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:
squeeze
squeeze /skwi:z/
danh từ
sự ép, sự vắt, sự siết, sự véo
to give somebody a squeeze of the hand
: siết chặt tay người nào
sự ôm chặt
to give somebody a squeeze
: ôm chặt ai vào lòng
đám đông; sự chen chúc
it was a tight squeeze
: đông quá
sự hạn chế, sự bắt buộc
sự in dấu tiền đồng (lên giấy, lên sáp)
sự ăn bớt, sự ăn chặn, sự ăn hoa hồng lậu
(đánh bài) sự ép đối phương bỏ những quân bài quan trọng ((cũng) squeeze play)
ngoại động từ
ép, vắt, nén, siết chặt
to squeeze a lemon
: vắt chanh
to squeeze somebody's hand
: siết chặt tay ai
chen, ẩn, nhét
to squeeze oneself into a carriage
: chen vào một toa xe
to squeeze a shirt into a suitcase
: ấn chiếc sơ mi vào cái va li
tống tiền, bòn mót (tiền của), bóp nặn
thúc ép, gây áp lực
nặn ra, ép ra, cố rặn ra
to squeeze a tear
: rặn khóc
in dấu (tiền đồng) (lên giấy hay sáp)
nội động từ
ép, vắt, nén
((thường) + in, out, through...) chen lấn
to squeeze through the crowd
: chen qua đám đông
Đồng nghĩa của squeeze
Alternative for squeeze
squeezes, squeezed, squeezing
Đồng nghĩa:
cram
,
crush
,
pinch
,
press
,
Verb
To force (something) into or through a restricted space
jam
cram
stuff
press
ram
compress
force
pack
wedge
thrust
crowd
crush
sandwich
shoehorn
squash
compact
crash
drive
stick
tamp
choke
scrunch
squish
strangle
push
pound
jam-pack
fill
load
heap
brim
charge
pile
wad
overfill
mash
trample
pack in
fill to overflowing
shove
hammer
plunge
insert
clog
pack it in
fill up
sink
dig
congest
squelch
squirt
pinch
overcrowd
mass
confine
smash
flatten
drum
drive into
pack tightly
sit on
stamp on
bung up
put
place
sardine
stive
bang
drive in
cram full
ram in
top off
thrust in
reduce
slot in
fit in
squash in
squeeze in
mill
pulp
tread
grind
ball
condense
stow
pack 'em in
roll
macerate
clamp
stamp
pulverize
pad
line
round
upholster
overstuff
pulverise
crumple
agglomerate
clog up
load with
choke up
pack down
screw
fill to the brim
Verb
To reduce in size or volume by pressing together
compress
compact
condense
constrict
collapse
contract
capsulize
constringe
capsule
narrow
squash
telescope
narrow down
tighten
shrink
tense
tauten
reduce
concentrate
decrease
shrivel
stiffen
become narrower
draw in
press
stuff
cram
pack
tamp
flatten
restrict
cramp
make smaller
lessen
clench
shorten
make tighter
pinch
wither
deflate
make narrower
become smaller
become tighter
tighten up
flex
press together
pack into
truncate
abridge
abbreviate
choke
crush
strangulate
strangle
wedge
strain
stretch
pare down
slim down
solidify
straiten
integrate
combine
jam
wad
diminish
circumscribe
confine
restrain
tuck
constrain
astringe
control
crowd
scrunch
squidge
coarctate
coarct
dwindle
press down
extend
force
straighten
pack closely
pack down
curtail
syncopate
bind
ram
densen
consolidate
dehydrate
wrap
densify
coagulate
ram down
cram down
tamp down
decline
wane
subside
recede
abate
ebb
draw together
evaporate
scrimp
waste
weaken
boil down
make brief
pack together
purse
fall off
lose ground
grow less
get smaller
fall away
take in
grow smaller
force into space
pucker
close
brace
strengthen
squinch
harden
pull tight
go rigid
firm up
become narrow
become pinched
screw up
become tight
summarize
abstract
encapsulate
precis
summarise
digest
synopsize
cut
recap
epitomize
recapitulate
outline
brief
reprise
précis
sum up
epitomise
wrap up
put in a nutshell
give a summary of
give the main points of
give the gist of
make a outline of
cut short
make a résumé of
cut down
trim
review
describe
capture
conflate
delineate
summate
record
express
sketch
draft
indicate
characterize
adumbrate
run through
go over
give a rundown of
give a rough idea of
run down
draught
give a precis of
touch on
characterise
give an outline of
skeletonize
give a quick rundown on
give an abstract of
make an outline of
skeleton
give a rough idea
lay out
pare
tell about
make a summary of
give a thumbnail sketch of
give a synopsis of
Verb
To force one's way through
jostle
push
muscle
press
bulldoze
crash
elbow
shoulder
bore
bull
shove
jam
force
barge
thrust
nudge
bump
hustle
shove one's way
bludgeon one's way
jostle one's way
plunge
bundle
sweep
shoulder one's way
barge one's way
inch
thread
barrel
strain
wind
gore
manhandle
plough
crowd
dig
struggle
work
jockey
knock
scramble
fight
hook
bend
make your way
thread your way
make one's way
work your way
rough and tumble
plow
Verb
To manage to get into or through a narrow or restricted space
cram
crowd
jam
pack
squash
crush
stuff
wedge
jostle
push
ram
sandwich
shoehorn
shove
thrust
wedge oneself
pile
surge
flock
elbow
squish
charge
stream
throng
congest
chock
congregate
swarm
mob
bundle
mass
swamp
overcrowd
justle
pack like sardines
force
flood
block
stow
lodge
hold
fix
bung
tumble
rush
load
heap
fill
brim
climb
thrust forward
bear
shoulder
cluster
sardine
huddle
gather
bunch
troop
deluge
muster
nudge
jam-pack
bulldoze
occupy
pack 'em in
top off
elbow one's way
push one's way
Verb
To apply external pressure on
press
grip
squash
clutch
pinch
compress
grasp
nip
wring
clasp
crush
enclasp
flatten
mash
knead
cling to
hold tight
hold
clench
grab
clinch
embrace
catch
clamp
take
seize
tweak
hug
lay hands on
cuddle
snag
fasten
snuggle
bear hug
enfold
take in arms
lay hold of
take hold of
latch on to
twinge
fix
secure
give something a squeeze
bolt
cramp
rivet
confine
nail
envelope
enclose
pinion
grab hold of
seize hold of
get hold of
hold fast
take a grip of
hang onto
catch hold of
constrict
tighten
contract
scrunch
hold tightly
grapple
make fast
fasten one's hand on
