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Verb
▲
To provide assuagement or palliation to
alleviate
ease
soothe
allay
mitigate
assuage
palliate
appease
diminish
dull
soften
brighten
calm
comfort
counteract
cure
dispel
mollify
relax
salve
abate
console
lessen
lighten
punctuate
reduce
solace
succorUS
succourUK
vary
help
interrupt
liss
stop
subdue
sweeten
temper
aid
assist
break up
moderate
prevent
quiet
bring respite to
bring an end to
make bearable
let up on
take load off
make something bearable
take a load off
bring aid
bring aid to
minimizeUS
contract
minimiseUK
fall off
curtail
cut
wind down
slump
depreciate
ease up
plummet
play down
decrement
cut back
slash
fade away
come to an end
slack off
go down
flag
grow smaller
plunge
hush
wither
close
slacken off
become smaller
pare down
shorten
disappear
drain
clip
roll back
scale down
shrivel
droop
melt away
erode
slow down
trail
waste away
descend
narrow
terminate
shush
get less
downplay
minify
die off
abridge
vanish
fail
pare
deteriorate
nosedive
devaluate
degenerate
decay
devalue
mark down
bring down
wear away
degrade
dry up
trail off
get smaller
cease
prune
dumb
squelch
lapse
trim
whitewash
dip
de-emphasize
wilt
dial down
make smaller
throw cold water on
blur
step down
bate
shut up
evanesce
become weaker
shave
pour cold water on
wear down
evaporate
make cutbacks in
cloud
go downhill
make light of
fade out
become less
run low
take a nosedive
slim down
euphemize
revise
desist
balance
adapt
absorb
disempower
truncate
withdraw
finish
decelerate
break
collapse
alter
slope
axeUK
couch
downgrade
halt
end
thin out
retire
deemphasize
crash
gloss over
abbreviate
retrench
sag
axUS
rise above
tumble
hush-hush
regress
deflate
come to a stop
take down
trim back
trim down
rein
pipe down
languish
dive
retrograde
go
muzzle
gag
cheapen
shape
waste
ease up on
cool it
grow faint
cut back on
phase out
dampen down
nose-dive
whittle down
go through the floor
hit the floor
fall short
keep it down
decrease the volume
become lower
spare
shade
sober
darken
deepen
ration
restraint
discount
diffuse
dock
grow
condense
slim
wrinkle
atrophy
incline downwards
slant down
frost
infrigidate
freshen
slope down
tilt downwards
mince
rescind
trail away
elongate
coast
unlax
cut down on
make fewer
lose edge
narrow down
round down
stay
flow away
make weaker
reduce punishment
become less intense
telescope
attune
cork up
put damper on
bottle up
come down
undervalue
demote
slip
give way
give in
become weak
reduce greatly
thin down
make less intense
crop
amputate
close out
harmonizeUS
put at rest
be on the way out
stretch
broaden
go downwards
write off
get lower
cause to fall
write down
subjugate
quash
retreat
make reductions in
fizzle out
arrange
fall down
draw to a close
circumscribe
make conditional
retrench on
salami-slice
slack up
put behind one
make less formal
make less strict
tone
set
tune
take pressure off
adulterate
level off
relapse
lessen the impact of
reduce the impact of
chill
add reservations to
add to
order
organizeUS
die away or out
die away or down
protect against
open
totter
skid
lose
lace
extend
sophisticate
clam
overawe
tongue-tie
inflect
buttress
seclude
guard
insulate
reduce the effect of
discourage
perish
backslide
crater
drag
buckle
make additions to
retrocede
lay off
flop
debase
invalidate
defend against
shield against
lag
emaciate
dematerialize
fly
flee
deter
soften the impact of
go into a tailspin
fold up
tip over
break down
be precipitated
decrease in value
cave in
decline in price
hit the dirt
take a header
lose value
bow out
fall back
pull out
back away
return
drop back
add a rider to
fine-tune
tweak
harmoniseUK
liberalizeUS
liberaliseUK
design
plan
frame
construct
etiolate
blanket
dash
dummy up
cut off
strike dumb
hold one's tongue
cut short
close up
say nothing
hush one's mouth
sit on
choke off
retrogress
move away
go back
safeguard against
give a lower profile
attach little importance to
think nothing of
give little weight to
talk down
deliquesce
grow feeble
rarefy
tucker out
clear
fold
pass off
grow dim
die on vine
evanish
poop out
vanish into thin air
fag out
become less loud
become unimportant
stamp out
pass
retract
back
depart
move back
form
concoct
free up
move further off
back off
elapse
discontinue
soften up
work out
set out
simmer down
map out
put together
make up
marshallUS
hold in
marshalUK
dispose
tune down
organiseUK
justify
quit
determine
expire
conclude
go away
flow back
draw away
draw back
defend
molderUS
dilapidate
moulderUK
die
deodorizeUS
explain
explain away
underplay
understate
underemphasize
blue-pencil
gloze over
make excuses for
deodoriseUK
wind up
dead-end
break off
run out
leave off
wink out
go dead
pack in
make allowances for
make allowances
make a case for
give an explanation for
make nothing of
make little of
shrug off
go easy
amortiseUK
cast down
amortizeUS
tighten
set no store by
put on the soft pedal
set little store by
come up with an explanation for
more ❯
“His wife became angry and anxious, engaging in elaborate cleaning rituals to relieve her anxiety.”
