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(Econ) Xem COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY.
Đồng nghĩa của cap
Alternative for cap
caps, capped, capping
Đồng nghĩa:
beat
,
cover
,
crown
,
excel
,
lid
,
top
,
Trái nghĩa:
hat
,
Noun
A covering worn on the head
hat
headpiece
headgear
beret
headdress
bonnet
chapeau
beanie
fez
lid
skullcap
tam
small hat
tam o'shanter
helmet
pagri
hood
coronet
turban
head covering
headwear
bridle
capote
bandana
bowler
sailor
Panama
skimmer
ten-gallon
titfer
boater
topper
straw
millinery
bucket
sombrero
fedora
Stetson
busby
crown
biretta
tiara
coiffure
bandore
toque
miter
mitre
stove pipe
balaclava
bearskin
festive hat
Christmas hat
Santa hat
Noun
A protective lid, cover or stopper for an object
lid
cover
top
stopper
cork
bung
covering
ferrule
spile
stopple
plug
seal
spigot
hood
closure
stop
roof
occlusion
tip
peg
shive
wad
phellem
wedge
dowel
filling
fitting
latch
bolt
obstruction
blockade
occludent
fastener
canopy
Noun
An upper limit imposed on spending or borrowing
limit
ceiling
limitation
threshold
bound
line
restriction
boundary
check
extent
termination
confines
curb
restraint
control
end
upper limit
border
margin
perimeter
maximum
bounds
edge
periphery
fringe
borderline
rim
compass
constraint
extremity
cutoff point
verge
barrier
skirt
brim
circumference
skirting
hem
demarcation
frontier
edging
frame
pale
outer limits
cut-off point
maximum value
parameter
limits
parameters
brink
partition
marge
flange
mark
thresholds
extremities
ambit
barriers
point
highest permissible level
highest permissible value
demarcation line
boundary line
dividing line
end point
bounding line
circumscription
regulation
curtailment
trammel
restrainer
containment
bridle
damper
rein
brake
constrainment
fetter
constriction
confinement
inhibition
cramp
hindrance
confine
repression
stricture
tops
line of demarcation
radius
restrictions
limitations
term
reach
orbit
range
sweep
purlieu
scope
condition
obstruction
impediment
obstacle
deterrent
stop
handicap
binding
contraction
hold
lock
fetters
stoppage
shackles
bar
leash
discouragement
squeezing
compression
custody
reduction
retardant
clampdown
captivity
string
chain
straitjacket
detention
tightening
shrinking
choking
determent
arrest
wet blanket
stumbling block
jam
delay
gridlock
suppressant
crackdown
hampering
stint
deadline
time limit
clogging
curbing
astringency
immobilization
immobilisation
check in time
chill
disincentive
cloud
depressant
gloom
pall
block
curfew
depression
tolerance
let
clog
embarrassment
dissuasion
manacle
encumbrance
drag
crimp
holdback
hurdle
interference
balk
stipulation
limen
minimum
level
rule
cold water
defensive measures
defence
defense
preventative
shackle
preventive
baulk
qualification
provision
proviso
base
narrowing
stenosis
blockage
tightness
pressure
rider
strings
requirement
ban
taboo
moderation
embargo
boycott
hang-up
glitch
no-no
reservation
catch
lower limit
prevention
disqualification
suppression
interdict
congestion
squeeze
condensation
compaction
telescoping
contracting
compacting
condensing
constricting
prohibition
bondage
pinions
weight
decrease
rope
manacles
chains
order
abridgment
instruction
abridgement
deprivation
deterrence
command
imprisonment
excess baggage
fine print
small difficulty
starting point
restraining order
internment
incarceration
straitening
strangulation
ball and chain
prison
impoundment
immurement
duress
durance
thraldom
porridge
thrall
gaol
safekeeping
delimitation
bounding
keeping
jail
house arrest
coercion
trammels
bonds
immuration
Noun
An academic mortar board
square
trencher
academic cap
mortar board
trencher cap
Noun
(slang) A small medicinal tablet, usually taken orally
capsule
lozenge
pill
tablet
pilule
pellet
pastille
troche
caplet
bolus
drop
jujube
dose
tab
medicine
ball
medication
gum
trochiscus
gumdrop
cough sweet
cough drop
throat pastille
sweet
dragée
medicated lozenge
throat lozenge
cachou
pastil
horehound
candy
bonbon
toffee
fondant
chocolate
piece of confectionery
Noun
The top or highest point of an object, structure or landmass
acme
summit
apex
pinnacle
crown
peak
crest
top
brow
tip
vertex
mountaintop
head
height
spire
ridge
brink
roof
hilltop
ceiling
tiptop
aiguille
pitch
tor
crag
elevation
serac
highest point
high point
tip-top
highest part
mountain top
upper extremity
high spot
maximum height
apogee
zenith
culmination
climax
meridian
capstone
crescendo
noon
sum
noontime
fastigium
high noon
high-water mark
ne plus ultra
heights
extremity
cope
point
maximum
prime
optimum
flower
superlative
eminence
crowning point
needle
top part
very top
perfection
ultimate
best
limit
utmost
apotheosis
greatest
upper limit
highlight
high water mark
uttermost
epitome
end
extreme
max
consummation
most
record
edge
ascendancy
nonpareil
pike
highest degree
termination
crowning moment
finale
quintessence
denouement
payoff
nth degree
supremacy
high
copestone
tops
cusp
depth
boundary
highest level
best part
critical mass
peak of perfection
margin
nadir
culminating point
greatest degree
apoapsis
apocenter
apsis
puy
hoodoo
inselberg
verge
best example
ultimate example
perfect example
last word
nab
finest
watermark
tidemark
floodmark
record level
pay-off
rim
brim
extreme case
utmost extent
furthest point
nonesuch
sublimity
pole
upper surface
upper part
upper layer
intensification
capsheaf
crowning glory
heyday
excess
high level
pink
nib
nose
superiority
completion
up there
steeple
tower
inordinancy
finish
conclusion
le dernier cri
outside
top form
maximum point
bloom
close
flowering
all-time
arete
bitter end
highest extent
blooming
result
capper
terminal
spike
highest
preeminence
maxi
world record
blow off
crowning touch
punch line
greatest extent
top figure
the end
Noun
A foolish or conceited person
coxcomb
buck
dandy
dude
fob
fool
hinge
popinjay
cockscomb
exquisite
fop
swell
beau
peacock
toff
lounge lizard
macaroni
gallant
jay
pretty boy
Beau Brummell
fashion plate
man about town
blade
blood
masher
Beau Brummel
fine gentleman
cavalier
boulevardier
rake
trendy
clotheshorse
poseur
glamour boy
natty dresser
sharp dresser
snappy dresser
bright young thing
lady-killer
ladies' man
jackanapes
boyf
dapperling
exhibitionist
show-off
egoist
playboy
ladykiller
swashbuckler
petit-maître
rip
gay dog
peafowl
stud
fashion victim
fancy Dan
hipster
slicker
person of fashion
man of the world
man of fashion
dood
smoothie
poser
metrosexual
narcissus
dilettante
aesthete
twink
esthete
sharpy
fribble
rich person
smart person
posh person
upper-class person
best-dressed
Noun
Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression
gasket
liner
lining
ring
seal
stopper
washer
covering
packing
Noun
Toilet
commode
toilet
dresser
bathroom
chiffonier
cupboard
washstand
bureau
chest
desk
davenport
sideboard
highboy
cheffonier
secretaire
escritoire
chest of drawers
roll-top desk
writing table
writing desk
furnishings
appointments
movables
fittings
equipment
things
effects
goods
chattels
appliances
house fittings
fixtures
possessions
fitments
amenities
cabinetwork
moveables
bed
stool
possession
couch
appointment
tables
buffet
chairs
