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ask out |
Verb
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to make a date |
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abide by |
Verb
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to show respect towards |
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abide by |
Verb
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to act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes |
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administrate |
Verb
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to work in an administrative capacity |
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ally with |
Verb
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to unite formally |
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amerce |
Verb
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to punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court |
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amerce |
Verb
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to punish with an arbitrary penalty |
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affranchise |
Verb
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to grant freedom to |
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abrogate |
Verb
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to revoke formally |
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act upon |
Verb
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to have and exert influence or effect |
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assert oneself |
Verb
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to put oneself forward in an assertive and insistent manner |
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attitudinize |
Verb
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to assume certain affected attitudes |
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attitudinise |
Verb
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to assume certain affected attitudes |
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abet |
Verb
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to assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing |
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aby |
Verb
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to make amends for |
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abye |
Verb
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to make amends for |
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achieve |
Verb
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to gain with effort |
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allow in |
Verb
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to allow to enter |
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appertain |
Verb
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to be a part or attribute of |
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agin |
Preposition
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against |
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agin |
Preposition
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Opposed to |
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agin |
Preposition
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Beside; near |
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attach to |
Verb
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to be present or associated with an event or entity |
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aberrate |
Verb
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to diverge or deviate from the straight path |
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aberrate |
Verb
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to diverge from the expected |
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antecede |
Verb
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to be earlier in time |
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abound |
Verb
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to be abundant or plentiful |
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abound |
Verb
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to be in a state of movement or action |
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abound in |
Verb
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to exist in large quantity |
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arse about |
Verb
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to be lazy or idle |
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allow for |
Verb
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to make a possibility or provide opportunity for |
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assonate |
Verb
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to correspond in vowel sounds |
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autological |
Adjective
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of a word or phrase, having the characteristic it describes |
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a bit much |
Noun
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more than is reasonable |
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above and beyond the call of duty |
Adjective
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more heroic than what is expected |
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a wild goose never laid a tame egg |
Phrase
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most things are inherited and predetermined |
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above the law |
Phrase
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exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else |
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accident waiting to happen |
Noun
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thing or situation which is almost certain to eventually lead to an accident |
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according to Hoyle |
Phrase
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in strict accordance with the rules, especially of card games |
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a cold day in hell |
Noun
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time of occurrence of an event that will never happen |
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a cold day in July |
Noun
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time of occurrence of an event that will never happen |
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a cut above |
Noun
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better than standard |
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a cut below |
Noun
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of a lower quality than standard |
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a day late and a dollar short |
Noun
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action taken too late and too feeble to be of any use |
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a good voice to beg bacon |
Noun
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said of a person with an unpleasant voice |
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a hair's breadth |
Noun
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a very small distance or amount |
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a hundred and ten percent |
Noun
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a level of effort exceeding one's sustained capacity, seemingly above what is possible |
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a life of its own |
Noun
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independent existence with some characteristics of life |
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a little bird told me |
Noun
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concerning information from a source not to be overtly exposed |
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a little bit of bread and no cheese |
Interjection
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the song of the yellowhammer |