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:
drop
drop /drɔp/
danh từ
giọt (nước, máu, thuốc...)
to fall in drops
: rơi nhỏ giọt
drop by drop
: từng giọt
a drop in the ocean; a drop in the bucket
: (nghĩa bóng) giọt nước trong biển cả, hạt cát trong bãi sa mạc
hớp nhỏ rượu mạnh, ly nhỏ rượu mạnh, chút xíu rượu mạnh
to take a drop
: uống một ly nhỏ rượu mạnh
to have a taken a drop too much
: quá chén, say
to have a drop in one's eye
: có vẻ say rồi
kẹo viên, viên (bạc hà...)
hoa (đeo tai); dây rủ (có xâu hạt pha lê ở đèn treo)
sự rơi; quãng rơi
a drop of ten metres
: quãng rơi mười mét
sự xuống dốc, sự thất thế
sự hạ, sự giảm, sa sụt
a drop in prices
: sự sụt giá
pressure drop
: sự giảm áp suất
drop of potential
: sự sụt thế; độ sụt thế
a drop in one's voice
: sự hạ giọng
chỗ thụt xuống thình lình (của mặt đường...); mực thụt xuống; dốc đứng
(sân khấu) màn hạ lúc nghỉ tạm ((cũng) drop-curtain)
(thể dục,thể thao) cú đá quả bóng đang bật ((cũng) drop-kick)
ván rút (ở chân giá treo cổ)
miếng (sắt...) che lỗ khoá
khe đút tiền (máy bán hàng tự động)
(hàng không) sự thả dù (vũ khí, thức ăn, quân...); vật thả dù
nội động từ
chảy nhỏ giọt, rơi nhỏ giọt; nhỏ giọt ráo nước
rơi, rớt xuống, gục xuống
to drop with fatigue
: mệt gục xuống
to drop on one's knee
: quỳ xuống
(nghĩa bóng) tình cờ thốt ra, tình cờ nói ra
the remark dropped from his mouth
: lời nhận xét vô tình thốt ra từ cửa miệng anh ta, lời nhận xét anh ta vô tình thốt ra
thôi ngừng lại, dừng lại, đứt đoạn
the conversation drops
: câu chuyện ngừng lại
sụt, giảm, hạ; lắng xuống
prices drop
: giá cả sụt xuống
voices drop
: giọng hạ thấp xuống
wind drops
: gió lắng xuống
rơi vào (tình trạng nào đó...)
to drop behind
: rớt lại đằng sau
to drop back into a bad habit
: lại rơi vào một thói xấu cũ, nhiễm lại một thói xấu
to drop asleep
: ngủ thiếp đi
co rúm lại, thu mình lại (trước thú săn) (chó săn)
ngoại động từ
nhỏ giọt, cho chảy nhỏ giọt
để rơi, buông rơi, bỏ xuống, ném xuống
to drop a letter in the letter-box
: bỏ thư vào thùng thư
to drop bombs
: ném bom
to drop the anchor
: thả neo
vô tình thốt ra, buông (lời...); viết qua loa (cho ai vài dòng...)
to drop a remark
: vô tình thốt ra một lời nhận xét
to drop a line
: viết qua mấy chữ (gửi cho ai)
đẻ (cừu)
bỏ lướt, bỏ không đọc (một chữ...)
to drop one's hs
: bỏ lướt không đọc những chữ h
cho xuống xe (người); đưa đến (gói hàng)
cúi (mặt...) xuống; hạ thấp (giọng)
(đánh bài) thua
đánh gục, bắn rơi, chặt đổ
bỏ (công việc, ý định...); ngừng (câu chuyện...); cắt đứt (cuộc đàm phán...); bỏ rơi (ai); thôi
drop it!
: (từ lóng) thôi đi!, bỏ cái thói ấy đi!
(thể dục,thể thao) phát bằng cú đá bóng đang bật nảy; ghi (bàn thắng) bằng cú đá bóng đang bật nảy (bóng đá)
to drop cross
tình cờ gặp, ngẫu nhiên gặp
to drop across somebody
: ngẫu nhiên gặp ai, tình cờ gặp ai
măng nhiếc, xỉ vả; trừng phạt (ai)
to drop away
to drop off
lần lượt bỏ đi
to drop in
tạt vào thăm; nhân tiện đi qua ghé vào thăm
lần lượt vào kẻ trước người sau
đi biến, mất hút
ngủ thiếp đi
chết
to drop on
mắng nhiếc, xỉ vả; trừng phạt (ai)
to drop out
biến mất, mất hút
bỏ ra ngoài, không ghi vào (dánh sách...); rút ra khỏi (cuộc đấu...)
(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bỏ học nửa chừng
to drop a curtsey
(xem) curtsey
to drop from sight
biến mất, mất hút
to drop short of something
thiếu cái gì
không đạt tới cái gì
Đồng nghĩa của drop
Alternative for drop
drops, dropped, dropping
Đồng nghĩa:
abandon
,
cease
,
descend
,
dismiss
,
dive
,
end
,
fall
,
give up
,
let go
,
plunge
,
stop
,
Verb
To fall down or to a lower level, especially abruptly
fall
descend
plunge
sink
dive
plummet
tumble
decline
lower
dip
crash
crater
depress
pitch
slump
throw
topple
droop
ground
nosedive
skid
slip
dump
plump
shoot
come down
go down
nose-dive
jump down
collapse
decrease
take a nosedive
slide
diminish
dwindle
lessen
sag
jump
reduce
recede
fall sharply
drop rapidly
subside
drop down
drop off
fall off
depreciate
ebb
free-fall
fall steeply
skydive
fall away
decrement
downturn
parachute
fall headlong
tail off
take a dive
settle
keel
hurtle
shrink
stoop
set
founder
taper
wane
regress
sprawl
flag
abate
lurch
ease
flop
precipitate
go downhill
go into a tailspin
descend rapidly
de-escalate
trip
stumble
cascade
decrease rapidly
go pear-shaped
bomb
fall apart
self-destruct
gravitate
deteriorate
downscale
downsize
keel over
spiral
sound
fling
flop down
relent
crash-dive
belly-flop
hit the floor
submerge
sweep
ratchet down
phase down
pounce
rush
bellyflop
pancake
ditch
overbalance
overturn
go under water
fall flat
come a cropper
fall prostrate
splash down
crash-land
dart
speed
zoom
leap headfirst
jump headfirst
go headfirst
take a header
slouch
swoop
leap
lunge
flump
plop oneself
plonk yourself
lower oneself
plank oneself
plonk oneself
plump oneself
plump yourself
fly down
Verb
To drip or dribble down vertically
drip
dribble
trickle
leak
flow
run
drizzle
fall
distil
distill
ooze
seep
drain
emanate
percolate
precipitate
snow
trill
hail
plop
splash
fall in drops
exude
weep
issue
filter
bleed
discharge
spurt
sweat
strain
stream
leach
well
spill
escape
spout
transude
perspire
overflow
sprinkle
squirt
crawl
creep
transpire
rain
be discharged
run out
pour
cascade
roll
gush
flood
course
slide
glide
jet
go
spread
sloosh
tumble
pour out
release
emit
empty
excrete
filtrate
exudate
extravasate
give out
emerge
pour forth
give off
overflow with
emit liquid
come out of
spew
secrete
surge
flow out
rush
eject
shed
expel
permeate
well forth
send out
well up
ripple
send forth
swell
deluge
teem
sputter
gurgle
hemorrhage
haemorrhage
spring
disembogue
leech
regurgitate
vent
shoot
rise
seep out
ooze out
gush out
drain away
sweep
sluice
brim
radiate
stem
pass
penetrate
exhale
outflow
osmose
egress
burst
erupt
birth
expire
evolve
cast
irradiate
lose
disgorge
leak out
throw out
seep away
flow away
flow rapidly
soak
suppurate
fester
produce
extrude
lixiviate
brim over
proceed
steam
effuse
spill out
extract
spring up
spurt out
drift
slip
swirl
spray
exude pus
drool
separate
well out
whirl
evacuate
project
convey
run off
leave dry
taper off
filter off
initiate
exit
filter through
pump
fountain
throw off
pervade
eruct
swoosh
belch
impregnate
charge
transfuse
saturate
bubble
infect
wash away
spritz
belch forth
void
dispense
result
come out
follow
seep into
get into
pass through
appear
arise
originate
move
deposit
vomit
ejaculate
deliver
send
come forth
derive from
spread out
be transmitted
gush forth
be emitted
come
seep forth
flow forth
ooze forth
let out
break out
eventuate
inundate
purl
babble
abound
pullulate
upspring
Verb
To abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)
abandon
discontinue
quit
end
cease
cancel
relinquish
stop
terminate
abort
halt
scrap
ax
axe
break
forgo
can
ditch
forsake
kick
repeal
rescind
scratch
scrub
shelve
shun
forfeit
ignore
interrupt
remit
revoke
divorce
jilt
sacrifice
shake
cut off
cut out
desist from
dispense with
call off
give up
knock off
lay off
leave off
break off
finish with
retire from
withdraw from
break up
cry off
part from
part with
resign from
break with
dust off
forget about
give over
pack in
pack up
shut off
lay off of
turn your back on
throw up
eighty-six
have done with
write off
wipe out
finish
renounce
suspend
desist
refrain from
conclude
put an end to
withdraw
abstain from
eschew
abolish
reject
wind up
avoid
call
forswear
do without
let up
call a halt to
put a stop to
close
bring to an end
do away with
waive
pull the plug on
recall
elapse
yield
abjure
determine
pass
cut
dead-end
discard
dump
surrender
expire
steer clear of
swear off
wink out
lapse
abstain
abdicate
leave
belay
refrain
resign
go without
cut short
go
check
disavow
refuse
repudiate
knock something on the head
call it a day
spurn
call it quits
get rid of
eliminate
give something the chop