bookcase
wardrobe
cabinets
sofa
effect
beds
furnishing
appliance
units
chattel
hutch
paraphernalia
table
chair
counter
household goods
cabinet
thing
stuff
furniture
movable property
Noun
Raised cover for a pickup truck
camper shell
bed cap
box cap
canopy
shell
topper
Noun
A covering for the head and neck with an opening for the face
thimble
cover
protector
cowl
snood
capote
scarf
headgear
headdress
shawl
yashmak
chapeau
mantilla
hat
purdah
tam o'shanter
capuchin
wimple
coif
hood
babushka
hoodie
hoody
head scarf
capuche
kerchief
head covering
cloak
bonnet
coronet
Noun
Mortarboard or hawk
mortarboard
hawk
Noun
A cap that is not elasticated or adjustable at the back
fitted cap
Noun
The fact of being a member of a group
membership
belonging
associateship
clanship
community
integration
association
cloth
enrollment
enrolment
fellowship
participation
seat
shirt
whip
assimilation
inclusion
Noun
A letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names
capital
uncial
majuscule
uppercase
caps
initial
capital letter
upper-case letter
majuscule letter
uncial letter
block capital
capitalized letter
large letters
character
symbol
sign
mark
type
rune
figure
grapheme
glyph
device
lowercase
small letter
alphabet
minuscule
ABCs
alphabetical character
letter
Noun
Something that encloses another thing, especially to protect it
covering
cover
casing
housing
jacket
sheath
top
wrapper
wrapping
awning
protection
armour
armor
case
cocoon
cowling
encasement
hull
husk
lid
pod
sheathing
shell
tarpaulin
wrap
blanket
envelope
layer
shelter
sleeve
capsule
integument
seal
foil
canopy
shade
sunshade
ceiling
roof
tent
blind
tester
sunblind
velarium
marquee
baldachin
door cover
sun shelter
Noun
A projectile shot from a gun at high speed
bullet
slug
pellet
ball
lead
projectile
shot
ammo
ammunition
bolt
buckshot
cartridge
dose
gunshot
missile
pellets
round
shell
shells
cannonball
rocket
small missile
trajectile
bomb
charge
dart
mortar
arrow
warhead
canister
torpedo
grenade
rubber bullet
plastic bullet
lead shot
explosive
casing
grapeshot
discharge
barb
load
MX
baton round
plastic baton round
rounds
missiles
cartridges
bullets
munitions
materiel
bombs
rockets
explosives
projectiles
slugs
powder
shaft
armaments
stores
armament
iron rations
napalm
shrapnel
gunpowder
chemical
munition
fuse
grenades
confetti
shot and shell
spear
shots
balls
cannonballs
torpedoes
bolts
caps
gunshots
canisters
incendiaries
pineapples
darts
plastic bullets
arrows
infernal machines
mines
time bombs
booby traps
warheads
rubber bullets
buckshots
barbs
plastic baton rounds
baton rounds
dynamite
detonators
TNTs
guns
weaponry
weapons
firepower
military capability
arms
torpedos
arsenal
doses
chemicals
materiels
fuses
casings
supplies
equipment
gear
fireballs
loads
chain shots
shafts
spears
stones
round shot
solid shots
small missiles
tripwires
atom bombs
bombshells
nuclear bombs
hydrogen bombs
blockbusters
rustbuckets
Molotov cocktails
Noun
A leader or person in authority
captain
boss
leader
chief
head
commander
magnate
master
tycoon
baron
grandee
honcho
industrialist
mandarin
mogul
nabob
bigwig
commandant
commanding officer
foreman
headman
helmsman
jefe
kingpin
principal
skip
skipper
taskmaster
Capt.
chieftain
figurehead
kahuna
macher
representative
top dog
authority
big cheese
big gun
big noise
big shot
big wheel
boss man
CEO
CFO
director
exec
executive
fat cat
four-striper
guide
mistress
number one
officer
operator
owner
pilot
royalty
supervisor
top
big enchilada
old man
top banana
head honcho
higher up
straw boss
team leader
pilot in command
manager
controller
superintendent
administrator
gaffer
ruler
lord
overseer
governor
chair
president
chairman
chairperson
sachem
employer
baas
monarch
chairwoman
superior
king
President
proprietor
ringleader
moderator
numero uno
Mister Big
prince
tsar
forewoman
sherang
entrepreneur
padrone
czar
general
commander in chief
manageress
premier
spokesperson
foreperson
speaker
presider
line manager
overlord
prolocutor
lion
Napoleon
chief executive
chargehand
head person
super
sovereign
big kahuna
grieve
high muckamuck
convener
suzerain
inspector
managing director
potentate
big hitter
plutocrat
captain of industry
mastermind
Big Daddy
Big Chief
monitor
top brass
pit boss
pannikin boss
heavy hitter
person in charge
head man
guru
queen
patriarch
princess
notable
ganger
steward
guv'nor
elder
liege
ramrod
lord and master
financier
personage
overman
magnifico
VIP
supremo
nob
spokesman
dean
capitalist
introducer
bashaw
merchant prince
top executive
liege lord
dominator
chief officer
big white chief
chief executive officer
presiding officer
Mr Big
MC
prez
key player
prime minister
lead-off person
father of the chapel
master of ceremonies
shop steward
tribal chief
heavyweight
seigneur
taskmistress
gang leader
instigator
stirrer
troublemaker
sirdar
hetman
prime mover
spearhead
coach
headmaster
ariki
agitator
inciter
orchestrator
brains
headmistress
dictator
head of department
senior
helm
noble
headship
patron
matriarch
pedagogue
pedagog
trainer
wheel
reins
official
top cat
robber baron
toastmaster
notability
crew leader
boss woman
boss lady
leader of the pack
flag carrier
flag-bearer
head woman
top woman
helmer
taskperson
top man
prelate
aristocrat
multimillionaire
millionaire
billionaire
head teacher
minister
rector
provost
chancellor
warden
aristo
V.I.P.
superior commander
big person
heavy
biggie
higher-up
squillionaire
big businessman
zillionaire
CO
merchant
name
figure
peer
businessperson
co
agent
bureaucrat
organizer
C.O.
dynast
power
prex
prexy
don
kingfish
maistry
induna
better
overling
brass
investor
driver's seat
administrant
archon
big fish
important person
pusher
prepositus
vice chancellor
POTUS
wealthy businessman
commander-in-chief
mayor
functionary
comptroller
commissioner
consul
admin
judge
producer
custodian
ambassador
standard-bearer
MD
wealthy person
business person
organiser
high priestess
C in C
high priest
point person
C.-in-C.
slave driver
Big Brother
symposiarch
person upstairs
front office
emperor
mentor
spokeswoman
counsellor
torchbearer
conductor
counselor
mover and shaker
big name
mother of the chapel
instructorship
throne
tutorship
position of control
tutor
professorate
mistress of ceremonies
fellowship
head of government
head of state
prime candidate
magistrate
dignitary
doyen
high-up
office bearer
field marshal
generalissimo
chief of staff
marshal
nestor
linchpin
PM
guiding light
member of the board
office-holder
appointee
chief of state
elder statesman
officeholder
office-bearer
leading light
public servant
apparatchik
chief minister
first minister
zookeeper
main contender
civil servant
expert
maestro
jailer
keeper
bossman
political boss
favorite
headliner
strongman
player
gaoler
doyenne
coryphée
executive officer
top person
management
corporation
establishment
slavedriver
outfit
juice
person
handler
senior manager
senior administrator
suit
senior official
jack-in-office
curator
sitter
examiner
U.S. President
director general
meal ticket
presbyter
father
male head
incumbent
panjandrum
top drawer
secretary
treasurer
viceroy
hierarchy
big Chief
big Daddy
P.M.