Verb
▲
Take over the place, position, or role of
replace
substitute
displant
supersede
supplant
support
displace
spell
cover for
deputize for
fill in for
substitute for
take over from
act as stand-in for
be a proxy for
provide cover for
stand in for
act as a substitute for
take the place of
act as locum for
cut out
give a break
hold the fort for
oust
override
remove
succeed
usurp
unseat
overthrow
more ❯
“Every so often, a trooper would don armor and cloak to go and relieve a guard on duty outside.”
Verb
▲
To remove blame or responsibility from
free
disencumber
unburden
absolve
clear
deliver
disburden
discharge
divest
release
resign
rid
spare
disembarrass
dispense
excuse
exempt
pull
dismiss
yank
boot out
free from
free of
let go
let off
release from
remove blame
absolve from
disburden of
discharge from
disencumber of
excuse from
exempt from
extricate from
get rid of
liberate from
set free from
unburden of
deliver from
disembarrass of
rescue from
save from
more ❯
“I will hereby forgive you and relieve you of that abominable burden of guilt.”
Verb
▲
To bat in place of another player
pinch-hit
substitute
cover
sub
deputiseUK
deputizeUS
replace
proxy
spell
alternate
change
commute
displace
supersede
supplant
supply
swap
switch
fill in
stand in
take over
step in
double for
stand in for
fill in for
back up
cover for
stand for
act for
answer for
swap places with
fill one's position
go as
take another's place
be in place of
serve in one's stead
do the work of
step into someone's shoes
fill someone's shoes
step into shoes of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To help or give aid to
assist
help
aid
abet
back
facilitate
support
boost
ease
promote
encourage
forward
cooperate
oblige
serve
accommodate
benefit
precipitate
succorUS
succourUK
work with
backstop
foster
further
second
accelerate
advance
attend
attend to
collaborate with
cooperate with
expedite
give assistance to
wait on
back up
be of use to
contribute to
help along
hype
make easy
plug
prop up
puff
push
reinforce
speed up
stump
sustain
thump
bail someone out
be of service to
do someone a favour
do someone a service
give a boost to
hike up
jack up
pitch in with
bail out
be a factor in
clear a path for
do for
go with
help out
muck in with
open doors for
open the door for
pave the way for
ride shotgun
root for
smooth the way for
work for
assist the progress of
get stuck in with
give a boost
give a hand
give a lift
grease the wheels
lend a hand
lend a hand to
oil the wheels of
uphold
nurse
protect
subsidiseUK
befriend
bring aid to
give help to
give support to
stick up for
bring relief to
look after
bring comfort to
be supportive of
render assistance to
straighten out
save
deliver
improve
profit
advantage
better
redeem
finance
give aid and encouragement to
enhance
ameliorate
build
prop
release
spring
bring off
strengthen
nurture
tend
suit
be good for
befit
do good to
be of assistance
be of use
do a favor
lend a helping hand
pitch in
aid and abet
do a service
come to somebody's aid
give a helping hand to
drive
be beneficial to
be helpful to
gratify
bless
be to the advantage of
please
be advantageous to
pay off for
satisfy
be there for
do a favour
give help
do one's part
give assistance
chip in
save someone's skin
be of help
be of service
come to someone's rescue
do one's bit for
save someone's bacon
bale someone out
take under one's wing
be useful
do a good turn
be of assistance to
power
be of help to
be of advantage to
be useful to
stimulate
champion
endorse
cultivate
fund
hasten
nourish
sponsor
fast-track
contribute
incubate
advocate
speed
smooth
patronizeUS
develop
motivate
patroniseUK
make easier
espouse
spur
hurry
rush
clear the way for
quicken
bankroll
underwrite
inspire
enable
impel
sanction
open doors
loosen up
simplify
countenance
enrich
make possible
urge
side with
stake
make smooth
make smoother
bolster
grubstake
administer to
meet the needs of
give a push to
step up
see to
endow
indorse
hand-carry
indulge
collaborate
lend support to