jack in
pass up
die
forbear
postpone
bring to a halt
disclaim
surcease
pause
jettison
forbear from
hold back
disregard
escape
give a wide berth to
come to an end
say goodbye to
arrest
disown
mothball
curb
adjourn
cede
resist
dissolve
nix
block
withhold from
wrap up
remove
have nothing to do with
pull up
cast aside
get out of
pack it in
desert
hand over
junk
withhold
decline
kill
betray
take away
obstruct
depart
deny
separate
complete
skip
forego
stay
leave out
concede
delay
not continue
abnegate
set aside
renege
disconnect
lose
not touch
get off
escape from
leave alone
hold off
hold up
prorogue
recess
renege on
go away from
put off
keep from
nip in the bud
forget
pull out of
bring to a close
draw to a close
cast off
delete
overlook
phase out
discount
omit
throw out
neglect
shake off
intermit
prevent
intervene
impede
hesitate
stall
rest
turf
hamper
pass over
waver
keep
retract
recant
get shut of
pass on
still
brush aside
catch
falter
pull out
unsay
foreswear
restrain from
gainsay
inhibit
shirk
stem
get shot of
dispose of
annul
freeze
stay away from
blow off
shy from
rein in
disaffirm
be gone from
disappear from
abscond from
chuck in
close out
dodge
wrap
ultimate
walk out on
set out from
round off
round out
defer
restrain
sew up
withgo
shut down
wind down
prorogate
skip out on
fight shy of
keep off
come to a stop
not do
be over
check out from
sign away
give something a miss
come to a halt
fade away
peter out
draw up
nip something in the bud
bring up
sit out
put on hold
kick the habit
interfere with
quit cold
take ten
bring to a standstill
take a breather
throw in the towel
drop out of
be deprived of
sideline
call time
be stripped of
throw in the sponge
take a break
give a rest
depart from
pay with
hang back
come to a standstill
put on ice
take the cure
take five
turn over
kick over
fetch up
put the kibosh on
redline
quash
close off
withcall
bin
call something off
throw away
bring to end
nullify
deny yourself
disrupt
secede
split
achieve
succeed
bring
erase
spell
come off
stop using
disallow
disturb
stop oneself
down tools
stop work
head off
abate
stop having
disjoin
dissever
interpose
disunite
part
carve
isolate
exclude
extirpate
usurp
snub
exsect
sever
marginalize
extract
oust
excise
fizzle out
jack it in
preclude
stop doing
lie by
render needless
call a stop to
resist the temptation to
bag it
run out
bring to a conclusion
extinguish
bring to an untimely end
forlet
bypass
throw off
cut into
break into
back off from
sidestep
avert
break the habit of
shrink from
knock it off
call a halt
stop midstream
wash one's hands of
turn one's back on
take back
kibosh
skirt
surcease from
call it quits on
cut it out
get on the wagon
hang it up
die away
resolve
take the pledge
be temperate
go on the wagon
avoid doing
limit
turn a blind eye to
fade
take out
marginalise
cut dead
pull away
part company
part ways
hinder
slow
stop trying
disappear
excuse oneself
beg off
back out
sunder
wash your hands of
hold
restrict
evaporate
vanish
put aside
settle
free oneself of
rid oneself of
throw something off
retard
ebb
take time out
pigeonhole
drop it
rise
take a recess
suspend proceedings
crown
consummate
grant
table
reserve
allow
thwart
baulk
suppress
wimp out
cop out
crap out
put paid to
finish off
switch off
end up
wind something up
top off
spare
leave behind
turn in
render
sacrifice something
kiss goodbye
let go
prostitute
lay down
cough up
kiss goodbye to
dwindle
pull the plug
get done
turn down
elude
fix
sidetrack
balk
slow down
put a brake on
brace
wane
evanish
put the lid on
exit
vacate
melt away
die out
pass away
blow over
cease to exist
run its course
get cold feet
pass by
secede from
bail
disdain
duck
evade
lose out on
pay for
deliver up
shy
finesse
scape
wait
break away from
split with
delink from
sever relations with
be done with
brush off
bail from
break off with
break free from
walk out of
take leave from
clear out from
run along from
disaffiliate oneself from
take off from
move from
bow out of
dissociate oneself from
step aside from
exit from
have nothing more to do with
absent oneself from
stay clear of
let well enough alone
weasel out of
have no truck with
shy away from
keep clear of
get around
shuffle out of
submit
deliberate
screw
flee
maroon
bow
capitulate
succumb
relent
budge
blink
flee from
fly from
bail on
cheat on
stop what you're doing
mark time
come to standstill
linger
think twice
take a breath
reflect
tarry
have a breather
catch one's breath
break it up
stop briefly
back out on
run out on
be disloyal to
break up with
run away from
take oneself off from
be unfaithful to
prevent oneself from
not give in to
cease to indulge in
stop oneself from
restrain oneself from
prevent yourself from
knuckle under
acquiesce
cave in
concede defeat
fail
give way
climb down
proffer
back down
fold
cry uncle
buckle under
despair
deliver
tender
present
collapse
admit defeat
give in
hand in
bail out
chicken out
bow out
comply
frustrate
bar
hobble
staunch
immobilize
teeter
dither
balance
stagger
vacillate
wobble
scruple
wabble
limp
stumble
whiffle
immobilise
bring to a stop
be suspended
close down
put a sock in
be broken off
shilly-shally
be abandoned
wiggle-waggle
come to a close
blow the whistle on
draw to a stand
stand still
hold at bay
put a cork in
stem the flow
bring to standstill
come to rest
foil
forestall
stymie
prohibit
repress
stifle
curtail
derail
fetter
circumvent
neutralize
forbid
cramp
scotch
counteract
debar
deter
defeat
neutralise
shut out
counter
baffle
subdue
lessen
quell
obviate
hang up
ward off
ruin
stave off
stonewall
dam
hamstring
intercept
stand in the way of
oppose
contain
control
interdict
diminish
trammel
forfend
reduce
bridle
decrease
encumber
cripple
deactivate
brake
clog
choke
dash
squash
destroy
shackle
scupper
beat
crimp
rule out
squelch
outlaw
constrain
turn off
do for
crush
culminate
discourage
checkmate
enjoin
park
crack down on
fend off
run down
proscribe
cool
ban
pull in
veto
moderate
handcuff
stamp out
spoil
slacken
disappoint
cumber
sink
snooker
turn aside
discomfit
embargo
die down
put back
hog-tie
criminalize
hold in
taboo
tie up
plug
put down
put out
make illegal
arrive
clamp down on
criminalise
set back
stanch
handicap
sabotage
disable
subside
bork
repulse
manacle
occlude
embarrass
congest
interfere
regulate
smother
stuff
decelerate
overturn
jam
defend against
bite the dust
divert
silence
crab
negate
weaken
stop up
short-circuit
stop dead
contravene
hold down
hold over
ease up
close up
ward
ease off
outwit
put a lid on
lay aside
dissuade
spike
put a spoke in someone's wheel
get in the way of
plug up
choke off
slap down
snuff out
slow up
foul up
put in cold storage
place an embargo on
screw up
throw a spanner in the works of
tail off
put the stopper on
shorten
unplug
shut
fence
pull over
draw in
estop
save
wilt
bottleneck
rein
abbreviate
abridge
detain
invalidate
screen
offset
disengage
repel
clip
stand
obscure
finalize
recede
wither
sandbag
bottle up
help
conquer
shrink
clot
throttle
deflect
keep in check
parry
stop short
deteriorate
droop
decay
keep back
keep under control
smash
degenerate
back off
pre-empt
bung
block out
fill up
clog up
fill
stem the flow of
lower
have a break
censor
nobble
chill
jam up
bung up
muzzle
finalise
become invalid
protract
disconcert
turn out
hold in abeyance
relax
get in the way
bury
rattle
become void
become obsolete
draw to a halt
taper off
crumble
queer
bottle
dull
cross
faze
trail off
stump
bog down
stopper
bring to naught
cool it
reach a standstill
overcome
lay on the table
cramp one's style
throw monkey wrench in
take a rain check on
keep at bay
lock up
put on the back burner
keep in
box in
put the brakes on
fall away
pour cold water on
put the mockers on
beat down
declare illegal
upset the apple cart
bilk
mess up
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