workers big cheese
favourite
cacique
frontrunner
seneschal
proconsul
guv
bailiff
intendant
regulator
senior figure
senior member
leading figure
first mate
first lieutenant
gubernatorial leader
winner
champion
hero
superstar
shogun
captain general
ace
faculty head
doge
dewan
department head
legislator
professor
lead
tack
ecclesiastic
office holder
committee member
organization administrator
board member
grand vizier
college head
head of faculty
university official
head of the government
head of cabinet
First Lord of the Treasury
Noun
The tip or furthermost part of something
end
tip
point
cusp
base
peak
ceiling
heel
limitation
nib
nose
pike
tail
bottom
neb
prong
spire
tail end
top
tag end
butt end
furthermost part
apex
spike
tine
tooth
sharp end
horn
head
spur
extremity
nip
stub
barb
snag
summit
prick
jag
stiletto
sticker
prickler
tapered end
bow
pin point
prow
hood
bonnet
droop-snoot
nose cone
front end
spine
acicula
thorn
mucro
mucronation
acumination
beak
dagger
bill
promontory
headland
claw
sword
foreland
awn
cape
projection
hook
fork
arrowhead
sharp point
tapering point
bristle
prickle
quill
needle
spiculum
spicula
spicule
spinule
arrow
thistle
Noun
A stiff brim at the front of a cap
visor
brim
peak
bill
hat
vizor
shield
shade
projection
Verb
To form a covering layer or topmost part of
top
cover
crown
blanket
mantle
overlay
crest
overtop
coat
plug
stop
tip
surmount
layer
overspread
encrust
cake
smear
besmear
plaster
daub
bedaub
cloak
clothe
face
superimpose
spread over
head
finish
be on top of
Verb
To confine or keep within certain limits or boundaries
limit
restrict
curb
delimit
circumscribe
check
confine
control
peg
fix
regulate
restrain
set a limit on
hold down
keep within bounds
put a ceiling on
constrain
inhibit
bridle
bound
constrict
hamper
hold
hinder
fetter
demarcate
repress
trammel
set
freeze
arrest
specify
tie
keep down
demark
delimitate
define
set limits on
impose limits on
hem in
keep within limits
bottle up
keep a tight rein on
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
mothball
immobilize
immobilise
stymie
hold up
impede
obstruct
suppress
encumber
slow
hamstring
hobble
handicap
thwart
moderate
contain
ration
encircle
bind
shorten
narrow
reduce
shrink
contract
temper
inclose
surround
chain
prelimit
qualify
tether
decrease
enclose
diminish
modify
send up
cool down
put on ice
hang up
come down on
cut down on
hold back
shut in
keep under control
clip someone's wings
put away
pin down
bar
govern
terminate
cramp
prescribe
straiten
cork
girdle
hold in check
place a limit on
tie down
mark off
put a brake on
draw the line on
keep the lid on
shackle
handcuff
clog
manacle
hog-tie
interfere with
tie up
retard
block
secure
imprison
lock up
pinion
stifle
enchain
embarrass
choke
concentrate
tame
jail
rein in
focus
leash
short-circuit
gaol
chain up
pull in
fasten
gyve
enfetter
frustrate
measure
rule
keep
detain
narrow down
clench
encompass
hold in
put in irons
cumber
truss
lash
rope
rein
incarcerate
compress
intern
immure
subdue
cuff
delineate
clap
capture
tighten
condense
strangle
withhold
compact
strangulate
outline
fence in
entrammel
collapse
constringe
pinch
trap
enslave
prevent
smother
delay
close
stop
keep in check
tauten
tense
stem
cool
slow down
tuck
astringe
keep lid on
deter
brake
put half nelson on
become narrower
keep back
make narrower
become smaller
draw together
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
make smaller
mark out
throw a spanner in the works of
draw in
tie someone down
strap
squeeze
quell
zero in
center on
fix on
mitigate
telescope
capsule
capsulize
pin
press down
hold fast
catch
calm
enmesh
net
ensnare
forestall
idle
hitch up
environ
snag
drag feet
hold captive
truss up
modulate
ease
entrap
put straitjacket on
put a leash on
put a lead on
disrupt
relieve
simmer down
gain control over
gain mastery over
clap in irons
enthrall
enthral
throw monkey wrench in
tone down
tie someone's hands
beslave
bethrall
indenture
cramp someone's style
nail down
bring to a screeching halt
tie one's hands
put in chains
muzzle
moor
dampen
bit
curtail
harness
hitch
choke back
debar
impound
stay
gag
rein back
guide
direct
kill
hogtie
centre on
isolate
keep in
occlude
reduce to slavery
condemn to servitude
sell into slavery
subject to forced labour
condemn to slavery
stall
postpone
box up
sit on
pull back
crack down
attach
localise
pinpoint
center
localize
centre
clot
congest
jam
stuff
retardate
foil
derail
keep in line
bring under control
have on a tight leash
establish
halt
cripple
defer
interrupt
pause
protract
barricade
block up
determine
remit
crimp
shelve
prorogue
decide
close off
stave off
put back
back off
hold off on
set back
take down
intermit
put off
bring to screeching halt
make late
shut off
get in the way of
shut down
bog down
slow up
choke off
prolong
stand in the way of
hold over
blockade
stop up
plug up
gum up
dam
identify
stipulate
designate
settle
classify
clog up
bung up
distinguish
taper
connect
stop from spreading
detail
compass
mark
be happy with
make do with only
border
envelop
set the boundaries of
set out
rim
belt
verge
stake out
edge
wall in
set the limits of
flank
gird
lay down
set bounds to
gather
baulk
meet
join
unite
grapple
fuse
link
coalesce
get narrower
couple
come into contact
get smaller
get thinner
form a circle
come together
put together
encounter
ban
lock in
coop up
close in
balk
deny
concuss
deprive
shotgun
disallow
necessitate
cool off
Verb
To provide a fitting conclusion or climax to
crown
close
complete
conclude
climax
finish
perfect
settle
round off
finish off
top off
bring to a close
put the finishing touches to
put the finishing touch to
be a fitting climax to
top it off
put the lid on
consummate
fulfill
fulfil
wind up
accomplish
sew up
achieve
finalize
set the seal on
finalise
wrap up
execute
polish
terminate
end
clinch
round out
carry out
add the finishing touch to
polish off
effectuate
perform
do
realize
complement
culminate
add the final touch to
bring to an end
put to bed
bring to fruition
realise
nail
confirm
guarantee
actualize
seal
call it a day
sort out
bring to a conclusion
make good
make perfect
carry off
get through
make up
go whole hog
put the finishing touches on
go through with
bring to maturity
do thoroughly
go the limit
put the last touches on
ultimate
determine
put finishing touch on
close out
put the tin lid on
fold up
button down
endorse
discharge
attain
warrant
authorize
authenticate
validate
certify
ratify
wrap
can
refine
effect
put into effect
knock off
put lid on
call a day
mop up
take care of
put away
clean up
bag
make
secure
reach
establish
put the seal on
be done with
make short work of
put the final touches to
carry through
get out of the way
follow through with
ensure
assure
authorise
stamp
shake hands on
make certain
tie up
cap off
discontinue
halt
be the culmination of
be the climax
be the climax of
add the finishing touches to
suspend
break off
dead-end
adjourn
pass
lapse
stop
expire
dissolve
cease
die
elapse
quit
recess
prorogue
clear
wind down
come to an end
call off
cut loose
leave off
wink out
be put to bed
put a lid on
break up
let up
be over
button up
draw to a close
call a halt to
pull off
bring about
bring off
engineer
negotiate
implement
produce
conduct
perpetrate
commit
put through
prosecute
manage
enact
compass
succeed in
make happen
enforce
act out
deal with
administer
see through
set up
hit
build
dispatch
agree
meet
transact
observe
deliver on
undertake
follow through on
pursue
bring to completion
take care of business
contrive
fix
get done
arrive at
apply
agree on
hammer out
yield
administrate
chalk up
clock up
render
notch up
initiate
rack up
score
act upon
work
satisfy
turn out
work out
make it
get there
carry to completion
dispose of
do justice to
do the trick
deliver the goods
put into practice
make it through
deliver
survive
acquit oneself of
erect
excogitate
form
construct
go the distance
undergo
bring something off
have
idealise
idealize
hash out
decide on
fight through
bring to the end
take
expedite
succeed
arrange
get something done
affect
act on
run with the ball
go that route
do to a turn
tick
be engaged in
accelerate
reach the summit of
bring to perfection
