK
sputtered
burbled
muddled
argued against
sulked
objurgated
pecked
bothered
panned
animadverted upon
vociferated about
spurned
quarreled with
had a problem
disapproved of
jowled
rebelled
importuned
prodded
disturbed
nudged
hectored
urged
harped on at
teased
grumbled at
heckled
egged
goaded
baited
moaned at
provoked
distressed
remonstrated about
declaimed against
criticizes severely
groused about
complained about
had a problem with
grumbled about
cavilled at
moaned about
picked holes
foughten
moaned on at
kept complaining to
raised Cain
tangled with
whipped
objected strongly to
expressed opposition
frowned upon
breathed down someone's neck
raised a ruckus
made screeching
jawed
frowned on
disesteemed
withstood
took on
crossed
discommended
worked on
kvetched about
rated
discountenanced
disavowed
quibbled about
chewed out
taken on
griped about
cried loudly
bawled out
kicked up
made a stand against
kicked up a storm
busted someone's balls
cried softly
cried the blues
ranted and raved
raised objection
bent someone's ear
rained
mixed it up with
baulked
UK
said no to
voiced disapproval
made a protest against
talked under your breath
said no
cried out
squabbled
balked
US
busted chops
complained bitterly about
rid
rode
ridden
tore into
torn into
went on at
gone on at
ate
eaten
drawn the line
drew the line
begged to differ
gone-one-on-one
drew the line at
went-one-on-one
drawn the line at
blown off
blew off
taken great exception to
took great exception to
back-talked
took up the cudgels
taken up the cudgels
spoken ill of
taken apart
done a hatchet job on
took it out on
taken it out on
given a hard time
gave a hard time
swore at
sworn at
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Verb
▲
Past tense for to fall or dive downwards or to a lower level
descended
fell
felled
dropped
plunged
sank
dived
dove
plummeted
plummetted
tumbled
cratered
lowered
pitched
skidded
crashed
dipped
nosedived
slumped
cascaded
collapsed
grounded
ground
plopped
set
settled
went down
nose-dived
came down
fell down
fell prostrate
slid down
tumbled down
moved down
Verb
▲
Past tense for to gradually eliminate or bring to an end
phased out
wound down
eased off
wound up
brought to a close
brought to a end
weeded out
closed down
closed out
drew to a close
eliminated gradually
removed gradually
replaced gradually
withdrew gradually
got rid of by stages
came to an end
run down
drawn to a close
withdrawn gradually
come to an end
Verb
▲
Past tense for to stop operating
died
failed
stopped
halted
aborted
broke
brake
bombed
buckled
collapsed
crashed
floundered
folded
foundered
gave
stalled
tanked
yielded
yold
cratered
crumpled
fell
felled
fizzled
flatlined
flopped
flunked
broke down
cut out
gave out
conked out
ceased to function
fizzled out
stopped working
faded away
faded out
fell flat
packed up
petered out
seized up
flamed out
lost power
bit the dust
caved in
came unstuck
went belly-up
went kaput
went phut
ran aground
gave up the ghost
stopped functioning
Verb
▲
Past tense for to exhaust or use up all available physical energy
exhausted
drained
wearied
tired
fatigued
wore
frazzled
broke
brake
busted
outwore
harassed
killed
flagged
wore out
knocked out
did in
tuckered out
washed out
did up
wore down
grew weary
became drained
became exhausted
broke down
got tired
ran out of steam
stressed out
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