keep lid on
bring to screeching halt
be a hindrance to
gum up
cork
throw cold water on
buck
louse up
land
eradicate
strangle at birth
put a stop to something
clobber
withstand
kill off
turn back
flick off
stop working
cinch
abrogate
close shop
finish work
finish working
clock off
lose heart
be beaten
censure
cap
circumnavigate
retardate
douse
clear
stop in one's tracks
back out of
leave work
wreck
shatter
accomplish
discharge
shutdown
quit cold turkey
bit
confront
power down
be at an end
be no longer valid
stave
anticipate
pick off
confine
prolong
take a breather from
put on a back burner
polish off
draw to close
put to bed
put a period to
ease
render powerless
crash
put on brakes
put an stop to
lose speed
slam on the brakes
crool
banjax
burden
bring down curtain
simmer down
compose
collect
detach
log off
put the brakes on
take out of play
dish
give up hope
abandon hope
clinch
shutter
render null and void
give the run around
dash one's hope
lick
upset the applecart
overpower
fold up
be put to bed
button up
cut loose
button down
take down
hold off on
make late
transpire
reschedule
put a stopper in
put half nelson on
put chill on
put a lock on
zing
gridlock
retreat
be the end of
drop out
tie up loose ends
liquidate
clean up
come to the end
do
be through with
finish up
take time off
disband
barricade
seal
caulk
black
decommission
come to a conclusion
round up
give notice
throw a spoke in the wheel of
root
traverse
drop off
carry out
banish
boycott
blockade
constrict
scuttle
hit the switch
halt in its tracks
give the slip
give the run-around
buffalo
promote
shuffle off
juke
run circles around
run rings around
bollix
throw a monkey wrench in the works
carry through
bring to fruition
damp
vanquish
overthrow
push back
procrastinate
inactivate
hang fire
put on back burner
count out
put in abeyance
file
pink-slip
keep in abeyance
lay over
put on the shelf
look away
turn
turn from
veer
shunt
shove aside
confound
upset
blackball
disqualify
complicate
choke up
pack
block up
throw a curve
set the seal on
obturate
quench
cow
switch something off
get there
haul up
let
taper
de-escalate
pall
drop away
fall
finish the working day
undo
bulwark
defend
guard
declare ineligible
illegalize
ice out
curse
officially forbid
be no more
fly by
triumph over
block off
continue
respite
put over
blank
counterplot
attenuate
dampen
disadvise
scare
stunt
slip away
dam up
gibbet
gunge up
wring
noose
squeeze
drown
silt up
put out of business
put out of action
bring someone to their knees
deprive
overwhelm
dominate
annihilate
clamp
shush
trample
pull off the road
muffle
swallow
slack
phase down
coast
cool off
drain away
become weaker
chill out
unlax
ratchet down
gag
unaccustom
break short
stop cold
evanesce
cover
fend
put lid on
keep inside
put kibosh on
drive underground
trample on
sit on
go by
weigh down
declare taboo
take wind out of sails
get the better of
upset one's apple cart
cause setback
put end to
leave unfinished
stop in full flow
govern
fight back
monkey with
retrograde
bate
tame
rebuff
choke back
give the thumbs down to
put the chill on
give the red light to
say no
molder
dilapidate
moulder
take a rain check
dock
languish
flag
talk out of
keep from happening
safeguard against
secure against
protect against
shield against
put a damper on
act like a wet blanket
run low
go downhill
fade out
wear away
go down
grow less
go dead
keep a lid on
slacken pace
bite back
stand up for
guard against
skirt round
defend oneself against
fight off
keep at arm's length
wean
cut back
lag
emaciate
tire
shrivel
sag
truncate
retrench
play for time
counterbalance
minimize
totter
faint
lose spirit
impoverish
debase
minimise
depress
grow dim
waste away
wear off
grow faint
thin out
fall off
relapse
vitiate
tremble
grow weaker
pare down
elide
cut down
lop
trim
syncopate
chop
minify
tighten up
crop
slim down
downsize
contract
slash
stand off
not move
deaden
counterpoise
negative
countervail
cancel out
dumb
clam
correct
remedy
compensate for
boil down
rein back
get to meat
put in nutshell
roll back
put a restriction on
put a limit on
keep down
say nothing
equilibrize
make up for
counterweigh
balance out
even out
countercheck
respond
rectify
stabilise
redress
right
go against
stabilize
counterwork
Verb
To let go or release one's hold of
release
relinquish
unhand
lose
unhold
let go of
let fall
let go
lose your grip on
put down
release one's hold on
fail to hold
lose one's grip on
lose your hold on
throw down
Verb
To make or become lower, weaker, or less
decrease
diminish
lessen
dwindle
fall
lower
subside
contract
decline
depreciate
moderate
recede
reduce
relent
sink
abate
decrement
depress
downscale
downsize
ease
ebb
fade
plummet
plunge
quell
shrink
slump
taper
temper
wane
weaken
dent
deplete
devaluate
minimise
minimize
settle
curtail
slacken
de-escalate
run low
become less
fall away
fall off
grow less
taper off
drop off
ratchet down
tail off
wear away
wear down
die away
die out
knock down
let up
pare down
phase down
tone down
turn down
wind down
become smaller
die down
slacken off
grow smaller
make less
peter out
remit
attenuate
pall
drain away
cut
slash
go down
ease off
curb
lighten
cut down
deteriorate
descend
cut back
alleviate
soften
relax
trim
dip
mitigate
scale down
crash
degenerate
decay
droop
drain
wither
mark down
bring down
nosedive
slow down
come to an end
disappear
downgrade
check
slow
clip
fade away
restrain
shrivel
step down
flag
roll back
devalue
dry up
slack off
calm down
narrow
drop away
limit
shorten
tumble
dive
pare
abridge
regress
erode
minify
fail
impair
waste
melt away
go downhill
ease up
dial down
evaporate
crumble
collapse
waste away
tail away
slim down
make cutbacks in
vanish
nose-dive
allay
assuage
retrench
prune
shave
cheapen
dampen
mollify
dissolve
sag
quieten
quiet
slope
settle down
blur
trail
dilute
become lower
get lower
close
couch
make smaller
deflate
get smaller
take a nosedive
cut back on
write down
lose
hit the floor
cave in
go through the floor
lose edge
narrow down
relieve
dim
slip
dull
calm
get less
languish
palliate
abbreviate
withdraw
retrogress
subdue
retire
truncate
retrocede
slake
come down
become weaker
melt
break
put down
cease
discount
degrade
die off
axe
set
extenuate
become weak
give way
damp down
ax
rebate
take down
take the edge off
run down
trim back
trim down
cast down
phase out
go into a tailspin
rocket
fall short
scale back
tip over
take a header
whittle down
go away
write off
rachet down
fizzle out
level off
modify
peter
release
fizzle
lull
soothe
dissipate
ration
restrict
disengage
incline downwards
slant down
slope down
tilt downwards
appease
contain
quieten down
disperse
dock
deaden
blunt
gutter
atrophy
grow
condense
still
defuse
slim
wrinkle
terminate
slack
tame
desist
grow faint
disintegrate
stifle
give out
be reduced
evanesce
give in
undervalue
demote
amortise
cut down on
make fewer
telescope
qualify
amortize
tighten
amputate
thin
crop
soft-pedal
retreat
take the heat off
flow away
trail off
cool off
come to a stop
fall down
worsen
lower in price
devalorize
lower in value
be on the way out
grow dim
wear off
fade out
make reductions in
retrench on
salami-slice
cause to fall
ease up on
die away or out
die away or down
become softer
become quieter
crumple
slack up
draw to a close
shed
round down
dip below the horizon
take the bite out
take the sting out
get quieter
get softer
go downwards
relapse
fall back
pull out
return
back away
drop back
fall in
sink back
totter
skid
lapse
move away
go back
drag
backslide
crater
buckle
flop
retrograde
back
back off
move further off
draw away
retract
draw back
flow back
depart
move back
bow out
drop down
lose value
fold up
break down
decrease in value
decline in price
hit the dirt
be precipitated
discard
cast off
reduce greatly
rationalize
melt off
jettison
take off