draw together
double up
hang on to
press tightly
nuzzle
canoodle
snatch
pluck
nab
gripe
get one's hands on
grasp hold of
clap a hand on
catch at
Verb
To make room for
fit in
slot in
find time for
make room for
make time for
incorporate
cope with
take on
squeeze in
manage
Verb
To extract (a liquid or a soft substance) from something by compressing or twisting it
extract
express
press
force
pulp
press out
squeeze out
mash
squash
compress
macerate
mangle
flatten
splat
squidge
smush
crush
tread on
trample on
Verb
To hug, hold or embrace tightly
embrace
hug
cuddle
clasp
enfold
clutch
crush
encircle
enclasp
envelop
fold
press
wrap
hold
strain
throttle
cling to
hold close
hold tight
grasp
embosom
cradle
bear hug
take
enclose
gather
seize
lock
grip
clinch
grapple
cling
enbosom
take in one's arms
grab
squash
clench
pull
draw
encase
wedge
fondle
fold in your arms
entwine
involve
grab tightly
hold in one's arms
wrap up
follow closely
welcome
accoll
nestle
love
coll
receive
hold someone close
lie close
hold onto
be near to
follow the course of
keep close
fold in arms
take in your arms
stay near
press someone to one's bosom
enfold someone in one's arms
clasp someone to one's bosom
swathe
cover
shroud
enwrap
sheathe
veil
enswathe
enshroud
wind
cocoon
inclose
drape
cloak
swaddle
muffle
encompass
lap
mantle
embower
bosom
bower
circumfuse
invest
bundle up
clothe
surround
bandage
roll
furl
bind
overlay
protect
roll up
muffle up
wreathe
lace
bedeck
pad
cosset
truss
twist
turn
shingle
imbricate
pack
bundle
inwrap
package
blanket
infold
line
don
gift-wrap
let fall in folds
absorb
shelter
hide
immerse
camouflage
mask
twine
Verb
To obtain with great effort or difficulty
scrounge
wrest
wring
eke out
scrape together
scrape up
knead
screw
scrunch
twist
dry
mangle
press
squeeze dry
screw the water out of
Verb
To derive or extract something from someone, especially underhandedly
extract
fleece
bilk
diddle
gyp
hose
hustle
milk
wring
beat
bleed
cheat
chisel
chouse
con
cozen
defraud
do
expel
extort
fiddle
flimflam
force
gaff
mulct
nobble
pluck
ream
rook
screw
short
shortchange
skin
skunk
stick
stiff
sting
sucker
swindle
wrench
wrest
euchre
exploit
thimblerig
victimise
victimize
shake down
suck dry
tear from
bleed someone of something
do in
rip off
deceive
trick
dupe
take for a ride
bamboozle
gull
hoodwink
gouge
fool
scam
take to the cleaners
mislead
hoax
exact
finagle
clip
take advantage of
pull a fast one on
hornswoggle
shaft
bunco
coerce
delude
double-cross
put one over on
burn
sell a pup to
swizzle
snooker
sharp
sandbag
sell a bill of goods to
overcharge
embezzle
gazump
steal
soak
string along
have
rob
rush
snow
take in
elicit
pull a swifty on
swizz
beguile
chicane
pinch
short-change
take
sell a pup
rope in
take someone for a ride
stitch up
pull a fast one
obtain by force
double-deal
goldbrick
sell
illude
compel
humbug
dragoon
fudge
intimidate
trim
blackmail
demand
gip
shuck
rack
lead up the garden path
jerk around
sell down the river
put one over on someone
give someone a bum steer
run a game on
screw over
pull a fast one on someone
give the shaft
sell a bill of goods
do the dirty on
pull one's leg
set up
hold up
have on
obtain by threats
blackmail someone for
obtain by threat
overreach
do out of
put screws to
worm something out of someone
put the bite on someone for
do someone in the eye
jiggle
fraud
surcharge
betray
penalise
punish
penalize
baulk
fine
balk
forfeit
bluff
grift
misguide
rip-off
misinform
frame
bilk of
pigeon
strangle
pilfer
outwit
spoof
gammon
buffalo
be sold a pup
juggle
catch
lead somebody down the garden path
pull something
jive
prey on
cross
circumvent
ruin
frustrate
thwart
foil
disappoint
lirt
blench
rogue
belirt
crib
fake out
suck in
take to the cleaner's
do number on
worm out
pull fast one
sucker into
arm-twist
inveigle
wheedle
entrap
kid
cajole
lure
coax
oppress
pressurise
constrain
pressure
pressurize
do a number on
fast talk
take out
give bum steer
break the rules
sweet-talk
hold a knife to
threaten
blast
ravish
drag
assault
plunder
despoil
pry
burst
defile
twist
press-gang
bully
ransom
shake
bribe
badger
use violence on
extort money from
ice
secure
get
obtain
obtain under duress
demand hush money from
hold to ransom
put the shake on
make pay through nose
put the arm on
outmaneuver
outmanoeuvre
outfox
lead on
outsmart
fox
pull the wool over somebody's eyes
outslick
outthink
seduce
ensnare
pull the wool over someone's eyes
manipulate
baffle
fake
juke
two-time
sell out
make a fool of
stab in the back
lead astray
outjockey
outplay
outdo
caboodle
defeat
outguess
top
disinform
outgeneral
goose
worst
jip
confuse
cap
bewilder
use
take someone in
play false
lie
be disloyal to
break faith with
be unfaithful to
put on
impose on
get the better of
fail
end run
figure out
let down
pull the wool over one's eyes
lead one down the garden path
backstab
trap
out-think
catch out
jockey
cuckold
wangle
abuse
four-flush
double deal
befool
take to cleaners
step out
play away
lie to
mousetrap
run rings round
distort
have someone on
be cleverer than
make rings round
lead up garden path
throw dust in someone's eyes
pull wool over eyes
play trick on
steal a march on
do someone dirty
duck
weasel
dodge
sell someone down the river
slip out
cop out
worm one's way out of
beat around the bush
stretch the rules
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
dispossess
filch
stump
pauperize
impoverish
outperform
heist
strong-arm
play
dust
put the screws to
welsh
suck the life out of
charge too much
play dirty
extortion
pad
overtax