humourUK
go along with
walk through
conspire
connive
humorUS
answer
speak for
proselytizeUS
spur on
pander to
give backing to
proselytiseUK
keep an eye on
be a patron of
foot the bill for
pick up the tab for
put up the money for
take part
maintain
make friends with
participate
get involved
recommend
treat
invest in
muck in
feed
spread
progress
defend
foment
fuel
doctor
campaign for
breed
rear
raise
join in
get stuck in
buttress
suffice
goad
convenience
buoy up
egg on
give money to
plunk for
plump for
subscribe to
play ball
pamper
go
provide for
get behind
propagandizeUS
grease
be of advantage
mother
give strength to
pull for
shore up
meet the wants of
keep
angel
service
bring up
unclog
stand behind
make a contribution to
propagandiseUK
be adequate
do a kindness to
see someone through
fill the bill
hurry up
do a good turn to
act as guarantor of
be conducive to
watch over
be in the service of
crank up
be a source of strength to
pursue
steady
financially support
court
establish
add to
grow
present
teach
revitalizeUS
proclaim
preach
suggest
hurry along
make a contribution
favorise
instruct
set up
campaign
approve
cheer along
tide over
keep going
augment
give a lift to
tend to
peddle
propound
fast track
lend support
give a donation to
mind
push through
arouse
invigorateUS
advise
plot
contrive
bolster up
revitaliseUK
agitate for
publicizeUS
embrace
tout
advertise
brace
advertize
do your part
give a helping hand
pull your weight
do your bit
oil the wheels for
grease wheels
kick-start
incline
bear a hand
propose
argue for
justify
supplement
sweeten
envigorateUK
affirm
drum up
commend
increase
welcome
guide
urge on
assist in
help with
to stand one in good stead
cater to
propel
give someone a flying start
invite
dispatch
press
be beneficial
be helpful
be advantageous
give somebody a hand
instigate
fortify
wait upon
rev up
perk up
open the door to
reduce the difficulty of
lessen the labour of
deal with
push for
safeguard
bundle
remedy
administer
heal
cure
pander
care
go for
smile upon
pat on the back
fire up
give a shot in the arm to
lubricate
oil
add value
work
aid in
help in
whisk
be valuable
be of benefit
be profitable
publiciseUK
iron out the difficulties of
take the edge off
sit
make peace
collude
baby-sit
be in cahoots with
take the sting out
cradle
father
be in league with
keep in countenance
pave the way
smile on
approve of
extend
engender
expand
ballyhoo
broaden
generate
propagate
do
be solicitous of
cotton to
make a friend of
case out
buddy up
do your bit for
ally
vote for
go along
do something for
meet
fulfillUS
fill
fulfilUK
account
ally oneself with
deal
set
portion
arrange
ready
be responsible for
vouch for
answer for
act as a guarantor for
pay for
guarantee
lend your name to
put up money
keep alive
attend to the requirements of
push forward
hurry on
make faster
gee up
abide by
stick by
be of worth
condone
prompt
incite
tag along
be effective
get in with
hit it off
get chummy with
come on to
take up with
be on the side of
watch out for
take charge of
keep tabs on
collude with
connive with
hearten
carry
play along
be willing
show willing
reciprocate
respond
agree
capitalizeUS
prod
take up the cudgels for
be in collusion with
participate in
connive at
pay
set on
be hand in glove with
cheer up
apply
comply with
join forces
pull together
play the game
work together
stick together
be of benefit to
do someone good
come around
take it
meet halfway
go fifty-fifty
do a kindness
gratify the wishes of
meet the wants
fit in
make room
victual
capitaliseUK
provide finance for
pay a subsidy to
provide capital for
give a grant to
juice
put up to
get in on the act
fit
serve a purpose
beseem
be acceptable
meet requirements
answer the purpose
be good enough
fit the bill
be all right
be of value to
buck up
do someone a good turn
shell out for
toe the mark
be kind enough to
put oneself out
put yourself out for
put oneself out for
bend over backward
make a deal
roll with it
don't make waves
provision
fork out for
cough up for