deduct
economize
rationalise
economise
deluge
overwhelm
submerge
engulf
drown
flood
swamp
gulf
inundate
overflow
budget cut
tune down
roll down
trim away
wreck
ram
drive
force down
founder
excavate
dig
shipwreck
overturn
flounder
lay
drill
stoop
stick
capsize
let down
stab
run
go to the bottom
scuttle
touch bottom
bore
demit
submerse
thrust
loosen
cool
ameliorate
loose
stop
comfort
let up on
damp
help
wilt
sweeten
bate
cushion
quench
sap
numb
satisfy
sate
muffle
undermine
water down
smooth
disempower
finish
decelerate
compose
pacify
halt
end
thin out
improve
tranquilize
tranquillize
untighten
anesthetize
anaesthetize
go
disburden
facilitate
free
cure
take a load off
aid
break up
assist
mute
satiate
modulate
take it easy
gratify
diffuse
rescind
trail away
shape
elongate
lenify
become less intense
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
unlax
coast
refresh
extinguish
relaxed
mellow
dulcify
make weaker
thin down
control
go easy
close out
benumb
cauterize
chill out
cool it
stretch
broaden
make less strict
make less formal
fix up
adulterate
placate
address
hebetate
desensitise
cauterise
disable
desensitize
cripple
obtund
enfeeble
debilitate
open
take sting out
patch things up
extend
lace
sophisticate
take pressure off
debase
invalidate
put a damper on
perish
liberalize
liberalise
lay off
dematerialize
fly
lag
emaciate
flee
brighten
make lighter
dispel
salve
counteract
etiolate
pass
run interference for
clear the way
cheer
nurse
forward
speed up
doctor
simplify
meliorate
promote
make easier
speed
expedite
attend to
lift
open the door
further
punctuate
succor
succour
console
vary
solace
free up
pour oil on
hush
fold
deliquesce
grow feeble
pass off
rarefy
die on vine
evanish
poop out
vanish into thin air
fag out
tucker out
become less loud
tire
become unimportant
clear
liss
interrupt
soften up
elapse
discontinue
bring an end to
prevent
bring aid to
make bearable
make something bearable
bring respite to
bring aid
take load off
disencumber
empty
levitate
take
remove
upraise
uplight
change
shift
eradicate
unload
unburden
determine
expire
quit
conclude
die
molder
dilapidate
moulder
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
break off
run out
wind up
dead-end
leave off
wink out
go dead
pack in
Verb
To stop associating with
abandon
desert
disown
reject
renounce
repudiate
disclaim
disavow
ditch
forsake
discard
leave
neglect
shun
abjure
jilt
cast off
cast aside
give up
bin off
cut off
throw over
turn your back on
end relations with
give the elbow
divorce oneself from
give someone the push
give someone the air
have nothing more to do with
wash your hands of
give someone the big E
turn one's back on
dump
chuck
walk out on
run out on
leave high and dry
leave in the lurch
break up with
leave flat
break with
quit
strand
finish with
maroon
leave stranded
relinquish
blow off
kiss off
rat on
excommunicate
break off with
cut
ostracize
disfellowship
leave behind
ostracise
freeze out
cut dead
cast out
betray
expel
exile
banish
surrender
spurn
expulse
displace
expatriate
oust
abnegate
split up with
throw out
bail out on
give the heave-ho
leave out in the cold
deport
eighty-six
forbear
cede
leave someone holding the baby
brush off
give notice to
stop going out with
break off one's relationship with
disappoint
jettison
depart from
marginalize
deceive
deny
coquette
sideline
invisibilize
cut out
marginalise
leave out
relegate
resign
yield
sacrifice
abdicate
wash one's hands of
take the oath
drift away
take your leave of
kiss goodbye
go away from
show the door
change one's tune
abstain from
kiss good-bye
break off
split up
walk out
turn down
break up
disallow
get rid of
do the dirty on
rebut
contradict
disaffirm
gainsay
disinherit
refute
negate
retract
negative
disconfirm
give the old heave-ho
leave at the altar
disacknowledge
refuse to recognize
cut off without a penny
refuse to acknowledge
send packing
beach
split from
rebuff
blackball
snub
blacklist
ignore
avoid
scorn
repulse
discount
eschew
veto
disdain
repel
exclude
blank
unfriend
unfollow
despise
burn
kick someone in the teeth
send to Coventry
shut out
have nothing to do with
hand someone the frozen mitt
leave off
not buy
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
scoff at
put down
give a wide berth to
cold-shoulder
swear off
give the cold shoulder
Verb
To place or leave something at a given place or location
deposit
put
lay
place
rest
set
leave
shove
stick
plonk
settle
pop
position
station
unload
set down
dump
plunk
plop
park
sit
throw down
put down
bung
plant
posit
depose
emplace
lay down
repose
flump
flop
situate
locate
install
stow
fix
dispose
instal
fling down
plump
set up
sit down
plank
toss
unlade
fall
balance
let fall
bear
establish
roost
perch
plunk down
store
stuff
deploy
slip
prop
lean
stand
support
set in position
put in position
steady
slide
insert
lodge
hang
arrange
tuck
throw
pose
push
thrust
plank down
prop up
land
touch down
seat
dock
stop
descend
ground
arrive
ensconce oneself
plant oneself
be seated
light
park oneself
fly down
settle down
plonk oneself
plump oneself
install oneself
seat oneself
plop down
alight
put in
implant
fasten
attach
secure
introduce
connect
anchor
couple
link
inculcate
embed
affix
enroot
instill
glue
bind
tie
cement
pin
root
entrench
ingrain
instil
catch
moor
consolidate
stabilize
solidify
rigidify
congeal
stiffen
infix
stabilise
graft
nail down
freeze to
stay put
inseminate
sow
breed
ensconce
lock
post
bestow
spread
impress
engraft
inset
rivet
drum into
thicken
harden
fit
lay out
put in place
lower
drop in
slot
join
clamp
bond
intrench
bend
engrain
nail
imbed
clip
bed
lash
bolt
hitch
screw
tack
make fast
tie down
make permanent
Verb
To bring something somewhere (and leave it there)
bring
carry
deliver
take
transport
unload
convey
leave
put off
allow to alight
send
dispatch
transmit
forward
direct
remit
post
email
airmail
send by mail
mail
express
send by post
transfer
consign
run
shoot
ferry
bear
put on board
freight
shift
ship
pack off
go aboard
distribute
export
haul
move
address
embark
route
smuggle
ship out
Verb
To make reference to or speak about briefly or in passing
cite
mention
state
introduce
quote
reveal
utter
declare
disclose
divulge
say
advance
broach
communicate
impart
instance
intimate
moot
name
note
notice
present
raise
specify
advert to
refer to
speak of
bring up
talk about
comment on
hint at
let out
remark on
speak about
tell of
let on about
make known
show off
throw out
touch on
touch upon
call attention to
let anyone know of
let someone know of
breathe a word of
Verb
(of a person or animal) To sink to or towards the ground
collapse
fall
fold
crumble
flop
sink
slump
stumble
tumble
buckle
crumple
descend
sag
slide
crater
duck
go down
fall down
fall flat
subside
topple
settle
give
go
yield
implode
founder
shatter
disintegrate
wilt
fall in
give way
break
succumb
break apart
fall to pieces
break down
come down
come apart
fall apart
topple over
fall apart at the seams
cave in
give in
go out
give out
Verb
To die or collapse from exhaustion
die
collapse
faint
succumb
go
swoon
croak
fall
flatline
perish
decease
demise
depart
end
exit
expire
part
pass out
sink down
black out
keel over
lose consciousness
conk out
fall down
go out
fall unconscious
flake out
check out
pass away
pass on
pop off
peg out
kick in
kick off
step out
bite the dust
buy it
kick the bucket
give up the ghost
snuff it
depart this life
cross the great divide
go the way of all flesh
go belly up
shuffle off this mortal coil
buy the farm
be no more
go the way of the flesh
pass
be lost
cark it
bite the big one
pop your clogs
go to glory
kick it
peg it
go bung
hop the twig
hop the stick
meet one's end
go to the great beyond
breathe your last
go the way of the dinosaurs
meet one's death
be killed
cease
go belly-up
push up the daisies
go under