put into action
actionize
tackle
follow up on
follow through
act
practice
practise
engage in
exercise
follow
stage
push through
cut
swing
present
operate
work on
hack
start in on
action
take action on
come through
do to a T
put over
earn wings
do the job
sail through
put on
play out
fabricate
put in force
decide
manufacture
grasp
honour
conquer
seize
strike
honor
land
earn
resolve
log
ring up
wrest
acquire
gain
net
win
procure
snag
broker
process
make good on
pull something off
get someplace
live up to
nail it
latch onto
reach terms on
shake hands
thrash out
keep faith with
fulfill one's potential
make hay
be true to
put the icing on the cake
come to terms on
firm up
complete the arrangements for
reach an agreement
do a bang-up job
put it over
do one proud
launch
organize
put out
bring out
churn out
cause
bring
generate
put in place
provoke
create
arrange for
call forth
give rise to
occasion
bring to pass
originate
engender
start
actuate
precipitate
cause to occur
cause to happen
wreak
run
kindle
induce
draw on
breed
prompt
invoke
bring on
catalyze
beget
spawn
turn the trick
catalyse
organise
begin
result in
translate into
put across
Verb
To outdo or surpass a performance
beat
better
surpass
top
outdo
best
eclipse
outshine
trump
exceed
excel
transcend
upstage
lick
outstrip
pass
surmount
improve on
improve upon
go one better than
put in the shade
run rings around
outclass
overshadow
outrival
outdistance
put to shame
outperform
outgun
outmatch
overtop
tower over
outvie
leave standing
dwarf
tower above
defeat
be a cut above
do better than
be head and shoulders above
outrun
outpace
go beyond
outrank
be better than
be superior to
overtake
go one better
leave behind
walk away from
outplay
run circles around
trounce
knock spots off
dominate
outstep
lead
run rings round
get the better of
rise above
tower
extinguish
outgo
shame
outmanoeuvre
overstep
overcome
outmaneuver
leave
overrun
override
get ahead of
shake off
crush
cream
be greater than
triumph
overwhelm
overpower
clobber
triumph over
win against
head
out-think
outreach
outsmart
draw away from
outhussle
conquer
subdue
rank
outweigh
own
vanquish
prevail over
rout
thrash
be more than
smash
be at the front of
overpass
get further ahead of
be first in
go above
whip
shoot ahead
win the race
score points off
wipe the floor with
shoot ahead of
blow away
be one up on
throw into the shade
leave in the shade
blow out of the water
make look pale by comparison
run rings around someone
diminish
outgallop
overshoot
minimize
overreach
win
outfox
outjockey
finesse
undermine
minimise
break
predominate
wallop
drub
down
bulldoze
cook
trash
snow
bury
wax
transform
leave something standing
put something to shame
obliterate
shade
gain on
preponderate
put something in the shade
stand above
be on another level
be a class above
be master of
take precedence
stand head and shoulders above
beat hollow
catch somebody napping
call somebody's bluff
steal a march on somebody
be superior
leave in the dust
have command over
rule over
be ahead of
fake out
do in
widen the gap
blow out of water
pull a fast one
be over
overdo
out-distance
overtax
distance
be larger than
break record
go by
have advantage
master
get upper hand
have it all over
have a jump on
stuff
undo
tank
trim
stop
overmatch
dispatch
take
overbear
quash
overthrow
upend
subjugate
slaughter
get
hose
make mincemeat of
be victorious
pip at the post
bring to their knees
command
front
precede
crown
spearhead
come first in
be at the top of
be at the head of
skunk
worst
hammer
outwit
get around
demolish
shellac
crucify
bypass
walk over
outflank
take to the cleaners
do down
paste
destroy
murder
kill
overhaul
throw
hurdle
be victorious over
walk all over
outcompete
humiliate
quell
smother
marmalize
get one over on
get one up on
make a fool of
knock over
prevail
win over
move ahead of
trample over
gain a victory over
gain the advantage over
bring someone to their knees
blow out
outthink
put somebody's nose out of joint
overcount
outman
rival
lose
take over
nullify
knock off
unseat
slam
gain an advantage over
have the edge over
swamp
be more numerous than
exceed in quantity
cut across
dismantle
pick apart
put someone in the shade
be more than a match for
get the upper hand over
give a hiding
wipe out
scoop
break down
suppress
outnumber
have the last laugh on
curb
weather
survive
floor
devastate
shock
oppress
stun
reduce
outlive
render
annihilate
flatten
knock out
render incapable
render powerless
render helpless
knock socks off
come out on top of
grind down
whomp
come out on top
smoke
whup
clear
pound
whop
cross
undertake
spank
strike
whap
dust
go past
go faster than
get past
pull ahead of
endure
get over
resist
bomb
pulverize
massacre
tromp
cope with
make one's way over
pass over
make one's way round
vault
make it past
over
make it over
climb
crest
leap
make one's way past
get through
negotiate
make it round
deal with
be unstoppable by
slap about
skin
blast
steamroller
settle
pulverise
defeat utterly
give someone a drubbing
mop up
give someone a pasting
snow under
put away
win a resounding victory over
take apart
turn inside out
loom
rise
mount
rear
soar
ascend
overlook
leave in one's wake
blaze a trail
put in proportion
be ahead
come first
be the forerunner
separate oneself
trail-blaze
be out in front
break away from the pack
be in front
have an advantage
be in the lead
take the lead
get the jump on
go out in front
put a distance between
be first
overhang
reach high
look over
look down
extend above
stand high
be above
hang over
Verb
(sports) To be selected to play for a sports team, especially a national one
select
choose
include
pick
give the nod
take
name
elect
adopt
nominate
specify
handpick
prefer
decide
favour
set
stipulate
favor
appoint
tag
cull
designate
fix on
peg
pin down
pick out
settle upon
make a choice
decide on
hand-pick
determine
plump for
cherry-pick
single out
settle on
optate
opt for
make a selection
go for
vote for
agree on
opt
resolve
establish
mark
conclude
fix
settle
return
decide upon
assign
cream off
identify
arrange
indicate
allot
tap
agree
ordain
pitch on
figure
take up
decree
fix upon
embrace
make a decision
come to a decision
put in power
finger
accept
make
skim off
sift
fancy
vote
plump on
arrive at
prescribe
desire
plump
vote into office
vote in
sift out
resolve on
commit oneself to
make your mind up
employ
recognize
install
delegate
commission
detail
tick
define
recognise
schedule
point out
impose
instal
elect to choose
dictate
confirm
like
make up one's mind on
denote
discriminate between
come down in favour of
rule
lay down
make a decision on
make a choice on
cinch
incline towards
sort out
pick and choose
cast one's vote for
have as a favourite
lean towards
think more highly of
lean toward
be partial to
like better
show favouritism towards
cotton to
have a preference for
mark off
come to a conclusion
have a bias towards
treat with partiality
hold in higher regard
side with
go in for
check off
pull out
hive off
narrow down
vote someone in
recruit
want to
make a choice to
feel disposed to
advance
winnow
thin
discriminate
come to
see fit
predestine
coopt
short-list
exercise choice
help yourself
move for
set aside
make choice
call for
end up
settle for
allocate
want
wish
forechoose
distinguish
make up one's mind
limit
design
put in
receive
admit
ballot
judge
spot
prearrange
finalize
instruct
elect for
clinch
cite
choose by ballot
make a selection on
pinpoint
make the choice of
cast
see fit to
make the decision to
fix up
nail
close
complete
weigh
finalise
solve
work
locate
achieve
seal
ID
determine on
declare
announce
order
agree upon
go down the line
ponder
deliberate on
take a stand on
come to an agreement on
reach a decision on
come to a decision on
consider
come to a conclusion on
work out
nail down
come to a decision about
call the shots
come to an agreement
set a date for
assign the part to
give the part to
brand
place
require
command
peach
authorize
authorise
constitute
propose
tab
classify
slot
mark out
flag up
recommend
direct
enjoin
cross
pronounce
set down
formulate
point to
put down for
put finger on
sign up
take on
promulgate
demand
particularise
write prescription