chip in for
pony up for
board
keep one going
keep you going
cater for
pick up the check
prime the pump
pick up the tab
grin and bear it
swim with the tide
allow for
be in cahoots
supply
further the interests of
bow to
submit to
defer to
provide
fit in with
yield to
find ways to help
go along with the plan
agree with
offer
furnish
purvey
spoil
baby
tailor
cotton
outfit
coddle
procure
bend over backwards for
cater
make provision
make available
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give new life to, or to restore to a healthy condition
reanimate
revitaliseUK
revitalizeUS
restore
renew
rejuvenate
revive
revivify
resuscitate
regenerate
refresh
resurrect
rekindle
recharge
repair
renovate
enliven
rewake
rewaken
envigorateUK
invigorateUS
awaken
energiseUK
energizeUS
rouse
reawaken
strengthen
arouse
animate
inspirit
recover
recondition
exhilarate
rally
enkindle
quicken
reactivate
encourage
brighten
wake up
breathe new life into
bounce back
touch up
make whole
bring around
galvanizeUS
excite
liven up
revamp
galvaniseUK
activate
stir
perk up
inspire
vitalize
improve
stir up
hearten
remodel
kindle
fire
recall
boost
ginger up
rehabilitate
overhaul
come to life
jazz up
cheer up
refurbish
jump-start
reinstate
reestablish
wake
waken
fillip
remake
spike
rebuild
get going
zip up
amp up
juice up
reconstruct
electrify
evoke
trigger
mend
provoke
spark
incite
buoy up
awake
redevelop
replace
move
bring up to date
refit
fan
raise
come alive
rehab
spruce
transform
do up
fire up
make over
brighten up
lift
embolden
reenergize
motivate
instigate
pick up
call forth
resume
liven
reinvent
promote
reopen
enhance
reform
reboot
doctor
fix
fix up
upgrade
light a fire under
revolutionizeUS
vamp up
restate
retouch
refashion
work up
reaffirm
cure
spur
heal
sustain
relight
impel
better
redo
rescue
urge
bring to mind
elate
redecorate
lighten
summon up
whet
retread
reconstitute
revolutioniseUK
challenge
vivificate
patch
zap
put back
return
innervate
innerve
spruce up
bestir
face-lift
come to
tart up
turn on
come around
restore to life
redeem
raise from the dead
whip up
cool
reignite
call up
conjure up
brush up
amend
reproduce
sweeten
ameliorate
thrill
streamline
dynamize
develop
re-equip
refurnish
buoy
give life to
clean
contemporize
rebrand
pique
technologize
rise
call to mind
gentrify
goad
do
increase
blow away the cobwebs
inflame
actuate
refine
gee up
knock up
call
spark off
waken up
restitute
make healthy
get up
bring to life
reindustrialize
put new heart into
intensify
rectify
enrich
rework
foment
revise
innovate
make good
go over
rile
put new life in
re-create
roll out
turn out
spur on
bring something up to code
give something a facelift
switch on
service
furbish
rise and shine
get into shape
come round
steam up
rev up
regain consciousness
make waves
key up
give a new look to
tune
give a lift to
start again
re-embody
recrudesce
take back
recapture
invoke
re-activate
light again
alert
elevate
reconnect
rise from the dead
come back to life
come back from the dead
unwind
reincarnate
reshape
remarket
summon
top up
change
edify
cool down
reassure
titivate
nerve
start
become lively
hot up
welcome back
tidy
dust
neaten
repeat
harden
turn around
restyle
cleanse
retrieve
jog
confirm
steel
freshen up
redesign
redevise
copy
remaster
perform CPR
become animate
snap up
rationalizeUS
stiffen
make lively
empower
impassion
set to rights
salvage
set right
straighten out
clean up
air out
give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
cultivate
civilizeUS
put new heart in
make confident
give courage to
spice
divert
entertain
induce
bear up
chirk up
touch
tempt
titillate
gussy up
put new strength in
prime
abet
spook
stir embers
feed the fire
add fuel to fire
psych
grow
dispatch
spring
precipitate
goose
actify
arm
activize
enable
leaven
accelerate
advance
civiliseUK
make more lively
brace up
put pep into
give a lift
let sunshine in
make more exciting
rationaliseUK
lead into the twenty-first century
do over
drag into the twenty-first century