drop dead
draw one's last breath
go to one's last resting place
pass over
cash in one's chips
be six feet under
lose one's life
drop off
meet one's maker
turn up one's toes
cease living
cease to exist
cross the Styx
pop one's clogs
go out like a light
become unconscious
kick in [slang]
exterminate
wane
desist
ruin
abolish
cave
decline
meet one's Maker
run through
fold up
invalidate
have a fainting fit
vanish
disappear
meet your end
be slain
be a casualty
be a fatality
run out
call off all bets
cool off
buy a one-way ticket
deep six
waste
be destroyed
OD
strike out
up and die
cash in chips
meet your maker
shove off
go to the wall
go west
take your last breath
lose life
lose your life
wilt
nod off
doze off
meet waterloo
go down
give way
give up
pack it in
zone out
fall asleep
sack out
go to sleep
feel lightheaded
faint away
feel giddy
be overcome
weaken
conk
suffocate
drown
relinquish life
suck the kumara
go to meet one's maker
breathe one's last
rest in peace
go way of all flesh
be taken
lay down one's life
hand in one's dinner pail
die out
die off
become extinct
peter out
go to meet your maker
fade away
slip away
cash in
go to one's reward
fizzle out
push up daisies
die a death
die unexpectedly
fall dead
die suddenly
dwindle
become rarer
become less common
pass into oblivion
cease to be
Verb
To sink to a lower position, as on a scale
descend
decline
dip
sink
fall
slope
cascade
pitch
go down
slant downwards
slope downwards
fall away
plunge
tumble
plummet
dive
lower
crater
collapse
skid
crash
slump
nosedive
set
settle
nose-dive
come down
pour
spill
plop
ground
slide down
fall down
tumble down
fall prostrate
move down
run down
founder
run
dunk
flounder
drop down
go lower
go downwards
come downwards
fall headlong
go under the surface
go to the bottom
touch bottom
dip beneath the horizon
cast down
Verb
To knock or bring to the ground
down
fell
floor
topple
deck
flatten
ground
level
prostrate
knock over
knock down
bowl over
bring down
put down
strike down
bowl down
knock out
mow down
throw down
cut down
bring to the ground
knock to the ground
throw to the ground
lower
throw
exhaust
tire
lay low
weary
drain
enervate
weaken
debilitate
overtire
poop
disable
wear out
rugby-tackle
frazzle
tax
fatigue
overtax
knacker
whack
mow
upset
overthrow
bush
wear
jade
wash out
do in
tire out
tip over
flag
sink
droop
tucker out
make weary
fag out
deplete
languish
tucker
bedraggle
sag
fizzle
succumb
take it out of
conk out
KO
burn out
catch off balance
lay out
poop out
peter out
wear down
spill
overturn
tumble
upend
trip
run down
run over
shove
unbalance
tackle
pull down
overcome
overpower
harass
break
kill
shatter
outwear
bust
capsize
pick off
take out
knock for six
knock unconscious
knock into the middle of next week
make sleepy
set down
trip up
shag out
wear to a frazzle
take
wear on
do up
drain of energy
tear down
push over
shoot down
hurl to the ground
bore
sap
enfeeble
incapacitate
devitalize
cripple
immobilize
paralyse
hamstring
undermine
etiolate
waste
soften
impair
paralyze
handicap
reduce
ruin
disarm
wreck
depress
defeat
immobilise
make powerless
make helpless
make impotent
bring someone to their knees
bring low
torpefy
attenuate
put out of action
blunt
indispose
overwork
lame
make weak
make feeble
maim
destroy
unstrengthen
mangle
injure
diminish
overexert
mutilate
overdo
overextend
overfatigue
hock
damage
hurt
harm
mar
strain
unfit
run ragged
unnerve
emasculate
erode
kayo
bankrupt
draw
eviscerate
vitiate
render infirm
deactivate
halt
suck dry
inactivate
freeze
palsy
muzzle
spoil
batter
pinion
kibosh
sabotage
hogtie
unbrace
total
arrest
pain
fail
make tired
take it out of one
disqualify
invalidate
render incapable
throw monkey wrench in
unhinge
impoverish
use up
wear someone out
hobble
lay someone out
lessen
subvert
disfigure
sicken
sap your strength
disempower
lay someone up
burden
encumber
hinder
extenuate
hamper
wither
disembowel
exenterate
plague
fold
faint
overburden
overstrain
wilt
ennui
collapse
drowse
deface
dislimb
sideline
stifle
dismember
upturn
jam
stop
oppress
fade
glut
weigh
eat away
rob from
wear away
give out
go stale
grow weary
disenable
lose interest
cause ennui
grow tired
sap one's strength
sap the strength of
clamp
wheel-clamp
put to sleep
make lame
scatter
tie
make inoperative
action
render inactive
prevent from moving
render inoperative
prevent from working
bring to a halt
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
root
bring to a standstill
wipe out
nearly kill
make unfit
spike
restrict
render powerless
wear oneself to a shadow
run into the ground
wear oneself to a frazzle
defuse
grade
roll
poleax
plaster
debase
flush
lay
straighten
abrade
spread out
iron out
roll out
beat down
appall
transfix
bemuse
daze
close
deaden
stun
benumb
anesthetize
daunt
petrify
nonplus
appal
astound
anaesthetize
numb
stupefy
demolish
knock off your feet
disband
make safe
subjugate
occupy
make harmless
deescalate
neutralize
remove the fuse from
skin
subdue
unarm
neutralise
render defenseless
strip
stop dead
make inert
shut down
make nerveless
bring to grinding halt
Verb
To discard or exclude (someone or something)
dismiss
discard
discharge
eliminate
exclude
omit
oust
eject
cut
delete
evict
expel
disregard
elide
erase
forget
slur
leave off
leave out
let go
throw out
boot out
take out
chuck out
miss out
get rid of
kick out
send packing
turf out
give something a miss
give the bum's rush
throw out on your ear
reject
cut out
disqualify
waive
cancel
ignore
rule out
cross out
set aside
shut the door on
except
miss
preclude
bypass
bar
overleap
pretermit
skip
overpass
prohibit
repudiate
slight
withhold
pass by
factor out
dispense with
count out
skip over
shut out
let slide
pass over
not bother
fail to include
cast aside
fail to mention
debar
ban
suspend
prevent
freeze out
forbid
interdict
disallow
bate
obviate
close out
block
remove
keep out
blackball
proscribe
discount
refuse
stop
ward off
avert
forestall
ostracize
forfend
black
deter
veto
disclude
disentitle
estop
ostracise
lock out
deny
stave off
declare ineligible
leave out in the cold
rusticate
rule something out
overlook
inveigh
taboo
exempt
enjoin
inhibit
outlaw
prevent the occurrence of
restrict
recant
abolish
revoke
mark off
leave out of account
weed out
disfellowship
not include
deprive
check
thwart
say no to
override
circumvent
limit
exile
refuse admission to
stand in the way of
give the cold shoulder to
refuse entrance to
shut out of
shut off
not consider
put paid to
forget about
close one's doors to
unfit
help
counter
avoid
incapacitate
disable
invalidate
hinder
ward
intervene
interpose
restrain
counteract
foreclose
anticipate
interfere
nix
not make the cut
disfranchise
eighty-six
disenable
paralyze
impair
paralyse
weaken
head off
get round
make unnecessary
take away
fend off
do away with
embargo
boycott
bounce
disbar
banish
occlude
sideline
blacklist
deny access to
not count
refuse to admit
send to Coventry
prevent from entering
put out
put an embargo on
refuse admittance
force out
drive out
Verb
To hand over or expend as payment
spend
pay
expend
foot
give
outlay
disburse
invest
splurge
blow
spring
squander
stake
up
fork out
fork over
shell out
cough up
lay out
pay out
hand over
pay up
pony up
ante up
chip in
kick in
pay down
splash out
part with
put up
plunk down
dish out
stump up
put out
dispense
spring for
foot the bill
spend money
lavish
donate
defray
blue
dole out
fork up
give out
hand out
lash out
lend
remit
offer
render
pay for
fritter away
out
allocate
settle
ante
put in
knock down
come through
front up
dissipate
waste
spend like water
throw around like confetti
contribute
throw down the drain
spend money as if it grows on trees
pour down the drain
spend money as if there were no tomorrow
spend money as if it were going out of fashion
spend money as if it were going out of style
