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paint the lily |
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adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) |
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put up |
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preserve in a can or tin |
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put up |
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put up with something or somebody unpleasant |
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put up |
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propose as a candidate for some honor |
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put up |
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place so as to be noticed |
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put up |
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construct, build, or erect |
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put up |
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provide |
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put up |
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make available for sale at an auction |
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put up |
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mount or put up |
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put up |
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provide housing for |
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put in |
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introduce |
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put in |
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break into a conversation |
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put in |
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to insert between other elements |
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put in |
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make an application as for a job or funding |
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put in |
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set up for use |
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put in |
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keep or lay aside for future use |
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punctuate |
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insert punctuation marks into |
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punctuate |
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interrupt periodically |
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punctuate |
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to stress, single out as important |
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parch |
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cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat |
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petrify |
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cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned |
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petrify |
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make rigid and set into a conventional pattern |
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petrify |
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change into stone |
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pep up |
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make more interesting or lively |
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pep up |
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spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts |
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prepare for |
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prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant |
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polymerize |
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undergo polymerization |
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polymerize |
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cause a compound to form a multi-unit polymer |
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polymerise |
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undergo polymerization |
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polymerise |
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cause a compound to form a multi-unit polymer |
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paralyze |
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cause to be paralyzed and immobile |
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paralyze |
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make powerless and unable to function |
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paralyse |
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cause to be paralyzed and immobile |
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paralyse |
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make powerless and unable to function |
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potentiate |
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increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon) |
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patch up |
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mend by putting a patch on |
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patch up |
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come to terms |
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protrude |
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swell or protrude outwards |
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protrude |
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bulge outward |
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protrude |
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extend out or project in space |
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puff up |
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to swell or cause to enlarge, 'Her faced puffed up from the drugs' |
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puff up |
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make larger or distend |
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puff up |
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praise extravagantly |
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puff up |
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become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger |
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puff out |
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to swell or cause to enlarge, 'Her faced puffed up from the drugs' |
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proliferate |
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cause to grow or increase rapidly |
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proliferate |
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grow rapidly |
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pare |
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to decrease gradually or bit by bit |
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pare |
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to remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size |
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pare |
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to strip the skin off |