make provision for
guide
write a prescription for
particularize
check
stroke
dot
sign
line
tick off
aim
reach
plan
purpose
guess
surmise
conjecture
mediate
poll
award
will
settle on a plan of action
arrive at conclusion
have in mind
come to decision
come to agreement
reach a conclusion
have the intention
reach a decision
commit yourself
reach decision
commit oneself
form opinion
have final word
draw a conclusion
make up your mind
end with
come to conclusion
cast the die
go down line
take a stand
call shots
make up mind
Verb
To restrain or to keep in check
control
compose
contain
cool
regulate
restrain
restrict
check
constrain
curb
repress
subdue
bridle
limit
quell
calm
master
re-collect
settle
suppress
adjust
moderate
monitor
collect
inhibit
keep
measure
pull in
tame
corner
inspect
lull
quiet
rally
recover
smother
soothe
still
tranquillize
tranquilize
damp down
keep a lid on
keep a tight rein on
keep in check
keep the lid on
hold back
hold in
impose limits on
keep in line
put the brakes on
rein in
set limits on
simmer down
stifle
govern
keep under control
keep back
hold
stop
bottle up
hinder
overcome
confine
rule
fight back
choke back
reduce
hold down
swallow
conquer
arrest
mitigate
temper
hamper
quash
retard
diminish
silence
withhold
muffle
lessen
strangle
gag
curtail
bite back
lick
impede
block
trammel
beat
cork
allay
rein
tone down
prevent
fix
decrease
soften
halt
stem
cork up
relieve
delimit
button up
frustrate
squelch
pacify
assuage
thwart
circumscribe
mollify
defeat
obstruct
crack down on
vanquish
get the better of
get a grip on
freeze
keep within bounds
ease
peg
stay
overpower
slow
cramp
conceal
sink
submerge
discipline
bar
keep down
squash
nip in the bud
subjugate
gain mastery over
clamp down on
rein back
mellow
alleviate
fetter
palliate
extinguish
stamp out
staunch
terminate
muzzle
shut in
dam
deaden
relax
pocket
kill
clog
cut back
abate
prevail over
choke
triumph over
hold in check
constrict
slow down
hem in
crush
put a stop to
best
hog-tie
hold up
surmount
take the edge off
deter
leash
deny
set
dampen
damp
straiten
bound
quieten
hide
stanch
resist
bring under control
modulate
get under control
quench
get over
put down
bind
put an end to
crack down
put a brake on
snuff out
modify
tie up
put the kibosh on
get control of
oppose
cut off
slap down
interfere with
hold off
cool off
keep lid on
box up
calm down
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
handicap
end
cover up
heal
keep secret
coop up
enclose
solve
cure
dispatch
break
dominate
delay
tether
direct
abolish
clobber
mend
dull
help
imprison
shorten
demarcate
smooth
shackle
blunt
hamstring
stymie
counteract
extenuate
qualify
gaol
jail
hobble
entrammel
placate
cut short
intern
stall
remedy
tie down
detain
chain
win against
keep in
lock up
steady
specify
shrink
sit on
put away
pin down
gain control of
demark
tie
sedate
jam
slacken
ameliorate
delimitate
define
barricade
put a limit on
bottle
contract
occlude
deal with
close
stuff
repulse
discourage
brake
stem the flow of
cool down
wipe out
soft-pedal
block up
clog up
blockade
quieten down
get rid of
congest
stop up
jam up
bung up
bring to a standstill
keep within limits
put half nelson on
clamp down
come down on
put the lid on
bring to screeching halt
hang up
stave off
bite one's lip
put a ceiling on
ward off
plug up
settle down
play down
shut down
dampen down
keep an eye on
gulp back
keep something in check
cultivate
recollect
fight
treat
secure
come down hard on
hold something in
keep control of
fasten
entrap
left out
bring to naught
keep feeling inside oneself
trap
collar
choke something back
lower
keep on a string
gain control over
clot
torpedo
restore
encumber
hush
domesticize
revise
set a limit on
resolve
keep a rein on
mothball
immobilize
immobilise
baulk
overmatch
hegemonize
manage
gum up
rise above
bring into line
put a lid on
incarcerate
overbear
upend
get
command
chasten
suffocate
cope with
handcuff
withstand
box in
manacle
make calm
hitch up
skunk
worst
put an stop to
embarrass
mince
chill out
find a solution to
find an answer to
lay down the law to someone
pipe down
snuff
ban
lock in
fence in
close in
immure
balk
concuss
deprive
shotgun
disallow
necessitate
make better
temperate
remit
restraint
get around
put out
hush up
heap
shower
oppress
shroud
keep tight rein on
punish
abase
foil
rectify
prescribe
salve
do down
destroy
neutralize
pause
stabilize
smooth over
stabilise
quiet down
defuse
subside
girdle
ration
becalm
reassure
appease
catch
interrupt
put a leash on
put a lead on
mortify
lullaby
assure
inclose
narrow
surround
prelimit
encircle
bottleneck
place a limit on
demolish
rebuff
neutralise
circumvent
checkmate
get bogged down
decelerate
set back
make late
short-circuit
bog down
slow up
annihilate
draw up
bit
harness
gentle
plug
meet halfway
cool out
send up
cut down on
clip someone's wings
put on ice
iron out
sort out
humble
extirpate
draw the line on
mark off
finish
mute
pull up
slacken pace
fetch up
debar
queer
cow
seal
caulk
dock
lighten
attenuate
weaken
reclaim
bust
overwhelm
impound
guide
hogtie
stand in the way of
rout
patch up
close up
fill
close out
block out
fill up
put to rights
pull back
close off
intercept
choke up
pack
shut off
dilute
water down
cut
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
get tough on
get tough
block off
shut out
bung
stonewall
address
improve
slake
sweeten
truncate
retrench
dissuade
have on a tight leash
tighten up on
stopper
choke off
avert
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
come down on like a ton of bricks
come down heavily on
trim
pare down
syncopate
chop
elide
abbreviate
cut down
lop
abridge
discountenance
disadvise
scare
turn off
disfavour
shake
talk out of
put off
disfavor
fend off
warn
indispose
deprecate
put a damper on
divert
frighten
interfere
minify
tighten up
slim down
crop
downsize
clip
slash
take the bite out
take the sting out
pour oil on
steady oneself
pull oneself together
break off
get back at
repel
push back
reply
counter
beat off
defend yourself
retaliate
fight off
defend
put up a fight
riposte
take a hold of oneself
snap out of it
get a grip
get a grip on oneself
regain one's composure
get one's act together
get to meat
boil down
put in nutshell
roll back
put a restriction on
shush
internalize
internalise
keep under wraps
keep inside
black out
Verb
To envelop completely and hide from view
enshroud
cloak
cover
shroud
hide
veil
cloud
conceal
obscure
blanket
envelop
enfold
enwrap
mask
swathe
bury
carpet
coat
overlay
pall
submerge
surround
wrap
belie
crown
curtain
disguise
occult
overlie
overspread
screen
suppress
top
mantle
pave
shield
extend over
paper over
blot out
sheet
drape
encase
camouflage
cover up
secrete
cache
eclipse
block out
shadow
ensconce
obstruct
shade
stash
dress up
keep hidden
keep out of sight
block
separate
stifle
adumbrate
smother
stonewall
darken
blind
dissemble
obfuscate
muffle
withhold
hush up
keep secret
put out of sight
sweep under the carpet
sweep under the rug
keep dark
sweep something under the rug
sweep something under the carpet
keep under your hat
draw a veil over
isolate
cocoon
beard
front
tuck something away
dissimulate
shelter
minimize
whitewash
masquerade
put up a smokescreen
make up
make inconspicuous
shutter
minimise
wallpaper
seclude
embed
immerse
sink
plant
stow
hem
close
sheathe
gird
umbrage
make light of
engulf
enclose
censor
cup
tuck
shut out
wall off
shut in
shut off
redact
gag
tuck away
put in a hole
ban
mute
burke
muzzle
proscribe
outlaw
misrepresent
overshadow
stow away
befog
not disclose
distort
blur
fog
mist
haze
falsify
board up
bush up
not breathe a word of
keep silent about
obliterate
blear
overcast
dim
overcloud
becloud
bedim
do on the sly
stop something being overheard
warp
benight
hinder
blacken
bemist
pettifog
dislimn
murk
obnubilate
airbrush
colour
misinterpret
blank out
miscolor
pervert
mislead
misstate
twist
color
garble
cast a shadow over
put a spin on
give a false idea of
give a false account of
gloss over
trump up
Verb
To make (someone) feel annoyed or upset
displease
anger
annoy
offend
provoke
upset
aggravate
dissatisfy
exasperate
gall
incense
irritate
infuriate
irk
nettle
pique
rile
vex
affront