throw money at
deal
acquit
come up with
use up
lose
run through
throw away
consume
misspend
go through
trifle away
fiddle away
deplete
exhaust
devote
advance
pledge
drain
burn
burn up
misuse
scatter
fritter
spend recklessly
be prodigal with
make poor use of
be wasteful
distribute
supply
furnish
shell something out
lay something out
dedicate
apply
pay something out
suffer the loss of
dispense with
stop having
be deprived of
burn through
discharge
waste away
finish
spend freely
disinherit
sacrifice
dispossess
no longer have
divest
dump
venture
endow
grant
kiss goodbye
indulge oneself
get through
eat through
wash up
be wasteful with
gift
speculate
gamble
risk
sink in
plough in
pitch in
pick up the tab
trifle
frivol
prodigalize
frivol away
throw money around
spend money like water
throw money down the drain
pour money down the drain
spend unwisely
Verb
(sports) To fail to win (a point or a match)
lose
concede
let slip
give away
fail to win
miss out on
waste
squander
pass up
miss
forfeit
give up
forego
disregard
ignore
blow
neglect
let pass
cede
yield
fritter away
surrender
forgo
withgo
dismiss
bypass
waive
botch
expend
let go
fail to take
fail to take advantage of
pass over
drop the ball
fail to grasp
lose out on
abandon
Verb
To fall down, especially after losing one's balance
topple
fall
tumble
pitch
plunge
plummet
stumble
slip
trip
dive
collapse
capsize
overturn
slump
founder
lurch
stagger
tip
overbalance
keel
totter
falter
land
remove
teeter
unhorse
fall down
fall over
tip over
go down
fall headlong
nose-dive
keel over
turn over
go head over heels
take a header
go belly up
hit the dirt
do a pratfall
trip over
skid
slide
topple over
flop
take a spill
lose footing
come a cropper
faint
roll
glide
slither
nosedive
crash
crater
buckle
crumple
fluff
blunder
trip up
lose your footing
lose balance
fall end over end
fall head over heels
miss one's footing
go for six
swoon
upset
lose your balance
measure one's length
upturn
turn upside down
pass out
roll over
fall in a heap
black out
tumble down
take a nosedive
crumble
sink
face-plant
cowp
pratfall
tumble over
pitch forward
take a dive
go headlong
lower oneself
prostrate oneself
go end over end
fall down in a faint
conk out
lose consciousness
grabble
down
sag
floor
pitch over
knock down
knock over
bowl down
lose one's balance
rock
toss
flounder
careen
sway
buck
reel
wabble
seesaw
wobble
move
pitchpole
sound
wallow
welter
labor
drive
labour
yaw
fall away
dip
lunge
tilt
vault
toss about
Verb
To throw away (something unwanted or useless)
scrap
discard
dump
junk
ditch
jettison
chuck
shed
reject
unload
lose
cashier
toss
exorcise
exorcize
pitch
bin
trash
eject
eliminate
remove
expel
dismiss
forsake
cast
destroy
demolish
slough
decommission
recycle
annihilate
obliterate
wreck
retire
throw out
throw away
cast off
deep-six
dispose of
eighty-six
shuck off
slough off
get rid of
lay by
dispense with
toss out
do away with
fling away
chuck away
chuck out
fling off
clear out
get shut of
get shot of
root out
weed out
throw on the scrapheap
write off
break up
see the back of
consign to scrap heap
put out to pasture
abandon
cast aside
have done with
axe
discharge
relinquish
ax
offload
disburden
throw overboard
shrug off
cast away
throw off
empty
dispose
shelve
throw
banish
tip
shake off
let drop
empty out
let fall
tip out
drain
cull
can
dispatch
clear
moult
dispel
disregard
repudiate
exuviate
unlade
slip
molt
yield
part with
toss aside
thrust aside
peel off
pour out
lay aside
off-load
put out of your mind
set aside
desert
fling
scrub
heave
hurl
abdicate
maroon
cut
dispossess
knock on the head
pull the plug on
chase
refuse
evict
extrude
shuck
unburden
release
throw over the side
give the boot
sweep away
turn down
deposit
doff
unhand
rid oneself of
free oneself of
exfoliate
unship
let go
give up
loosen one's hold on
surrender
loose one's hold on
peel
sluff
devolve
delegate
distribute
flake
mew
skin
flake off
scale
pass on
leave
debark
throw aside
drop off
dissipate
quell
eradicate
discount
disperse
dislodge
spurn
forget
ignore
evacuate
minimize
overlook
scatter
void
shut out
deny
flout
disgorge
scout
relegate
despise
brush off
put out of one's mind
minimise
pass over
gloss over
think no more of
play down
kiss off
pay no attention to
put away
take no notice of
pay no heed to
laugh away
put off
force out
spew out
Verb
To discontinue or no longer provide (something previously supplied or offered)
withdraw
cancel
rescind
revoke
repeal
annul
nullify
invalidate
abolish
reverse
retract
countermand
quash
abrogate
void
end
terminate
stop
discontinue
disannul
remove
dissolve
null
undo
cut
disallow
lift
set aside
take back
strike down
roll back
render invalid
declare null and void
call off
render null and void
phase out
take off
draw back
pull back
take away
obliterate
scrap
scrub
erase
negate
expunge
rub out
repudiate
efface
delete
wipe out
black out
recall
overrule
override
abandon
abort
recant
vacate
avoid
dismiss
abjure
dismantle
forswear
nix
eliminate
excise
omit
call back
exclude
blue-pencil
cry off
kill
blot out
strike out
cross out
take out
ink out
obviate
renege
eradicate
disclaim
call
renounce
abate
destroy
deny
counterorder
make void
backpedal
disown
discard
dele
discharge
edit
bleep
get rid of
stamp out
shed
rub
cut out
scratch
elide
edit out
put an end to
squelch
sweep away
snuff out
clean up
root out
back out of
blue pencil
score out
x out
stroke out
put a line through
white out
block out
reject
abnegate
veto
disqualify
suspend
withcall
unsay
purge
call in
black
censor
unpublish
declare invalid
X out
blank out
cancel out
cast aside
score
trim
decontaminate
sterilize
strike
sanitize
squash
X-out
scratch out
clean
snip
rule out
sterilise
sanitise
Tippex out
pass up
subtract
annihilate
extinguish
overturn
exterminate
axe
do away with
ditch
junk
extirpate
suppress
overthrow
jettison
trash
throw out
vitiate
subvert
chop
liquidate
dispense with
dump
deracinate
zap
ax
inhibit
supersede
prohibit
finish
disestablish
close down
put kibosh on
give something the chop
bring to an end
knock something on the head
put the kibosh on
rule against
neutralize
clear
empty
strip
gut
neutralise
weasel out
make null and void
clean out
bare
counteract
alter
torpedo
rid
renig
counterbalance
offset
upset
countercheck
redress
wash out
turf
renege on
outvote
back out
render void
go back on one's word
divorce
declare
relax
devalue
break off
discount
weaken
undermine
disaffirm
backtrack on
watergate
go back on
waive
KO
blow
raise
get off the hook
unfit
impair
circumduct
put to rest
refuse
hold a funeral
inter
bring to a close
inhume
lay in the grave
entomb
bury
put six feet under
remit
bottle up
cork up
shut down
hush up
break
knock out
finish off
do in
worm out
opt out
shoot down
stand down
throw over
backwater
forget
retire
refute
redline
put damper on
blow sky-high
render meaningless
counterpoise
ignore
belay
put the lid on
countervail
rebut
make ineffective
wangle out
nig
confine
restrict
compensate
limit
contravene
oppose
frustrate
ding
belie
blackball
disprove
impugn
traverse
stonewall
cross
disavow
knock off
dominate
flout
prevail
defy
defeat
predominate
pull the plug
crawl out of
lay bare
trample underfoot
ride roughshod over
forget it
put down
break with
turn down
render inert
trample upon
wipe slate clean
turn thumbs down
foreswear
disband
deface
husk
denude
hull
call all bets off
relinquish
apostatize
forsake
adjourn
cease
bring to naught
fly in the face of
dial back
back down
backtrack
welsh
back off
contradict
eat one's words
worm out of
conclude
prorogue
make bare
lay to rest
disunite
break up
wind up
wreck
destruct
split up
close
sever
disorganize
shoot
ruin
loose
wrack
wind down
decimate
shatter
postpone
demolish
unmake
collapse
change
scour
clear out
cleanse
overset
down
prostrate
fade out