march into the twenty-first century
bring into the twenty-first century
punch up
fuel
put zip into
start up
pump up
agitate
relax
look up
speed
foster
be restored to life
be revived
be resurrected
pour it on
inject new life into
shake up
support
raise spirits
re-form
raise your spirits
arise
anger
disturb
startle
unkill
engender
generate
commove
sting
reorganizeUS
recover consciousness
come to one's senses
lighten up
loosen up
draw forth
bring out
give rise to
get one started
act as a impetus to
set up
act as a incentive to
build a fire under
act as a fillip to
speed up
act as a spur to
act as a stimulus to
get one going
take a load off
bestir oneself
stretch
shake
nudge
reclaim
reorganiseUK
breathe
blossom
bud
bloom
bring into being
initiate
call into being
reinstall
come awake
get out of bed
fire the enthusiasm of
ask for it
craze
redouble
wind up
egg on
needle
mount
bug
magnify
deepen
fire the imagination of
heighten
intensate
make younger
add some zest to
restore vitality to
touch off
tumble out
be roused
open one's eyes
show signs of life
put in power again
return to power
reinvest
return to a former position
reelect
give back
rehire
give face lift to
pile out
set off
facilitate
benefit
make young again
become a living creature
show a leg
make someone feel young again
maintain
ease
mitigate
meliorate
remedy
light up
exalt
inform
palliate
nurse
treat
medicate
give a buzz
make alive
temper
correct
moderate
emend
perfect
make sound
put on feet again
treat successfully
restore to health
physic
put someone on the road to recovery
get someone back on their feet
make better
attend to
minister to
make well
fine-tune
hone
fine
remediate
edit
beef up
polish
redraft
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove or take away from
divest
strip
remove
denude
disrobe
unclothe
undress
abate
bereave
deprive
doff
shed
bankrupt
bare
bleed
denudate
deny
disinherit
dismantle
dissociate
ditch
dump
eighty-six
lose
milk
peel off
plunder
pull off
seize
separate
spoil
take off
uncover
unload
part from
take from
expose
peel
lay bare
husk
shuck
slip out of
clear
empty
ransack
pillage
gut
ravage
lift
displace
scale
tear
excorticate
hull
cart off
carry away
carry off
sack
loot
leave
sadden
starve
fortake
burgle
rifle
devastate
raid
rid
unrobe
remove your clothes
bare yourself
unbutton
strip naked
uncover oneself
shed your clothes
divest yourself of your clothes
take off your clothes
unclothe yourself
uncover yourself
get undressed
take it off
defoliate
deforest
discard
make bare
fleece
decorticate
skin
shave
more ❯
Verb
▲
To adjust in order to make fair or equal
redress
correct
amend
rectify
reform
remedy
repair
square
adjust
right
balance
ease
ameliorate
better
cure
fix
harmoniseUK
harmonizeUS
heal
improve
make right
put right
regulate
retrieve
set right
compensate for
deal with
mend
resolve
settle
sort out
annul
cancel
change
compensate
counteract
countercheck
frustrate
make good
negate
negative
neutraliseUK
neutralizeUS
put to rights
recalibrate
recompense
restore
revise
vindicate
even up
make amends for
patch up
recompense for
balance out
dial back
even out
level out
make amends
make reparation
make reparation for
make restitution
make restitution for
pay for
restore the balance
turn around
pay one's dues
turn things around
make up for
turn over new leaf
rebuild
find a solution to
work out
update
find an answer to
service
smooth over
refurbish
unravel
refit
clarify
rephrase
develop
copy-edit
find the solution to
disentangle
get to the bottom of
do up
untangle
modernizeUS
moderniseUK
thrash out
hammer out
redact
censor
fathom
crack
turn the corner
mellow
unscramble
reinstate
recover
permutate
reestablish
tidy up
figure out
furbish
revive
suss out
maintain
work through
set up
reanimate
bring back
reach an agreement about
put an end to
re-establish
bring up to date
put on the right track
realign
manipulate
reacclimate
methodize
rise
heighten
square away
subedit
conciliate
regularizeUS
cultivate
purify
