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Contexts Opposite of present participle for to make a request or demand of someone (distance oneself from) Opposite of present participle for to get a sizable lead in a contest Opposite of present participle for to move (something or oneself) slowly and carefully Verb ▲ Opposite of present participle for to make a request or demand of someone asking requesting demanding urging imploring petitioning begging requiring appealing bidding ordering proposing soliciting suing beseeching craving entreating pleading praying requisitioning stipulating challenging directing enjoining exhorting pestering seeking supplicating appealing to applying to commanding expecting importuning insisting pleading with telling calling for calling on insisting on putting in for counting on filing for looking for “As you have ignored my requests to stop chattering while the movie is playing, I will now force you to do so.” Verb ▲ (distance oneself from) Opposite of present participle for to get a sizable lead in a contest distancing leading heading spearheading fronting passing outdistancing outdoing outpacing outrunning outstripping preceding topping trumping separating oneself trail-blazing putting in proportion breaking away from the pack blazing a trail coming first drawing away from getting ahead of having an advantage leaving behind taking the lead getting the jump on going out in front leaving standing shaking off widening the gap getting further ahead of leaving in one's wake putting a distance between “The climactic scene in which the local Mafiosi converge on the inspector is bone-chilling and unforgettable.” Verb ▲ Opposite of present participle for to move (something or oneself) slowly and carefully easing guiding inching edging sliding slipping maneuveringUS manoeuvringUK squeezing steering creeping inducing removing working extricating handling righting moving carefully drawing out pushing gently “The second wall of rock doesn't quite meet the one I have been sliding along, so I force myself into the narrowing gap, totally sightless.” Find more words! 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