disgruntle
dismay
insult
madden
mortify
nark
put out
discompose
disturb
hassle
outrage
perturb
scandalise
scandalize
trouble
bother
bug
disaffect
discontent
disgust
miff
needle
peeve
rattle
antagonise
antagonize
chagrin
cool
curdle
disappoint
disoblige
enrage
fret
frustrate
gravel
hurt
misplease
perplex
repel
revolt
roil
sound
wing
worry
zing
get at
hack off
tee off
wind up
bum out
play dirty
tick off
turn off
hack you off
cut to the quick
put your back up
ruffle
rankle
get to
get
chafe
rub up the wrong way
burn up
ride
rasp
agitate
harass
grate
distress
get across
give someone the hump
spite
eat
persecute
frost
gripe
goad
drive up the wall
pester
hump
inflame
disquiet
exacerbate
rark
itch
wound
pain
drive mad
plague
make someone see red
get on your nerves
drive crazy
disconcert
shock
torment
aggrieve
grieve
sicken
make angry
nag
give someone the pip
harry
nauseate
make cross
sting
embarrass
drive to distraction
rankle with
discomfit
horrify
drive round the twist
afflict
tease
depress
give a hard time
ire
faze
rub the wrong way
appal
grate on
drive round the bend
slight
get in someone's hair
get on someone's nerves
sadden
ruffle someone's feathers
confound
ail
fluster
unnerve
enflame
mad
discountenance
appall
concern
burn
steam up
injure
give someone grief
get someone's back up
cause offense
unsettle
give offence to
get your goat
get under someone's skin
bedevil
hound
make someone's hackles rise
put someone's nose out of joint
crush
badger
alarm
agonize
fuss
try
discommode
abrade
discomfort
discombobulate
distemper
gnaw
be offensive
egg on
make waves
stir up
agonise
get your back up
eat at
make someone's blood boil
get on one's nerves
get someone's goat
fire up
get someone's dander up
put someone's back up
rattle someone's cage
get one's goat
get up someone's nose
get on someone's wick
abash
humiliate
raise someone's hackles
repulse
molest
confuse
embitter
inconvenience
flurry
mither
cross
dog
bewilder
jar
disenchant
frazzle
unhinge
derail
distract
alarum
shake
bore
jar on
hagride
throw
undo
get someone
disgrace
cheese off
pick on
T-off
freak out
get on your wick
make your blood boil
get in your hair
put down
weird out
hurt someone's feelings
drive bananas
get under skin
gross out
get under your skin
hurt somebody's feelings
get on nerves
rub you up the wrong way
eat away at
let down
get across someone
shame
empurple
bait
beset
disrespect
diss
bite
dis
nudge
taunt
devastate
incommode
acerbate
exercise
craze
prick
oppress
tantalize
raise hell
floor
tantalise
sour
break
torture
niggle
harrow
indispose
put off
be at
make unhappy
be on your back
slander
pother
rack
stress
alienate
wear on
be disagreeable to
be a pain in the neck
belittle
get under one's skin
gnaw at
be a thorn in someone's side
strain
cause offence to
try someone's patience
get your dander up
be an affront to
get someone's hackles up
be a thorn in someone's flesh
cause anguish to
throw off balance
try your patience
hit where one lives
discourage
make miserable
make wretched
put somebody's nose out of joint
be on the back of
fester
chide
bruise
drive nuts
bum
hack
steam
henpeck
excite
cut
brown off
weary
beleaguer
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
get up your nose
bristle
try one's patience
get someone's wick
obsess
push button
heat up
work on
awake
quicken
goose
motivate
absorb
grab
ignite
attract
interest
grill
excruciate
ruffle one's feathers
mess
rile up
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
ask for it
boil
arouse
be rude to
panic
excoriate
impose upon
put on the spot
rub one the wrong way
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
resent
push someon's buttons
mess with
work up
harm
cause anguish
cause suffering
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
lambaste
nag at
cause sorrow
put your nose out of joint
slap
eat up
give the business
blow up
thwart
foil
put
deject
make sore
lose one's temper
anguish
curse
push the buttons of
cause anxiety
cause to panic
make anxious
abuse
confront
criticise
dispraise
criticize
wind somebody up
drive you up the wall
get on somebody's nerves
raise your hackles
get your hackles up
get on someone
chivvy
get a rise out of
balk
baffle
wrong
stick in one's craw
begrudge
crab
grudge
set one's teeth on edge
devil
strap
nit-pick
push
desolate
martyr
thumb nose at
heavy
make someone fed up
tire
burden
chivy
pursue
cause suffering to
scare
dump on
browbeat
dispirit
dishearten
boil over
make indignant
whip up
cause offense to
upset the apple cart
hang up
get even
cramp style
louse up
interrupt
bring down
snub
impede
hinder
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
weigh down
make blue
dampen spirits
chasten
bring one down
drag down
put into a funk
cast down
put a damper on
break one's heart
break the heart of
deflate
humble
arouse anxiety in
do a number on
be on one's case
push buttons
make it tough for
weigh on
cut up
slur
abase
nonplus
disinterest
deter
make one sick
lose one's interest
intrude upon
impose on
disillusion
empoison
envenom
bend someone's ear
breathe down someone's neck
frighten
carp at
lower
make one's hackles rise
get on someone's case
turn one off
ridicule
demean
degrade
give offence
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
spook
psych
estrange
stun
turn
incapacitate
flip
cramp
debilitate
fail
put someone to shame
put to shame
get one's comeuppance
take down a peg
take down
take the wind out
make someone eat humble pie
flip out
stagger
traumatize
astound
jolt
rock
turn on
lay up
key up
astonish
amaze
surprise
startle
rock the boat
make a scene
dumbfound
make bitter
make resentful
daze
stupefy
cheat
baulk
underwhelm
paralyse
dumfound
flabbergast
be offensive to
make sick
turn someone off
be displeasing to
be distasteful to
overwhelm
overcome
traumatise
paralyze
numb
thunderstrike
awe
electrify
bowl over
take aback
shake up
be repugnant to
turn someone's stomach
fill with loathing
make someone's gorge rise
knock out
take the wind out of your sails
completely surprise
give a turn
throw a curve
make someone's blood run cold
raise someone's eyebrows
set someone back on their heels
knock for six
shake out of your complacency
give someone a turn
hit like ton of bricks
smear
calumniate
fail to satisfy
not suffice
get in one's hair
mix up
give a bad time
dishonor
backbite
revile
decry
traduce
blackguard
disparage
blackball
malign
lampoon
detract
condemn
asperse
belie
dishonour
vilify
deprecate
bad-mouth
denigrate
libel
defame
leave dissatisfied
raise eyebrows amongst
cause raised eyebrows
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
not pass muster
not be good enough
give cause for complaint
daunt
demoralize
demoralise
puzzle
make uneasy
muddle
intimidate
affect
put someone off their stroke
terrify
knock sideways
derange
flummox
disorder
chill
cow
addle
haunt
psych out
disrupt
terrorize
move
unman
mystify
make nervous
fuddle
affright
petrify
terrorise
rouse
stir
sap
shatter
knock the stuffing out of
disorient
befuddle
throw off
disarrange
muddy
tax
make uncomfortable
foul up
lie heavy on
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
subdue
dash
buffalo
disorganize
dampen
enervate
bamboozle
consternate
jumble
mess up
put out of countenance
hector
make sad
scarify
fright
bustle
overpower
cause someone to lose their composure
reluct
put the wind up
make someone scratch their head
unbalance
besiege
incite
pressurize
fear
scare to death
scare the bejesus out of
sear
sweat
crucify
press
strike
weaken
pressurise
interfere
complicate
bully
grind
snafu
cause anxiety to
bemuse
get down
beat
rattle one's cage
fox
put someone off their stride
beat down
make your heart bleed
send into a rage
cause discomfort to
hang over
disorientate
muck up
make despondent
make gloomy
scare stiff
weigh heavily on
do someone's head in
prey on someone's mind
give someone the blues
hurry
get someone down
do in
cause to be at a stand
break someone's heart
throw cold water on
put in a spot
pour cold water on
scare the living daylights out of
turn your stomach
test
pressure
damage
fidget
make fretful
despair
cavil
drain
scar
down
stimulate
preoccupy
foul
stretch
dizzy
catch off balance
undermine
intrude
enfeeble