recuperate
qualify
expurgate
bowdlerizeUS
unsnarl
gaugeUK
measure
bowdleriseUK
make perfect
make strides
perk up
take off
regulariseUK
bring to an end
reinstall
diagnose
delouse
facilitate
bolster
bring around
reinvigorate
fettle
explain
gageUS
retread
get working
face-lift
end
redecorate
fine
vitalize
stimulate
sustain
transmute
transfigure
remove
eliminate
put back together
restore to working order
synchronizeUS
spruce up
bring something up to code
brighten up
re-equip
make fit for use
bring into the twenty-first century
make as good as new
sew up
remove errors
tip the scales
equiponderate
mutate
throw light on
work the bugs out of
rescue
refresh
salvage
spruce
transmogrify
evolve
do away with
be the answer to
be the solution to
decipher
contain
relax
control
quell
extinguish
synchroniseUK
programmeUK
collimate
programUS
transubstantiate
diverge
transpose
alchemize
vamp up
break
check
get into shape
breathe new life into
give a new look to
metamorphosize
shift
mollify
extenuate
calm
cool
decode
turn the tables
denature
stir up
change completely
sing different tune
switch over
switch
interchange
shift gears
cook
transfer
turn upside down
soften
condense
unriddle
smooth
brainstorm
divine
lick
unlock
assemble
cut
puzzle out
realiseUK
realizeUS
get
annotate
shorten
abridge
think out
dope out
find the answer to
riddle out
approve
clean up your act
pull your socks up
get your act together
turn over a new leaf
get it together
get right
make out
determine a solution to
pan out
make a dent
decide on
find the key to
find out
get to the bottom
hit upon
analyseUK
trim
draftUS
finish
splice
publish
assign
strike out
boil down
prepare for publication
draughtUK
analyzeUS
check over
report
delete
fly speck
compile
write over
discard
blue-pencil
style
excise
feature
butcher
massage
prescribe
proofread
restructure
bring up to code
more ❯
Verb
▲
To loot or plunder by force
knock off
rob
burglariseUK
burglarizeUS
burgle
knock over
rip off
appropriate
embezzle
filch
lift
loot
nick
pilfer
pinch
plunder
purloin
ransack
rifle
steal
steal from
take off
thieve
make off with
despoil
liberate
requisition
sack
take
pillage
pocket
nip
trouser
cabbage
walk
take possession of
poach
pluck
go walkies
hold up
remove
skim
snare
swindle
jack
make away with
borrow
help yourself to
help yourself
commandeer
bag
expropriate
annexUS
flog
siphon off
defraud
palm
annexeUK
make free with
use without asking
kidnap
abduct
seize
obtain
spirit away
have sticky fingers
shop steal
help oneself
run off
finger
keep
thieve from
cheat one of
defraud one of
prig
be light-fingered
withdraw
convert
cozen
hold for ransom
strip one of
take illegally
rip-off
ploughUK
plowUS
help
scullion
score
snag
arrogate
wrest
extricate
yank
gain
snap up
nail
secure
get
net
capture
adopt
hustle
snipe
sneak
use
misuse
misapply
forge
defraud someone of
cheat
espouse
acquire
embrace
copy
do
dip into the public purse
put hand in till
commit white-collar crime
have one's hand in the till
commit fraud
put hand in cookie jar
steal money
plagiarizeUS
imitate
usurp
assume
simulate
plagiariseUK
make one's own
take up
derive
take on
stiff
break into
turn over
mug
steam
more ❯
Verb
▲
To clear a debt or pay what is owed
discharge
clear
meet
pay
settle
liquidate
honourUK
satisfy
balance
foot
honorUS
quit
recompense
square
stand
defray
pay up
pay off
pony up
ante up
settle up
spring for
square up
make good
pay in full
repay
foot the bill
reimburse
account for
make payment
reward
redress
guerdon
return
refund
make up for
make amends
make amends to
make restitution to
repair
make redress for
fee
tip
vouchsafe
award
accord
grant
settle accounts with
settle up with
dish out
comp
expiate
counterpoise
counterbalance
countervail
offset
overcompensate
propitiate
atone for
make restitution for
pay money to
make amends for
make reparation to
reciprocate
respond
retaliate
match
get even
make restitution
redeem
make
restitution
give in return
even the score
return like for like
give tit for tat