nick
hook
falsify
best
overcome
bleed dry
lead down the garden path
pretend
go one better than
fix
flam
throw
impose upon
take for
cross up
sway
contrive
feign
sham
play joke on
beat out of
take for ride
pull someone's leg
make a sucker of
wind up
play-act
play a trick on
impress
play a practical joke on
play a jest on
play a prank on
play a joke on
murphy
play games with
pass off
psych out
blag
con out of
bias
misdirect
be unfaithful
pull wool over
be disloyal
be dishonest
go back on
misstate
prevaricate
play for a fool
hocus-pocus
gaslight
split
doublespeak
misrepresent
steal someone blind
rook out of
pervert
bunk
tempt
propagandize
entice
fabricate
entangle
enmesh
propagandise
bait
put on the wrong track
put on an act
cover up
wrong steer
put on false front
bait and switch
double-talk
give wrong information to
send on a wild goose chase
throw off the scent
put up smoke screen
give the wrong impression
play games
twist around your little finger
stage-manage
pull strings
pull wires
hack
machinate
maneuver
rig
manoeuvre
finesse
affect
doctor
engineer
influence
mastermind
cook
interfere with
find a loophole in
tinker with
fudge with
fiddle with
exploit a loophole in
game
tamper with
mistreat
patronise
capitalize on
misuse
profit from
step on
walk all over
treat lightly
play on
take liberties with
trifle with
cash in on
maltreat
ill-use
leverage
trade on
control
play with
target
patronize
play someone for a sucker
use for one's own ends
Verb
To pressure someone into doing something
pressure
pressurise
pressurize
harass
hassle
oppress
mangle
strong-arm
impose on
lean on
put pressure on
put screws to
put the bite on
put the screws on
put the squeeze on
bring pressure to bear
bring pressure to bear on
force
coerce
drive
compel
bulldoze
press
browbeat
bully
intimidate
constrain
impel
dragoon
push
railroad
blackjack
make
hustle
prevail on
influence
oblige
brainwash
bludgeon
impress
obligate
sandbag
muscle
fast-talk
use pressure on
badger
hound
nag
harry
pester
goad
prod
threaten
urge
press-gang
put under an obligation
twist someone's arm
turn on the heat
persuade
tyrannize
bounce
act on
work on
tyrannise
shotgun
concuss
breathe down someone's neck
push around
twist somebody's arm
put the arm on
domineer
bother
sell
insist
politick
lean
come at
put the frighteners on
work over
twist arm
ramrod
hinder
menace
restrict
suppress
cow
beset
repress
terrorize
terrorise
high pressure
twist one's arm
force somebody's hand
make an offer they can't refuse
require
enforce
steamroller
necessitate
pressurize into
coerce into
bludgeon into
dragoon into
bully into
browbeat into
terrorize into
induce
put the chill on
leave someone no option but to
intimidate into
make necessary
crack down
restrain
throw weight around
compress
constrict
condense
squash
prompt
incite
encourage
spur
egg on
provoke
exhort
use strong-arm tactics on
instigate
nudge
hector
propel
stir
put the heat on
cajole
inveigle
adjure
put up to
admonish
move
stimulate
enjoin
trigger
advise
wheedle
implore
bind
beseech
cause
frighten
charge
entreat
tempt
coax
demand
bullyrag
command
goose
bogart
inspire
prick
sway
bluster
sic
mau-mau
convince
insist on
torment
fire up
get
plague
persecute
motivate
warn
order
buffalo
caution
blackmail
excite
try to persuade
whip
call on
appeal to
railroad into
tighten the screws on
boss around
bulldoze into
lead
daunt
have someone do something
agitate
scare
terrify
talk into
subdue
counsel
beg
awe
recommend
steamroll
unnerve
promote
solicit
overawe
sting
bid
plead
entice
occasion
manipulate
talk
arouse
rouse
incentivize
subjugate
impose
maneuver
manoeuvre
overbear
egg
actuate
argue
key up
despotize
ask
incentivise
pick on
rowel
sound
boss about
prescribe
push for
finagle
stir up
work
turn the screws on
call upon
con
win over
spur on
bring pressure upon
shanghai
soften up
smother
suffocate
worry
commit
kick
crowd
preach
astrict
indebt
importune
assail
dog
suggest
castigate
will
heavy
inflame
challenge
besiege
forewarn
ride roughshod over
needle
have
effect
trouble
vex
leave someone no option
foment
walk heavy
ride roughshod
chivvy
roust
lash
titillate
apply pressure
tighten the screw on
turn the screw on
prevail upon
make indebted
appeal
request
lord it over
put heat on
sanction
high-pressure
put through the wringer
work up
propose
advance
rationalize
rationalise
conjure
countenance
commend
bring force to bear on
upset
put off
disturb
make nervous
unsettle
hold a gun to someone's head
advocate
expedite
direct
psych up
inspan
instruct
train
tell
outface
stare down
outstare
deter
put off balance
ordain
decree
exact
dictate
claim
speed up
dispose
ride
ruffle
pound
put to work
put the screws to
rule
discourage
disconcert
dismay
stand up to
abash
alarm
rally
elicit
impassion
incline
quest
affright
spook
engineer
appoint
pour it on
overcome
bring
spark
inspirit
activate
energize
evoke
steel
invigorate
appall
appal
steamroller into
charm
hearten
impact
exhilarate
convert
animate
uplift
empower
vitalize
galvanize
embolden
turn on
foist
flatter
sell on
galvanise
envigorate
strike
incentify
refresh
energise
help
call for
use duress on
burden
conscript
use force on
urge by force
choke
apply
obtrude
contract
push about
plead with
clamor for
stipulate for
give the order to
give the command to
press for
exert influence on
exert force on
blarney
trim
edge
manage
steer
negotiate
ease
scare off
go to town on
bear down
pin down
pique
court
draw
worm
bear down on
bear hard on
put squeeze on
lure
sweet-talk
soft-soap
beguile
hint to
pump up
cheer on
whip up