resolve into
unload
knock down
bring down
weed out
shake out
dispose of
rout out
rid of
Verb
To pour from, or as from, a container, especially by accident
spill
pour
flow
discharge
leak
run
trickle
overflow
well
dribble
drip
shed
disgorge
splash
fall
slop
slosh
scatter
brim
escape
splatter
overbrim
splosh
empty
spatter
lose
overfill
overrun
spill out
spill over
well over
run over
run out
tip out
throw off
gush
surge
cascade
spurt
exude
seep
ripple
jet
swell
spew
spout
issue
flood
ooze
deluge
squirt
emit
gurgle
teem
sputter
sluice
regurgitate
disembogue
well up
well forth
stream
spring
burst
roll
course
emanate
brim over
rush
emerge
glide
rise
spring up
pour out
percolate
drizzle
tumble
inundate
purl
babble
exudate
abound
pullulate
Verb
(of rain, a crop or supply) To be insufficient when needed or expected
fail
abate
decline
decrease
degenerate
deteriorate
diminish
fizzle
weaken
wither
miscarry
flop
founder
dwindle
bomb
bust
wane
be deficient
fall away
die down
fizzle out
drop off
go awry
be wanting
go amiss
be insufficient
fall short
die out
fall through
be ruined
strike out
be lacking
break down
be inadequate
die away
be found lacking
not come to ripeness
collapse
crash
fold
close
end
finish
default
retire
plummet
go
topple
languish
slump
flatline
terminate
buckle
perish
crumple
tumble
go broke
cease trading
go bankrupt
be shut
fall down
close down
be closed down
go into chapter 11
go under
be closed
not succeed
go bump
be liquidated
go out of business
lose one's shirt
be cleaned out
cave in
go into receivership
drop a bundle
be unsuccessful
go into liquidation
go belly up
become insolvent
go wrong
be in the hands of the receivers
go belly-up
go to the wall
be shut down
come to a halt
go bust
shrivel up
grind to a halt
belly up
lose big
shut down
be taken to the cleaners
fold up
cease production
close one's doors
give up
be wound up
be in arrears
Verb
To become smaller, weaker, or less important
decline
deteriorate
degenerate
decay
fall
worsen
ebb
fade
fail
crumble
degrade
atrophy
debilitate
diminish
wane
depreciate
retrograde
retrogress
spoil
regress
slump
weaken
wither
languish
recede
slide
slip
collapse
devolve
flag
nosedive
contract
disintegrate
rot
wilt
droop
lapse
lower
pall
backslide
disimprove
slacken
become worse
fade away
get worse
go downhill
grow worse
fall apart
fall off
go bad
hit the skids
break down
go down the toilet
go down the tubes
waste away
be neglected
sink
sag
hang
descend
dangle
go to pot
flop
bend
hang down
bow
go backwards
go to the dogs
loll
stagnate
lean
lag
stoop
go
emaciate
nod
be in decline
swag
flap
go to pieces
sling
drape
go to rack and ruin
lop
hang loosely
dwindle
impair
waste
dip
retreat
skid
wear away
lose quality
subside
tumble
duck
suspend
bob
fall away
be the worse for wear
go back
fall to pieces
incline
faint
fall down
tire
lose ground
move back
let down
sicken
vitiate
debase
perish
falter
drift
dilapidate
putrefy
become debilitated
decrease
go to seed
revert
suffer
go down
break up
relapse
drop off
take a turn for the worse
withdraw
go into decline
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
return
be impaired
be handicapped
appear in a poor light
be at disadvantage
be damaged
be shown to disadvantage
retire
place loosely
let fall
injure
adulterate
alloy
corrode
mar
break
undermine
drift back
slip back
retrocede
recidivate
sink back
reverse
lose it
lessen
fall back
go to the pack
be worse for wear
lose headway
turn the clock back
roll back
turn back
throw back
evaporate
disappear
depend
move backward
draw back
dry up
melt away
wizen
give out
melt
lose courage
grow less
mummify
cave in
succumb
fold
bend forward
trail
bend downward
be loose
be pendent
let droop
beetle
bag
flutter
flail
whip
beat
bulge
curve down
fall unevenly
hang limply
toss
topple
teeter
totter
fall limply
jerk
wave
flounder
wiggle
stagger
quiver
become fatigued
get tired
become tired
grow tired
grow weak
lose one's strength
yawn
slouch
depress
settle
become limp
become flaccid
tire out
wear out
Verb
To reduce the price or value of
cheapen
reduce
devalue
depreciate
discount
lower
devaluate
depress
cut
slash
break
downgrade
sink
attenuate
ax
axe
mark down
write down
write off
lower in price
keep down
put down
diminish
decrease
lessen
deflate
degrade
dip
debase
slow
knock down
undervalue
cut in price
curb
put on sale
deduct
cut back
curtail
pare
abate
lower the price of
bring down
undersell
make cheaper
cut down
rein in
taper
scale down
wind down
reduce the price of
subtract
temper
offer at a giveaway price
render worthless
decrement
disgrade
drive down
demerit
take off
knock off
rebate
take away
undercut
undercharge
strike off
remove
withdraw
take from
dock
debit
abstract
take
allow
minus
bate
withhold
take out
reduce by
decrease by
roll back
draw back
Verb
To relinquish or give up a right, claim or title
resign
surrender
relinquish
cede
abandon
yield
renounce
abdicate
waive
forgo
abnegate
forsake
disclaim
give up
hand over
turn over
sign away
step down from
step aside from
stand down from
sign off
divorce oneself from
separate oneself from
wash hands of
leave
abjure
render
vacate
forswear
quitclaim
bag it
opt out
bail out
deliver up
disown
repudiate
reject
forego
spurn
quit
disgorge
refuse
disinherit
shirk
avoid
desert
cast off
turn one's back on
cast aside
turn down
withdraw from
concede
withdraw
transfer
grant
demit
retire
remit
deliver
bequeath
part with
sell out
sacrifice
step down
communicate
vouchsafe
fold
lay down
cough up
allow
make over
give over
turn in
capitulate
abalienate
accord
remise
leave holding the bag
leave in the lurch
leave high and dry
let go
fork over
sign over
give way
give in
come across with
throw in the sponge
throw in the towel
chuck
retire from
resign from
jack in
deny
renege
decline
bag
walk off
chuck in
walk out
pack in
depart from
bow out of
walk out of
pull out of
Verb
To give birth to
mother
bear
deliver
have
produce
birth
bring forth
give birth to
be brought to bed of
be delivered of
bring into the world
beget
spawn
create
bring into being
conceive
reproduce
breed
engender
procreate
father
rear
sire
give birth
give life to
kindle
generate
make
hatch
progenerate
parent
yield
propagate
effectuate
foster
cause
effect
induce
occasion
prompt
catalyze
bring
invoke
result in
do
bring on
work
catalyse
bring about
produce offspring
draw on
translate into
give rise to
multiply
trigger
proliferate
impregnate
father offspring
originate
lead to
bear young
sire offspring
beget offspring
arouse
stir up
make for
produce young
germinate
have children
have babies
bring forth young
generate offspring
provoke
precipitate
incite
instigate
bring young into the world
get
promote
inspire
touch off
enkindle
excite
develop
stimulate
be the cause of
rouse
muster
spark off
quicken
work up
foment
whip up
stir
give
Verb
To dismiss from employment
pink-slip
dismiss
sack
fire
discharge
release
cashier
axe
retire
remove
terminate
ax
can
bounce
oust
boot
displace
depose
unseat
bump
defrock
depone
deselect
disemploy
disfrock
disqualify
furlough
impeach
pension
recall
shelve
suspend
unfrock
boot out
kick out
lay off
muster out
let go
turn off
send packing
show the door
give the heave-ho
give walking papers
give warning
let out
shut out
turn away
wash out
give notice to
put away
give the ax
give the gate
show the door one
give someone the ax
give someone the gate
give someone the pink slip
give someone his or her walking papers
make redundant
turf
give someone their notice
give the boot
give someone their cards
give the old heave-ho
give someone the boot
give someone their marching orders
give the elbow
throw out
get rid of
expel
give somebody their cards
give someone the sack
give someone the push
give the chop
give someone the bullet
give marching orders
out
shed
dehire
unhire
ship
turf out