pay someone back in his
get your own back
more ❯
Verb
▲
(of a siege, blockade, or embargo) To abandon or force an enemy to abandon
raise
end
lift
terminate
abandon
remove
stop
relinquish
conclude
give up
bring to an end
put an end to
cancel
revoke
rescind
discontinue
reverse
repeal
countermand
annul
void
withdraw
relax
dismantle
recall
take back
abolish
set aside
invalidate
abrogate
nullify
retract
overrule
negate
override
quash
declare null and void
vacate
obviate
disannul
backpedal
avoid
recant
renege
make void
render invalid
nix
repudiate
scrub
scrap
abort
drop
null
dismiss
abjure
veto
forswear
call back
cry off
call off
strike down
wipe out
back out of
roll back
overturn
undo
erase
disclaim
call
renounce
deny
obliterate
counterorder
disown
expunge
abate
dissolve
discharge
kill
render null and void
take out
rub out
X-out
weasel out
disqualify
suspend
withcall
unsay
change
alter
call in
overthrow
opt out
shoot down
zap
KO
stand down
renig
blow
wash out
back out
worm out
throw over
upset
crawl out of
make null and void
pull the plug
backwater
forget
wangle out
disallow
rule against
efface
overset
discard
cut
omit
purge
delete
convert
turn the tables
back-pedal on
row back
backtrack
double back
backtrack on
do an about-turn on
do a U-turn on
modify
flip-flop
edit
black
censor
exclude
elide
dele
ink out
strike out
x out
blue-pencil
stroke out
sweep away
put a line through
stamp out
cross out
edit out
declare invalid
blot out
X out
blank out
snuff out
white out
cancel out
block out
blue pencil
cast aside
root out
black out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Pass to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order
rotate
alternate
switch
interchange
change
exchange
swap
bandy
ensue
follow
replace
spell
succeed
take turns
trade places
act in sequence
move around
work in sequence
take it in turns
take tums
follow in sequence
pass from one to another in rotation
fluctuate
oscillate
alter
intersperse
yo-yo
see-saw
shift
seesaw
vary
teeter
veer
wobble
falter
hesitate
hover
haver
dither
swither
go up and down
hem and haw
go from one extreme to the other
rock
equivocate
be indecisive
rise and fall
hum and haw
totter
convert
teeter-totter
undulate
wabble
mutate
supplant
dilly-dally
stagger
transpose
be unsure
ebb and flow
displace
transform
move
vibrate
pause
wave
temporizeUS
be undecided
scruple
reel
be unsteady
be uncertain
be doubtful
halt
balance
hang back
shillyshally
boggle
turn
be irresolute
pussyfoot around
dillydally
waffle
straddle
hedge
reverse
be in two minds
temporiseUK
run hot and cold
sit on the fence
think twice
go back and forth
change over
transmit
digress
switch around
remove
be ambivalent
delay
wait
fence-straddle
whiffle
progress
be unable to decide
keep changing your mind
change mind
be unable to make up your mind
stall
differ
snap
grow
evolve
develop
metastasize
metamorphize
stumble
doubt
demur
stammer
be hesitant
stutter
fumble
balkUS
flutter
rearrange
reorder
transmute
metamorphose
transfigure
ponder
shrink
stop
pussyfoot
hang
be disinclined
mammer
swerve
tergiversate
think about
be in a quandary
debate
be reluctant
have qualms
shrink from
defer
shy away
pull back
flounder
dally
deliberate
dawdle
have second thoughts
linger
be in a dilemma
baulkUK
hold back
hold off
be unwilling
be on the horns of a dilemma
weigh
sit on fence
be unstable
trade
swop
commute
invert
pass
affect
amend
adapt
adjust
realign
modify
transmutate
transit
replace with
use as a replacement
use in preference to
use instead
use instead of
use in place of
use as an alternative to
swap over
swivel
flicker
lurch
pivot
toss
roll
waltz
ripple
waggle
dangle
thrash
wag
pendulate
fishtail
librate
pitch
wiggle
whirl
waddle
palpitate
swap round
change round
edit
distort
transition
disguise
moldUS
revise
flip-flop
modulate
remodel
mouldUK
move back and forth
move backward and forward
move to and fro
more ❯
Verb
▲
To vent or release one's emotions towards someone or something
take out
loose
release
unleash