pep up
boost up
suggest to
ingratiate
psych someone out
put someone off their stroke
scare the bejesus out of
blandish
reason
palaver
trick
deceive
jockey
smooth-talk
kowtow
get round
bring round
banter
snow
oil
soap
seduce
bring pressure to bear upon
fix
emphasize to
set
instil in
instil
drum into
establish
stress to
inculcate
inculcate in
instill
stress
butter up
lay it on
spread it on
sweeten up
act as an incentive to
bring home to
drive into
ingrain in
knock into
din into
act as a stimulus to
bring home
get into head
fix deeply in someone's mind
establish in someone's mind
drive home
leave in no doubt
Verb
To fill (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) with a large amount of something
load
pack
stuff
fill
heap
cram
charge
jam
pile
brim
wedge
stack
stock
lade
store
deposit
stow
mass
place
top
choke
freight
bundle
chock
bear
weigh
flood
swamp
oversupply
gorge
surfeit
arrange
ballast
carry
containerize
glut
jam-pack
fill up
pile up
heap up
put away
load up
top off
ram in
put aboard
pour in
pile it on
crowd
ram
stockpile
shove
press
thrust
clog
overfill
top up
compress
stash
push
force
squash
crush
fill to overflowing
restock
replenish
refill
mound
stick
amass
collect
shoehorn
hoard
cache
fill to the brim
put
reserve
throng
sardine
gather
overcrowd
treasure
congest
assemble
sandwich
accumulate
lay away
lay by
pack like sardines
salt away
put by
squirrel away
lay in
lay up
stock up
plug
keep
mob
cluster
bunch
save
deluge
tuck
tamp
garner
warehouse
overload
compact
rick
wad
provision
hill
squirrel
tidy away
cram full
put in storage
put aside
set aside
lay aside
stack up
clog up
keep in reserve
make a pile of
bank up
put aside for a rainy day
make a heap of
make a stack of
sock away
stow away
bung up
smother
arm
pound
layer
cumber
insert
confine
pack in
pack it in
pad
line
put things in
overstuff
upholster
pack tightly
reload
refurnish
drive
prepare to fire
thrust in
drive in
supply
load with
choke up
stop
make full
become full
brim over
refresh
recharge
force into
stuff to the gills
close
seal
furnish
caulk
bung
dam
saturate
equip
stopper
block
scrimp
husband
inundate
obstruct
occlude
plant
cumulate
put together
cork
hold
archive
preserve
mothball
conserve
retain
park
stop up
dam up
block up
sate
supersaturate
maintain
bank
hutch
reposit
hive
hide
bury
pack up
satiate
get in supplies of
put up
put to one side
stash away
put down
stock up on
put into storage
roll up
save for rainy day
pack away
tidy up
put in store
lock up
put away for a rainy day
lock away
stock up with
save up
elbow
huddle
muster
justle
flock
stream
congregate
surge
troop
squish
swarm
fill to excess
cloy
hog
make a pig of oneself
overwhelm
feast
burden
pall
overstock
jade
overfeed
put aside for rainy day
tuck away
put by for a rainy day
buy up
pack 'em in
Verb
(of a button on a device or machine) To press down on
push
press
depress
hit
mash
tap
touch
hold
thrust
nudge
jab
squish
poke
shove
squash
strike
ram
hold down
press down
push down
bear down on
exert pressure on
jam on
bulldoze
jostle
elbow
crash
muscle
bull
bore
shoulder
jam
force
drive
propel
hustle
railroad
prod
knock
bundle
manhandle
rush
sweep
push aside
steamroller
crowd
hurry
click
force one's way
lower
express
crush
flatten
compress
downbear
thumb
smush
smoosh
level
weigh on
weigh upon
move downward
bump
impel
shoot
heave
move
plunge
budge
steamroll
shift
boost
butt
jolt
send
stick
move forward
crush against
press on
launch into
push hard
strong-arm
rest on
push forward
set in motion
put in motion
Verb
Mix by pressing
knead
form
work
shape
blend
twist
crush
manipulate
massage
mould
pound
press
pummelled
pummel
wring
malaxate
mix
rub
stroke
aerate
alter
amalgamate
mold
ply
push
wrench
scrunch
fashion
process
handle
dress
labour
tend
model
labor
forge
care for
work on
pat
flatten
smooth
palpate
rub down
embrocate
rolf
caress
stimulate
Verb
To touch or stroke gently or lovingly
caress
stroke
touch
pet
fondle
pat
rub
brush
skim
graze
massage
feel
cuddle
nestle
nuzzle
gentle
cosset
dandle
love
neck
soothe
handle
buss
hold
touch lovingly
grope
maul
paw
molest
grab
knead
finger
tickle
feel up
touch gently
touch up
cop a feel of
goose
manipulate
thumb
play with
toy with
palpate
manhandle
abuse
assault
fiddle with
clap
comfort
slap
interfere with
sexually abuse
sexually assault
lay a finger on
tap
smooth
dab
canoodle
kiss
smooch
slap lightly
rub against
mess
cop a feel
bill and coo
fiddle
pull
meddle
grasp
hurt
attack
harm
play about with
injure
twiddle with
grabble
examine
explore
grate
scratch
clutch
search
claw
dig
smite
hit
rasp
rake
play around with
rape
meddle with
put one's hands on
lift
grip
assail
violate
maltreat
ill-treat
ravish
check
move
touch roughly
put one's hand on
poke at
pick up
test
try
palm
run hands over
frisk
Verb
To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly
domineer
dominate
tyrannise
tyrannize
bully
browbeat
intimidate
oppress
hector
pressurise
pressurize
bulldoze
rule
subjugate
persecute
terrorise
terrorize
threaten
menace
boss
overbear
railroad
prevail
predominate
preponderate
reign
bluster
swagger
bend
henpeck
boss around
boss about
strong-arm
ride roughshod over
push around
order about
order around
lean on
push about
dictate to
give orders to
lord it over
trample on
walk all over
rule the roost
call the shots
kick around
run the show
be overbearing
use strong-arm tactics on
keep under thumb
run things
put the screws on
be in the saddle
rule with an iron hand
lead by the nose
push the buttons
throw weight around
rule with a rod of iron