cause trouble to
touch
meddle
devitalize
stump
prostrate
reduce to tears
galvanize
dull
squelch
possess
jangle
maze
stop someone in their tracks
tangle
whelm
overmaster
swamp
throw into disorder
cause concern to
discredit
galvanise
befog
own
be a great weight on
damp
screw up
snarl
make self-conscious
cast a gloom upon
be a burden to
be a nuisance to
pose
keep on at
go on at
bring tears to your eyes
greatly upset
knock over
throw into a tizzy
put the wind up someone
give trouble
fog
mess with someone's head
bulldoze
make it tough
obfuscate
snarl up
keep after
try the patience of
make shudder
be repulsive to
fill with fear
hurt one's feelings
blow away
snow under
scare someone out of their wits
make someone want to throw up
strike dumb
turn one's stomach
make discontented
throw into a panic
go to one's head
make your hair stand on end
strike terror into
put the fear of God into
blow one's mind
scare the pants off
dash someone's hopes
break someone's spirit
put to trouble
bring low
take someone's breath away
throw into a blue funk
muddle up
outface
stare down
outstare
put off balance
heat
stand up to
unquiet
frenzy
make restless
cause disquiet to
put on edge
tear apart
flutter
stress out
mistake
hustle
ferment
deplore
occupy
ventilate
examine
importune
psych someone out
destabilize
furbelow
bluster
frill
wear
unstring
tear
dun
exhaust
send into a spin
dement
displace
rummage
disarray
make flip
work someone up
bug up
thrill
roust
destabilise
push one's buttons
sweat out
throw into tizzy
dislocate
cast a gloom on
pierce
knock props out
take by surprise
put someone off
throw into confusion
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
get in the way
mistreat
heckle
accost
encroach
obtrude
infest
weigh heavily on one's mind
knock for a loop
arouse hostility in
grind down
put to some trouble
overcharge
occupy someone's thoughts
disengage
uncouple
unfasten
separate
unhitch
disconnect
detach
start
throw into uproar
prey on
press down on
set someone's teeth on edge
weigh heavily on someone's mind
niggle at
grind at
fill with consternation
wring
disaccord
disharmonize
discord
alien
upset apple cart
worst
inflict trauma
deeply upset
chill off
frighten to death
frighten the living daylights out of
be
suppress
subjugate
stifle
make one's heart bleed
bring tears to one's eyes
dampen someone's spirit
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
carp
hit hard
disarm
tire out
wear out
catch somebody off balance
catch somebody unawares
spring something on
throw a curveball
cause to lose your bearings
find fault with
make turbid
suffer
be unwell
weigh
be a burden on
knock the stuffing out of someone
put someone out
quibble
smother
diminish
wilder
dash hopes
surprize
break in
put off his or her stride
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
take the wind out of someone's sails
nitpick
disadvantage
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
make fed up
make your gorge rise
make someone feel nauseous
pull the rug from under
tear to pieces
work into lather
set one off
dish out
dish it out
set on
give it to
stick it to
take a rise out of
make blood boil
be indisposed
be crook
flap
poison
drive insane
dash the hopes of
have had enough
become bored
exhaust someone's patience
grate at
lose patience
muss
snow
disempower
uncalm
pull the rug out from under
take over
drive you crazy
hurt the feelings of
deaden
defeat
extinguish
curb
quell
catch one short
muck
put out of action
hit like a ton of bricks
hit
bring around
set thinking
make punchy
intoxicate
bring up short
inebriate
stymie
be ill
be weak
be sick
feel pain
be agitated
scare silly
make jump
umbrage
shatter the illusions of
burst one's bubble
dampen the spirits of
blow out
unzip
send up
make a monkey of
unglue
put in a hole
take steam out
cripple
take apart
take pains
hit a sour note
clutter
mess with one's head
make someone's head spin
be all Greek to
set someone thinking
ball up
be in a tizzy
be worried
squick
drive you to distraction
make livid
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
labour over
take control of
threaten
menace
set back
be in a flap
be wrong with
be in pain
feel unwell
impress
send over the edge
bear down on
damp down
be in a stew
get worked up
get in a stew
smite
make someone's hair stand on end
make your hackles rise
drive you round the twist
drive you round the bend
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
disunify
abominate
cause to feel nauseous
disunite
pall
divide
cause aversion
surfeit
make someone's stomach rise
cloy on
offend morals of
wean
be repulsive
be the matter with
be a problem to
put someone to trouble
botch
bungle
make a meal of
make a mountain out of a molehill
overstretch
overtax
tense
blight
make a thing of
drive you off your head
make you see red
lean on
grip
dazzle
spellbind
give someone bother
put pressure on
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
crawl
knock the wind out of
drive you out of your mind
make somebody's blood boil
drive out of mind
cast a pall over
visit
take
victimize
tyrannize
buffet
throw into panic
harsh one's mellow
jaundice
make someone feel sick
drive somebody up the wall
make emotional
drive
scare witless
disburb
stiff
mau-mau
strong-arm
coerce
drag
darken
turn stomach
make your flesh creep
give you the creeps
make flesh crawl
make someone go out of his way
freeze your blood
run down
crunch
overextend
tyrannise
make things hot for someone
inspire panic in
strike terror in
frighten out of your wits
dragoon
bludgeon
fill with terror
make it hot for someone
victimise
put the frighteners on
worsen
wreck
steamroller
destroy
kill
run circles around
hit for six
downgrade
leave speechless
sweep someone off their feet
render speechless
subordinate
give someone goose pimples
give one the creeps
chill to the bone
get the wind up
throw into a fright
scare off
make your blood run cold
make someone jump out of their skin
make blood run cold
make one's flesh creep
chill someone to the marrow
make teeth chatter
scare someone half to death
give someone the heebie-jeebies
scare away
curdle the blood
invigorate
inspire
cause to feel emotional strain
overdo
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
make desolate
keep under
acidulate
make rancorous
bitter
venom
make a mess of
spur
energize
pump up
harsh someone's mellow
debase
bring tears to someone's eyes
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
dampen someone's spirits
entangle
sink
juice up
enliven
inspirit
foment
energise
envigorate
trigger
animate
enthuse
liven up
activize
work
jazz up
titillate
make ill
reduce
disagree
embroil
cheapen
silence
make a fool of
pop one's balloon
bemean
pull down
make someone eat crow
bring down a peg
cause to lose face
squash
cut down to size
settle someone's hash
tear down
make one feel small
put one away
put someone in their place
put away
smirch
take down a peg or two
shoot down
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
demote
make unwell
ravel
complexify
complex
sophisticate
be sickening
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
involve
make difficult
be injurious to
be disturbing
be injurious
strike down
multiply
twist
make intricate
add fuel to fire
make complicated
handicap
render unintelligible
clog
interrelate
fold
convolute
interweave
make difficulties
mire
elaborate
intricate
set hurdles
combine
open can of worms
obscure
make more difficult
make complex
interfuse
infold
snag
go against the grain
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
Verb
To beat in a competition of wits
outsmart
outfox
outwit
fox
outjockey
outmaneuver
outmanoeuvre
outplay
outslick
outthink
out-think
overreach
trick
baffle
bamboozle
beat
best
bewilder
cheat
circumvent
con
confuse
deceive
defeat
defraud
dupe
finagle
goose
gull
gyp
have
hoax
hoodwink
jip
juke
mislead
outdo
outgeneral
outguess
overcome
swindle
top
worst
be cleverer than
end run
fake out
figure out
lead astray
take in
get the better of
make a fool of
make rings round
run rings round
steal a march on
put one over on
pull a fast one on
outperform
go one better than
fool
delude
cozen
beguile
bilk
humbug
sting
bluff
rook
sucker
snooker