vent
aim
direct
express
unloose
untie
unchain
unbridle
unbind
set free
free
discharge
unshackle
loosen
let loose
unloosen
unlock
uncork
untether
unmanacle
unfetter
let go
disengage
detach
disconnect
unfasten
enlarge
save
disembarrass
redeem
disencumber
remove
dismiss
unyoke
separate
extract
cut loose
uncouple
let off
disentwine
spare
disburden
unclasp
acquit
absolve
disimprison
pardon
unburden
demobilizeUS
give rights to
unhook
befree
exempt
reprieve
demobiliseUK
affranchise
disband
get out
bring off
bail
unstrap
come to the aid of
retire
let off the hook
disjoin
allow to go
demob
unhitch
divest
free up
untwine
rid
exonerate
salvage
lighten
excuse
dispense
sever
send away
cast off
exculpate
lift
withdraw
pull out
come to the rescue of
save the life of
put on the street
get out from under
parole
bail one out
get off the hook
free from restraint
free from restriction
send home
disembroil
dig out
relax
unstick
unpeg
unsnag
open the door for
grant exit to
let someone out
dislodge
solve
disinvolve
restore to freedom
pull free
get free
get loose
disembed
spring loose
snatch
discumber
relinquish
except
extend
broaden
widen
expand
retrieve
recover
unknot
turn out
whitewash
strip
unlace
save one's neck
unmoor
come to rescue
decouple
unlash
unwrap
unfix
disunite
ease
get oneself off the hook
write off
disarticulate
wriggle out of
protect
unravel
unpick
wipe the slate clean
make exempt
vociferate
holler
explode
go ape
save from danger
release conditionally
release on parole
give terms
set adrift
save someone's bacon
finance
get out of hock
save the day
bring someone off
give a break
pull out of the fire
get someone out
save life of
bail someone out
cut out
assist
help out
aid
help
resign
pull
decommission
scatter
lend a helping hand to
come to somebody's aid
give a helping hand to
yank
deactivate
disperse
demilitariseUK
disarm
break up
demilitarizeUS
deliver from
disburden of
free of
get rid of
absolve from
exempt from
disembarrass of
free from
excuse from
unburden of
boot out
discharge from
extricate from
save from
rescue from
disencumber of
liberate from
release from
remove blame
set free from
part company
go their separate ways
more ❯
Verb
▲
To provide nourishment for
sustain
feed
nourish
maintain
nurture
preserve
supply
keep one alive
keep one going
provide for
provide nourishment for
provide board for
nutrify
support
finance
mind
fund
subsidizeUS
board
shelter
foster
cherish
safeguard
care for
subsidiseUK
keep alive
keep
provide sustenance for
provide food for
look after
take care of
Verb
▲
To give shelter or protection to
harbourUK
harborUS
shelter
hide
safeguard
secure
shield
defend
protect
give sanctuary to
give shelter to
provide refuge
provide a refuge for
give asylum to
guard
screen
preserve
save
conserve
keep safe
cover
watch over
keep
ward
bulwark
fend
support
look after
keep from harm
give sanctuary
take care of
fortify
forfend
fence
shade
hedge
insulate
cushion
inoculate
foster
house
care for
stick up for
give refuge
afford protection to
cover up
ward off
avert
prevent
watch
shotgun
champion
assure
stonewall
uphold
cover all bases
wrap
maintain
go to bat for
conceal
haven
provide protection for
sustain
make invulnerable
ensure
ride shotgun
give shelter
give cover
chamber
roof
take under one's wing
surround
enclose
cover for
provide safety
garrison
barricade
fight for
entrench
cherish
oppose
retain
espouse
withstand
nourish
mine
battle
hold
resist
panoply
insure
contend
fight
war
beat off
provide sanctuary
fend off
stave off
be the defender of
hold at bay
take in
take up cudgels for
repel danger
be on the side of
guard against
refuge
take refuge
take shelter
seek sanctuary
take cover
hole up
seek refuge
seek protection
find refuge
block
stop
limit
restrain
obstruct
mount
mind
tend
chaperon
sentinel
mount guard on
stand guard on
cover up for
stand up for
stand guard
save from harm
take under wing
ride shotgun for
take someone under your wing
more ❯
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