hand walking papers
give one's cards
give somebody the sack
give pink slip
give somebody the push
give the sack
give bum's rush
give somebody the pink slip
pink slip
give the sack to
let one go
give one notice
give somebody the boot
give somebody notice
give a pink slip
pay off
retire early
give their cards
give the axe
eject
defenestrate
evict
drum out
dethrone
turn out
bin off
give someone the air
topple
give someone the big E
chuck out
discard
force out
cast out
give someone notice
give the bum's rush
supplant
dislodge
unmake
banish
rout
drive out
run off
demote
cut
replace
debar
purge
overthrow
overturn
deprive
uncrown
unthrone
relegate
bring down
break
chase
slang
give notice
discrown
declare redundant
reject
chase out
bust
chuck
remove from office
freeze out
give someone his
deprive of office
sling out
fling out
throw out on your ear
run out of town
throw out on ear
throw someone out on their ear
ride out on rail
disbar
lay someone off
extrude
heave
throw
sever connections
move on
give the boot to
give the bullet to
court martial
downgrade
degrade
give the push to
eighty-six
terminate employment
excuse
ban
bar
nix
supersede
disallow
unhorse
upset
subvert
vote out
strip of rank
blackball
give heave-ho
yeet
send away
blacklist
exclude
put out
give one the gate
show the door to
toss out
relieve of duty
lock out
black
push out
thrust out
tomahawk
downsize
reduce
hatchet
poll
decimate
cleaver
unsettle
eliminate
move
ask to leave
give the hook
drive away
expulse
show you the door
fordrive
dispossess
heave out
transfer
disthrone
usurp
disenthrone
reposition
abolish
shift
evacuate
pull
relocate
expunge
detach
scale down
cut back
put an end to
slim down
take over
budge
abstract
dislocate
step into shoes of
take down
see the back of
kiss off
Verb
To be unable to find something
misplace
lose
mislay
miss
forget
misfile
confuse
disarrange
dishevel
disorder
disorganize
displace
disturb
mix
muss
remove
scatter
unsettle
lose track of
leave behind
be unable to put
forget whereabouts of
place unwisely
place wrongly
be unable to find
put in wrong place
forget where one has put something
be unable to lay hands on
forget the whereabouts of
be unable to put your hands on
put in the wrong place
leave
overlook
fail to retain
fail to keep
fail to keep sight of
upset
jumble
muddle
discompose
disrupt
disarray
tousle
rumple
shuffle
dislocate
scramble
disjoint
hash
tumble
derange
confound
mix up
mess up
suffer the loss of
ruffle
rummage
spoil
shake
derail
interfere
wreck
forget about
lose sight of
be unaware of
lose contact with
cease contact with
be unable to follow
destroy
convulse
disperse
perturb
clutter
embroil
toss
break up
demobilize
disband
discreate
litter
complicate
demobilise
turn topsy-turvy
make a shambles of
break down
put out of order
Verb
To fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of
let down
betray
desert
disappoint
forsake
let fall
move down
sink
cheat
abandon
depress
disenchant
disillusion
dissatisfy
fail
fall short
leave in lurch
leave stranded
lower
pull down
take down
leave in trouble
leave helpless
leave high and dry
disabuse
undeceive
dishearten
bring down to earth
leave holding the bag
play one false
bail on
leave in the lurch
leave someone in the lurch
break the spell
enlighten
embitter
disenthrall
burst the bubble
make sadder and wiser
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
set straight
shatter somebody's illusions
open one's eyes
shatter the illusions of
open the eyes of
Verb
To move something to a lower level
lower
ground
demit
detrude
lay
throw
couch
submerge
haul down
let fall
let sink
bring low
cast down
hand down
move down
pull down
push down
set down
take down
let down
make lower
throw down
dip
move downwards
Verb
To let go off
release
loosen
undo
loose
unfasten
unclasp
unhand
unhitch
unlock
uncork
unloosen
commute
enlarge
surrender
yield
let go
open up
go easy on
let up on
leave go of
free
unloose
open
unblock
untie
unstop
unbind
unwrap
unhook
unclose
disengage
disentangle
unshut
unleash
unbutton
unravel
unfix
unclog
unbuckle
clear
set free
slip
unbolt
unstrap
unplug
let out
uncouple
disconnect
detach
liberate
unknot
unlace
unlash
unscrew
unpin
slacken
unzip
let loose
unbelt
express
clean
clear out
clean out
sluice
unshackle
unmanacle
unfetter
unbridle
pour out
disentwine
extricate
unlink
give vent to
disjoin
unseal
unlatch
unbar
separate
disunite
unclick
pop
spread
throw wide
let off the lead
Verb
Parachute in
airdrop
airlift
parachute
parachute in
send in
Verb
Identify clearly and definitely
specify
name
state
cite
define
designate
stipulate
detail
instance
itemise
itemize
enumerate
identify
mention
particularise
particularize
describe
frame
list
catalog
catalogue
indicate
individualise
individualize
lay down
note
notice
prescribe
quote
spell out
command
draw up
individuate
ordain
order
set down
set out
advert to
agree
blueprint
condition
determine
establish
explicitise
explicitize
finger
fix
give
inventory
limit
make
peg
postulate
precise
refer to
require
set
settle
slot
specialise
specialize
specificate
specificize
tab
tag
be specific
button down
insist on
lay out
pin down
point out
put down
show clearly
tick off
touch on
touch upon
be specific about
draw a picture
go into detail
put finger on
come to the point
get to the point
get down to brass tacks
allude to
advance
present
adduce
offer
make reference to
point to
invoke
reference
recount
tell
bring up
recite
utter
put forward
call attention to
propose
say
exemplify
impart
acknowledge
draw attention to
communicate
give as an example
declare
proclaim
speak of
make mention of
remark on
make known
tell of
comment on
namedrop
namecheck
refer
relate
discuss
proffer
recall
recollect
speak about
hint at
talk about
speak briefly of
attest to
divulge
disclose
reveal
notify
suggest
remark
intimate
reproduce
moot
introduce
propound
report
raise
advert
breathe a word of
throw out
let out
let anyone know of
let on about
deliver
evidence
extract
reminisce
number
remember
allege
lay
excerpt
repeat
rehearse
illustrate with
appeal to
provide
produce
voice
convey
give as example
announce
administer
address
give forth
express
serve
read
give voice to
enunciate
pronounce
show
numerate
reel off
set forth
tabulate
summarize
recapitulate
circumstantiate
summarise
record
direct attention to
document
register
count
narrate
delineate
point something out
enter
tally
expound
elaborate
explain
portray
depict
exhibit
uncover
embellish
epitomize
spread
analyse
epitomise
analyze
fly speck
give an account of
quote chapter and verse
report on
sweat details
urge
prove
affirm
assign
table
illustrate
bring forward
put up
come up with
run off
run down
sum
take account of
figure
run through
rattle off
count noses
keep tabs
check off
Verb
Fail to keep up with another or others in movement or development
lag
delay
linger
dawdle
loiter
dally
trail
idle
saunter
straggle
tarry
hang back
shilly-shally
crawl
creep
decrease
diddle
dillydally
dilly-dally
diminish
dither
drag
fail
fall back
fall behind
flag
lallygag
lollygag
mope
poke
drag behind
ebb
slacken
trail behind
wane
falter
hobble
inch
jelly
limp
lounge
move slowly
plod
procrastinate
retard
shuffle
slouch
slow
stagger
stay
tail
tool
trudge
bring up the rear
not keep pace
be behind
drop back
drop behind
fall off
inch along
put off
slow up
drag one's feet
lose strength
get no place fast
drag your feet
pause
lag behind
hang about
stall
amble
wait
hesitate
hang around
take your time
drift
hang fire
vacillate
mark time
take one's time
wander
meander
nose
snail
waste time
ramble
ooze
temporize
kill time
putter
temporise
hover
halt
fritter away
fool around
creak along
hang out
stay put
hold back
play for time
hold off
remain
loll
lose ground
loaf
bide
stray
mosey
roam
toddle
rove
traik
while away time
trifle
traipse
go slowly