shaft
double-cross
hornswoggle
gaff
rip off
stiff
victimize
misguide
take for a ride
diddle
do
suck in
pull a swifty on
misinform
burn
victimise
spoof
string along
have on
scam
snow
juggle
buffalo
catch
gammon
outflank
kid
mulct
sell a pup to
fleece
swizzle
euchre
bunco
flimflam
sharp
lead on
take to the cleaners
lead up the garden path
entrap
fiddle
excel
surpass
seduce
inveigle
screw
chicane
catch out
give someone a bum steer
pull the wool over somebody's eyes
skin
ensnare
fake
trap
sell
betray
outclass
illude
take someone in
take advantage of
jive
put on
pull the wool over someone's eyes
pull one's leg
rope in
befool
throw off the scent
hustle
clip
rob
impose on
lure
goldbrick
throw
shortchange
put on the wrong track
hose
disinform
lie to
pull fast one
stitch up
mousetrap
do a number on
lead one down the garden path
pull the wool over one's eyes
throw dust in someone's eyes
set up
have someone on
outvie
outshine
bypass
better
thwart
slip something over on
exceed
overtake
fix
stump
dust
cajole
play-act
play a trick on
flam
do the dirty on
jerk around
pull something
wheedle
pull a fast one
make a sucker of
sell a pup
pull someone's leg
embezzle
misdirect
milk
bleed
double deal
misstate
prevaricate
play for a fool
pull wool over
hocus-pocus
stick
sandbag
pilfer
squeeze
short
skunk
ream
thimblerig
chisel
trip up
chouse
pluck
nobble
doublespeak
misrepresent
lie
propagandize
distort
pervert
fudge
entice
bunk
tempt
fabricate
take
shuck
give wrong information to
send on a wild goose chase
put on an act
entangle
pull wool over eyes
enmesh
lead up garden path
cover up
wrong steer
play trick on
put up smoke screen
put on false front
take someone for a ride
bait and switch
propagandise
caboodle
bait
give the wrong impression
double-talk
double-deal
take to the cleaner's
do number on
shake down
do out of
sucker into
do in
sell a bill of goods to
do someone in the eye
expose
unsettle
discomfit
play
discountenance
disconcert
trip
wrong-foot
throw off
catch on the hop
throw off balance
put someone off their stride
hook
falsify
disappoint
cuckold
gouge
impose upon
take for
play away
cross up
step out
play joke on
take to cleaners
beat out of
take for ride
Verb
Come to a climax
culminate
climax
close
conclude
end
finish
wind up
crown
end up
peak
terminate
cap off
close with
come to a head
conclude with
end with
finish with
reach a finale
build up to
come to a climax
come to a crescendo
lead up to
reach a pinnacle
round off
terminate with
top off
go the route
rise to crescendo
shoot one's wad
come to an end with
go over the mountain
rise to a crescendo
reach a crisis
reach a crossroads
reach a critical point
reach a turning point
come to the crunch
result
fulfill
achieve
summit
content
accomplish
top
fulfil
crest
tower
satisfy
please
orgasm
succeed
max out
hit high spot
reach the zenith
break the record
reach a peak
maximize
reach the top
be at its height
maximise
reach a climax
reach the high point
reach its highest point
top out
be at height
close out
bring to an end
come to an end
round out
wrap up
stop
settle
bring to a close
draw to a close
cease
Verb
Insult
slur
defame
slander
vilify
malign
denigrate
smear
traduce
discredit
libel
calumniate
disgrace
blacken
stain
blot
reproach
slight
detract
roast
snub
scorch
blister
offend
brand
miff
zing
spatter
blemish
chop
insinuate
push
put down
give a black eye
tear down
dump on
kick in the teeth
blow off
cut up
skin alive
cut to the quick
hit where one lives
slap in the face
disparage
asperse
besmirch
sully
dishonour
dishonor
bad-mouth
tarnish
stigmatize
scandalize
drag through the mud
scandalise
belittle
taint
stigmatise
injure
drag through the mire
speak ill of
smirch
derogate
do a hatchet job on
rubbish
knock
degrade
decry
disrespect
shame
defile
besmear
debase
censure
fling mud at
give a bad name
damage
slag off
sling mud at
run down
deride
cast aspersions on
soil
bring discredit to
lower
muckrake
bring into disrepute
bring shame upon
attack
spread scandal about
spot
cast a slur on
revile
befoul
insult
reflect badly on
assail
bring shame on
spoil
do a number on
rip
blotch
reduce
breathe on
tar and feather
run smear campaign
rip up and down
speak evil of
vilipend
dis
misrepresent
embarrass
humiliate
slam
pan
throw mud at
tell lies about
affront
wound
outrage
badmouth
hurt
backbite
impugn
diss
mudsling
abase
criticize
mock
mortify
ridicule
poison
undermine
blacken the name of
run a smear campaign against
blacken someone's name
sully someone's reputation
drag someone's name through the mud
criticise
annoy
provoke
upset
blaspheme
aggravate
back-bite
slap
pillory
humble
demean
irritate
caricature
burlesque
cheapen
chasten
prejudice
belie
sink
foul
pervert
villainize
disfavor
disoblige
disfavour
take down
sling mud
put in a bad light
give offence to
show up
backstab
write false reports about
spread tales about
pooh-pooh
sneer at
spread lies about
hurt someone's feelings
drag someone's name through the mire
mark wrong
drag name through mud
lampoon
accuse
slag
gossip about
ruin
blackguard
destroy
vituperate
lie about
deprecate
blacken the character of
poor-mouth
drag through mud
put zingers on
cast slur on
demonise
demonize
disregard
give a bad name to
make someone eat crow
take down a peg
take down a peg or two
desecrate
own
cause to lose face
cut down to size
attaint
lose face
put someone in their place
sully the reputation of
conduct a smear campaign against
blacken the reputation of
speak badly of
accuse falsely
sully someone's name
injure the reputation of
cast aspersion
taint someone's name
blacken someone's character
tarnish someone's name
soil someone's name
stain someone's good name
scorn
contemn
taunt
rag
devalue
discount
despise
label
denounce
expose
tease
diminish
compromise
scoff at
disesteem
treat contemptuously
treat with contempt
rag on
cut down
poke fun at
jibe at
make jokes about
make fun of
abuse
condemn
mark
sledge
miscall
slang
gird
jeer
curse
scoff
shoot down
detract from
characterize
class
designate
stamp
tag
classify
ruin the reputation of
destroy someone's credibility
bring into disfavour
damage someone's reputation
show in a bad light
cause offence to
distress
be rude to
call names
step on one's toes
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
throw shade
trash-talk
call someone names
characterise
mark out
displease
pique
vex
gall
ruffle
disgruntle
pour scorn on
cast a slur upon
exasperate
anger
rile
nettle
irk
dismay
disconcert
agitate
peeve
needle
pain
nark
shock
antagonize
rattle
aggrieve
spite
jar
fret
disturb
bug
get to
give offence
hack off
put out
rub up the wrong way
turn one off
tread on someone's toes
antagonise
cause offense
put someone's back up
be disagreeable
rankle with
hurt somebody's feelings
be an affront to
tick off
be offensive
sting
horrify
get someone's goat
put someone's nose out of joint
depreciate
sneer
strumpet
plaster
hit
blacken name
defame someone's character
Verb
To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect
cover
shield
protect
guard
screen
shelter
defend
house
tuck
bulwark
cup
enclose
enfold
fence
fend
forfend
keep
safeguard
secure
swathe
crown
dress
invest
wrap
canopy
clothe
hood
overcast
paper over
reinforce
ward
superimpose
superpose
put something on top of
place something over
place under cover
preserve
save
keep safe
conserve
keep from harm
watch over
look after
harbour
fortify
harbor
insulate
take care of
cushion
uphold
watch
hedge
stand up for
ward off
afford protection to
shade
prevent
inoculate
avert
support
maintain
insure
assure
care for
foster
cover up
ride shotgun
give sanctuary
tend
police
patrol
conceal
haven
oppose
resist
mind
garrison
provide protection for
ensure
cover all bases
make invulnerable
stave off
go to bat for
stand guard over
fend off
stick up for
guard against
give refuge
prohibit
top dress
strengthen
man
occupy
justify
champion
surround
hide
make safe
mulch
chaperon
sentinel
oversee
make immune
cover for
provide safety
immunise
mount guard on
escort
stand guard on
cover up for
immunize
picket
take out insurance
take out insurance cover
make sound
make impregnable
stand guard
shotgun
chamber
stonewall
roof
overlook
save from harm
take under wing