in the driver's seat
bend to one's will
harass
coerce
torment
hound
badger
cow
dragoon
pressure
harry
pick on
force
compel
pester
bludgeon
bullyrag
blackjack
frighten
bogart
mau-mau
victimize
nag
victimise
constrain
push
ride
mistreat
maltreat
abuse
scare
scold
overawe
steamroller
berate
repress
goad
oblige
bother
buffalo
despotize
enslave
enforce
torture
put pressure on
treat harshly
twist someone's arm
tread on
kick about
command
push someone around
give orders
tell what to do
drive
impel
castigate
lean
twist somebody's arm
put heat on
put the frighteners on
press
put through the wringer
put the chill on
hustle
prod
brainwash
tyrranize
aggrieve
distress
persuade
influence
have under one's thumb
throw one's weight around
throw one's weight about
pull rank on
hassle
manhandle
bring pressure to bear on
heckle
misuse
overwhelm
overpower
brutalize
brutalise
mishandle
disparage
taunt
prevail on
walk heavy
ride roughshod
fast-talk
put under an obligation
act on
put the squeeze on
press-gang
work on
use pressure on
turn on the heat
annoy
reproach
revile
provoke
afflict
override
upbraid
grip
haze
put down
be cruel to
play the heavy with
ill-treat
mess over
ill-use
be brutal to
suppress
carp
dictate
crush
trample
criticize
terrify
niggle
dog
chide
needle
tyrannize over
be autocratic
daunt
subdue
keep down
hold down
triumph
obtain
bug
irritate
pick at
cavil
fuss
domineer over
unnerve
be prevalent
grind down
criticise
peck at
trample underfoot
awe
ruffle
be supreme
rule despotically
affright
spook
treat brutally
bring someone to their knees
have someone under your thumb
keep someone under one's thumb
find fault
appall
plague
appal
hold sway
be customary
be the order of the day
give a hard time
scare off
scare the bejesus out of
worry
bait
trouble
molest
tease
alarm
eat
disconcert
exploit
fleece
blackmail
vex
devil
bedevil
exasperate
bleed
attack
irk
prey on
take advantage of
dismay
abash
cheat
swindle
psych out
rattle
chivvy
nettle
disturb
discomfit
faze
peeve
heavy
wrong
rile
aggravate
agitate
issue threats to
nark
grate
pique
rasp
gripe
itch
frost
get
spite
gall
chafe
put out
burn up
pursue
hack off
hunt
get to
be on your back
rattle one's cage
drive up the wall
extort
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
inhibit
hog
vandalize
barbarize
dishearten
petrify
showboat
embarrass
give someone hell
make
antagonize
chivy
antagonise
vandalise
get on someone's back
cajole
deter
discourage
impress
subject
turn the screws on
tighten the screws on
master
hoodwink
trick
blind someone with something
take someone's breath away
overcome
warn
upset
fluster
confuse
unsettle
con
anger
manipulate
stress
perturb
flurry
disquiet
snarl
comminate
fulminate
admonish
scowl
caution
forewarn
growl
wring
discountenance
discompose
stir
catch
venture
peril
jeopard
adventure
jeopardize
imperil
risk
compromise
endanger
hazard
affect
throw
put off
stress out
mither
beleaguer
discombobulate
shake up
miff
make nervous
treat unfairly
step on
suck dry
play on
walk over
live off the backs of
take for a ride
impose on
put one over on
rip off
withhold rights from
throw off balance
make threats against
threaten to harm
flex muscles
look daggers
make threat
threaten to kill
make threats to
noodge
jerk around
drive round the twist
drive round the bend
try
perplex
burn
macerate
breathe down someone's neck
keep on at
give a bad time
despoil
pain
foray
give someone grief
gnaw
strain
portend
jeopardise
chill
gamble with
impend
lower
loom
bad-eye
stump
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
furbelow
abrade
floor
wind up
get across
fret
frill
cause someone to lose their composure
disrupt
flummox
throw into a tizz
wear
excite
throw into tizzy
fuddle
shake fist at
preoccupy
live off
haunt
depress
burden
load
plunder
feed on
depredate
seize
consume
live on
kill
devour
tax
raid
weigh
whip around
utter threats to
crucify
outrage
injure
expel
beat
exile
scare hell out of
single out
get the knife into
stick the knife into
be on one's case
Verb
To push or thrust out
extrude
expel
eject
express
excrete
exude
release
emit
project
void
evict
press
thrust
boot
force out
press out
give off
drum out
squeeze out
thrust out
discharge
disgorge
belch
spout
spew
jet
eruct
ejaculate
vomit
issue
spew out
cast out
erupt
disembogue
send out
throw out
send forth
emanate
vent
leak
ooze
spurt
secrete
evacuate
perspire
squirt
pass
give out
pour out
spit out
radiate
shed
exhale
transmit
effuse
beam
diffuse
cast
shoot
expend
expire
irradiate
evolve
exudate
output
spill
reek
outsend
spit
drip
expectorate
purge
yield
speak
pour
breathe
gush
breathe out
let off
give vent to
produce
extravasate
leach
cough up
throw up
sweat
let out
eliminate
drive out
dislodge
irrupt
exhaust
flush out
stream
send
flow
broadcast
empty
throw off
give forth
spread
disseminate
give
pour forth
shoot out
utter
spray
shine
dispense
seep
belch forth
bleed
distribute
put out
throw
drain
air
escape
trickle
percolate
burst
show
generate
churn out
gleam
glitter
exhibit
display
manifest
scatter
weep
glow
dump
ventilate
demonstrate
surge
let loose
remove
strew
rush
dribble
strain
sprinkle
relay
deposit
puff out
transude
well
aim
direct
televise
pump
spew forth
swoosh
radio
convey
spread out
belch out
overflow with
flow out
beam out
telecast
put on the air
sprout
smell of
reflect
loose
distil
force
pump out
steam
initiate
rise
birth
exit
egress
distill
regorge
upchuck
spritz
egest
blow out
decant
evaporate
exsufflate
teleport
vaporize
vaporise
filter
fountain
blow lunch
deliver
fan
drool
spring
course
squirt out
spurt out
cable
dispose
relieve
drop
hiccup
gulp
posset
repeat
issue forth
blow
sloosh
shout
bellow
yell
embody
pinpoint
hold
train
bend
level
head
ray
breathe forth
roll
cascade
filtrate
splur
let fall
set
spatter
emerge
overflow
expel air
seep out
ooze out
gush out
break out
bestow
point
put on the airwaves
transmit signal
rupture
boil
hurl
be ejected
explode
burst out
emit liquid
flare
fluoresce
flame
burst forth
come out of
circulate
proliferate
ramble
afford
illumine
propagate
expand
be a picture of
be the picture of
well forth
filter through
voice
touch off
go bang
go off
burst out with
emit light
give off light
glare
luminesce
blaze
burn
verbalize
reveal
light up
communicate
assert
articulate
proclaim
verbalise
declare
put
come out with
make public
give free rein to
give voice to
bring into the open
gasp
provide escape
podcast
find an outlet for
give expression to
find expression for
take out on
sigh
groan
incandesce
publish
videocast
effectuate
create
wire
live-stream
pipe
kick out
heave
put on air
utter wearily
bring about
bring on
Verb
To exploit or use to one's advantage
cash in on
exploit
milk
bleed
wring
benefit
profit
capitalise
capitalize
take advantage of
profit from
suck dry
take advantage
make money from
do well from
do well out of
make the most of
ride on the coat-tails
make a killing out of
turn to one's advantage
fleece
drain
exhaust
empty
abuse
impose on
play on
deplete
sap
deprive
pump
manipulate
use
misuse
victimize
cheat
extort
swindle
enslave
prey on
rip off
play upon
treat unfairly
live off the backs of
walk over
impose upon
take for a ride
victimise
withhold rights from
walk all over
put one over on
ill-treat
oppress
step on
ill-use
intimidate
bully
reduce
tap
siphon
extract
draw
syphon
draft
draw off
draught
dump on
prey upon
work
leverage
pimp
blackmail
express
elicit
press
capitalize on
evince
suck
evoke
let out
take out
benefit from
make use of
harness
maximize
utilize
profit by
maximise
utilise
turn to account
trade on
draw on
put to use
make the best use of
put to good use
gain from
use to good advantage
use to advantage
get mileage out of
make capital out of
maneuver
manoeuvre
use for one's own ends
derive benefit from
turn to good use
make capital of
put to advantage
walk on
employ
finesse
do an injustice to
avail oneself of
play
enjoy
get the most out of
strike while the iron is hot
make hay while the sun shines
obtain an advantage from
reap the benefit of
seize
act on
grab
mistreat
patronise
trifle with
patronize
maltreat
play someone for a sucker
play with
defraud
jerk around
deceive
treat lightly
beguile
control
target
take liberties with
grasp
snatch
pursue
catch
secure
act upon
snag
jockey
nail
accept
jump at
snare
pounce on
take action on
get hold of
jump on
build on
grab hold of
take
follow up on
leap at
seize on
Verb
To crowd or nestle closely together
huddle
crowd
press
cluster
gather
bunch
throng
collect
flock
herd
pile
congregate
group
pack
cram
foregather
jam
bend
confer
consult
converge
cower
discuss
hug
mass
meet
parley
powwow
come together
crowd together
draw together
gather together
huddle up
press close
snuggle up
throng together
assemble
swarm
muster
rendezvous
rally
convene
concentrate
get together
amass
gang up
forgather
meet up
accumulate
associate
convoke
mob
teem
concenter
mobilise
mobilize
form a group
conglomerate
concentre
hang out
gather round
flock together
mill
corral
stream
push
unite
troop
congress
surge
band together
hive
reunite
pour in
hang around
gang around
rush
seethe
crowd around
cram somewhere
pack somewhere
organize
consort
meet privately
make contact
be reunited
join up
merge
form
harmonise
connect
mingle
combine
organise
cluster together
make the scene
collect together
pull together
show up
join
bunch up
link
line up
brigade
stuff
stack
pile up
harmonize
pull
round up
compile
collate
aggroup
load
heap
fill
brim
charge
ram
chock
swamp
bear
elbow
crush
overcrowd
deluge
bundle
shove
sardine
squash
squish
justle
congest
jam-pack
pack 'em in
pack like sardines
top off
coincide
intersect
clump
raise
focus
enter in
marshal
marshall
move
besiege
lump
cross
concur
touch
focalize
encounter
appear
show
sit
be presented
be present
consolidate
socialize
be closeted
bind
arrange
truss
link up
socialise
pool
integrate
meet behind closed doors
funnel
coalesce
hook up
make friends
pair off
see each other
have a meeting
take up with
fasten together
bring together
flood
flow
be full
be numerous
move in a crowd
gather like bees
be alive with
be overrun
be packed
rush together
be alive
overrun
Verb
To move (something or oneself) slowly and carefully
ease
guide
inch
edge
slide
slip
maneuver
manoeuvre
steer
creep
induce
remove
work
extricate
handle
right
move carefully
draw out
push gently
move slowly
slink
tiptoe
worm
sidle
steal
crawl
plod
pick your way
advance stealthily
advance slowly
limp
ease oneself
slip by
slip past
worm your way
ease one's way
inch one's way
pick one's way
nose one's way
drag
snail
poke
push
nudge
ooze
slouch
move
shove
nose
ease forward
creak along
sneak
skulk
snake
lurk
pussyfoot
mouse
mooch
shirk
glide
prowl
ghost
slither
tilt
veer
saunter
walk
move furtively
tread warily
sidle up
move with stealth
Verb
To press or crush noisily or be pressed or crushed noisily
scrunch
crumple
crunch
crush
rumple
squash
mash
compress
crinkle
crumple up
twist
wrinkle
chew
squidge
crease
crunch up
mash up
screw up
squash up
twist up
chew up
ruck up
scrumple
scrunch up
contort
distort
warp
deform
misshape
torture
squinch
contract
pucker
furrow
rimple
crimp
fold
screw
Verb
To twist or pinch with a sharp or sudden movement
tweak
twist
pinch
jerk
nip
tug
pull
twitch
pluck
pull sharply
tease
yank
grasp
grab
compress
catch
clutch
grip
press
snag
twinge
hoick
hitch
buck
jolt
wrench
drag
wrest
lug
flick
click
snap
catch hold of
switch
snatch
flip
seize
collect
pull at
clutch at
snatch at
tug at
catch at
take hold of
take
get
grapple
whisk
lay hold of
prise
lay hands on
nab
collar
clasp
hook
cop
corral
tear
grab hold of
seize hold of
snap up
heave
force
remove
whip
snare
extract
peel
rip
nail
capture
draw
bag
hold
glom
land
net
trap
clench
whip out
take by force
nobble
rap
take a grip of
latch on to
get one's hands on
haul
fasten round
intercept
receive
acquire
glove
pick
fasten on
clinch
hang on to
come into possession of
reach for
gripe
bring
appropriate
secure
gather
cling to
pick up
possess oneself of
carry
take possession of
take receipt of
clap a hand on
grasp hold of
gain possession of
get one's fingers on
gather up
lay one's hands on
wring
pry
rend
remove by force
gain
win
extricate
grab away
get fingers on
clap hands on
go for
Verb
To extract the essence of
distill
distil
extract
express
obtain
separate out
squeeze out
draw out
press out
take out
expel
mash
press
wring out
dispatch
force out
forward
ship
Verb
To move, especially carefully or skillfully, around obstacles
thread
inch
weave
wind
file
push
shoulder
work
elbow
meander
pass
progress
negotiate
edge through
squeeze through
make your way
pick your way
elbow one's way
inch one's way
push one's way
shoulder one's way
squeeze one's way
weave one's way
wind one's way
work one's way
maneuver
manoeuvre
jostle
shove
edge
guide
thrust
force
barrel
barge
bore
nudge
strain
manhandle
gore
make
plough
bulldoze
dig
muscle
bump
jockey
struggle
crash
scramble
fight
thread your way
make one's way
work your way
plow
Verb
To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant
foist
insinuate
interpolate
sneak
edge
insert
introduce
stick
inject
intersperse
intercalate
interpose
interject
ingratiate
infuse
instill
instil
fit into
horn in
sandwich in
fill in
wedge in
work in
sandwich between
slip in
edge in
muscle in
fit in
add
put
put in
place
include
implant
throw in
inset
inlay
push
squeeze in
infix
enter
admit
send
wriggle
worm
inlet
force
drive
slip
wind
supply
incorporate
pump
shoot
feed
bring
build
embed
obtrude
imbed
shoehorn
intrude
interleave
root
set
interlope
append
import
slot in
place in
pop in
drag in
shove in
thrust
propel
interrupt
infiltrate
carry
impel
fill
intertwine
interweave
ingrain
put your oar in
splice
force in
splice in
intermix
pour
impregnate
interjaculate
interlard
place into
force into
stick in
enclose
set in
tuck in
lug in
Verb
To cause sudden intense pain in the bowels
gripe
annoy
bother
irritate
vex
aggravate
bug
chafe
eat
exasperate
frost
gall
get
grate
irk
itch
nark
nettle
peeve
persecute
pique
rasp
rile
ruffle
spite
ache
hurt
pain
press
burn up
compress
cramp
hack off
pinch
put out
disturb
provoke
anger
needle
miff
displease
upset
rankle
get to
infuriate
rub up the wrong way
ride
harass
gravel
wind up
incense
tick off
drive up the wall
hassle
get across
give someone the hump
madden
offend
rark
hump
pester
goad
get on your nerves
exacerbate
worry
roil
trouble
enrage
inflame
bum out
hack you off
fret
plague
antagonize
make someone see red
rub the wrong way
antagonise
drive mad
tease
give a hard time
affront
disgruntle
nag
outrage
abrade
frustrate
burn
make angry
drive to distraction
drive crazy
tee off
agitate
torment
get on one's nerves
harry
bedevil
rattle
distress
make cross
rankle with
grate on
drive round the twist
drive round the bend
get one's goat
give someone the pip
hound
badger
perturb
molest
discompose
discountenance
disgust
discomfit
niggle
dog
pick on
wear on
get on your wick
get in your hair
make waves
get your back up
get under one's skin
rub you up the wrong way
put your back up
get under skin
get your goat
afflict
affect
bait
disconcert
fluster
disquiet
beset
devil
injure
insult
embarrass
ire
enflame
mad
mither
inconvenience
heavy
wound
dissatisfy
intimidate
discommode
pursue
sting
bully
browbeat
steam up
try
T-off
excite
give someone grief
bum
get at
hack
work up
get on nerves
stick in one's craw
try your patience
jar on
be at
eat away at
raise someone's hackles
get on somebody's nerves
set one's teeth on edge
be on your back
put someone's nose out of joint
get under your skin
drive bananas
distract
jar
rouse
embitter
chide
confound
cheese off
brown off
steam
send into a rage
incommode
fray
tatter
erode
ruffle one's feathers
impose upon
harm
put your nose out of joint
try the patience of
acerbate
scour
wear down
thwart
foil
confuse
unsettle
eat at
try one's patience
rub one the wrong way
rile up
sour
mortify
unnerve
set your teeth on edge
rasp one's nerves
jar upon
grate upon
wear upon
distemper
gnaw
begrudge
crab
grudge
put on the spot
huff
stew
snit
pet
tiff
flurry
exercise
wear out
rage
wear away
wig
victimize
drive you up the wall
wind somebody up
get your dander up
raise your hackles
get your hackles up
awake
absorb
quicken
grab
ignite
goose
attract
interest
motivate
prick
get on someone
get on someone's wick
make someone's hackles rise
make someone's blood boil
get under someone's skin
get someone
be on the back of
try someone's patience
ruffle someone's feathers
get someone's goat
get up someone's nose
get someone's back up
get on someone's nerves
faze
stir
terrorize
upset the apple cart
hang up
cramp style
louse up
get even
put off
throw
give the business
get a rise out of
egg on
wear to shreds
scrape away
bite into
shake up
discombobulate
make nervous
get across someone
throw off balance
expel
crucify
aggrieve
dragoon
victimise
wrong
beat
hunt
hector
exile
terrorise
gnaw away at
stump
frill
disrupt
flummox
wear
furbelow
cow
bluster
floor
fuddle
put someone off their stroke
get the knife into
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
stick the knife into
single out
be on one's case
cause someone to lose their composure
rattle one's cage
throw into a tizz
put into a flap
throw into tizzy
depress
fuss
chagrin
bite
give a bad time
turn off
be a pain in the neck
get in one's hair
mix up
be a thorn in someone's side
grieve
chivvy
perplex
taunt
chivy
scare
nudge
tantalize
interrupt
bore
hinder
impede
cross
tantalise
intrude upon
impose on
bend someone's ear
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
make one's hackles rise
get on someone's case
oppress
torture
burden
harrow
agonize
beleaguer
stress
agonise
rack
dismay
haunt
strain
ail
concern
sadden
besiege
curse
alarm
anguish
discomfort
gnaw at
heckle
weigh down
excruciate
unhinge
dishearten
tax
cause suffering to
frighten
shake
frazzle
smite
disoblige
rag
stir up
blight
discourage
ridicule
nonplus
demoralize
puzzle
importune
bewilder
deject
lie heavy on
keep after
dispirit
chaff
sicken
keep on at
go on at
demoralise
daunt
cut to the quick
crush
haze
rib
assail
cast down
psych
mock
make uneasy
derail
spook
hagride
traumatize
make anxious
nauseate
abash
freak out
shock
weird out
dun
nag at
get in someone's hair
traumatise
weigh heavily on
panic
repel
put down
alarum
break
undo
attack
cause trouble to
wring
criticize
dampen
work on
gibe
horrify
hang over
addle
be a nuisance to
throw off
weary
make miserable
bamboozle
prey on
fire up
dumbfound
criticise
cause anxiety to
make uncomfortable
chill
confront
razz
appal
josh
appall
banter
dump on
slight
pother
devastate
guy
overwhelm
martyr
desolate
repulse
revolt
baffle
henpeck
craze
harp on at
mystify
make wretched
cause anguish to
disappoint
obsess
tire
muddle
interfere
dash
debilitate
preoccupy
abase
dis
quiz
put a damper on
befuddle
cause discomfort to
make unhappy
possess
weigh on
daze
be a great weight on
be a burden to
slap
weigh
face
make your blood boil
get someone's dander up
make fun of
poke fun at
take the piss out of
beat down
take aback
make sport of
put in a spot
hit where one lives
put someone's back up
weigh heavily on someone's mind
put to trouble
roast
stress out
despair
startle
fear
test
prod
grip
derange
pressurize
sweat
deride
tear
buffet
flip
damage
indispose
lead on
sap
scold
curdle
joke
jive
visit
bring down
domineer
flip out
pressurise
kid
cavil
scorn
disaffect
fun
jeer
berate
meddle
push
move
scandalize
stretch
mistreat
cause anxiety
fester
twit
rally
bemuse
pick at
scar
impose
peck at
press down on
break one's heart
punish
rag on
stupefy
revile
lower
disparage
psych out
sound
cause concern to
unman
bleed
drain
intrude
enervate
infest
terrify
mess with
reproach
disrespect
diss
sledge
get someone down
be a burden on
give offence to
hurt someone's feelings
scoff at
buffalo
fox
disorient
maze
lean on
jeer at
upbraid
scandalise
shatter
surprise
weigh heavily on one's mind
prey on someone's mind
spoof
take the mickey out of
get down
slam
jibe at
give trouble
befog
do someone's head in
reluct
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get someone's hackles up
dull
mess with someone's head
rattle someone's cage
make it tough
pose
muddy
ask for it
disorientate
stun
make despondent
make self-conscious
make discontented
niggle at
make a monkey of
swipe at
hurt one's feelings
make punchy
go to one's head
knock for six
inflict anguish on
intoxicate
be repugnant to
do in
blow one's mind
cause agony to
inebriate
ball up
pull somebody's leg
umbrage
make blood boil
get up somebody's nose
get on the wrong side of
fool around
bedog
excoriate
belabour
cause disquiet to
chevy
insist
remind
carp
hurry
heat
grizzle
bustle
cause to panic
tangle
kid around
drive nuts
tear away at
macerate
noodge
despoil
foray
bullyrag
insist on
give someone hell
nit-pick
strap
buttonhole
breath down someone's neck
cut
put somebody's back up
belabor
bombard
get up your nose
push one's buttons
put on edge
be in someone's way
drive insane
bone
sear
push button
heat up
jerk around
grind
mess
exhaust
discontent
spur
irritate greatly
get someone's wick
roust
cut up
push buttons
be prey to
get on the nerves of
overcharge
empurple
arouse anxiety in
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
be a pest to
misplease
wing
zing
cool
cap
incite
amaze
arouse
astound
complicate
entangle
hamper
barrack
boo
lie heavily on
beleague
find fault with
aggress
get in the hair of
grill
put to some trouble
accost
encroach
obtrude
do a number on
make it tough for
tear to pieces
hurt the feelings of
be on someone's back
turn
incapacitate
start
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
eat up
resent
take over
push someon's buttons
put through wringer
interfere with
shout down
find fault
send into a spin
be hurtful to
mourn
cause anguish
cause suffering
cause offense
lambaste
cause sorrow
recur
cause inconvenience to
be the victim of
get on someone's back
grind at
shame
prey on your mind
question
tweak
run up the wrong way
examine
get in the way
put the squeeze on
consternate
key up
turn on
lay up
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
humiliate
jump on one's case
give one the business
hiss
astonish
dizzy
barge in on
intrude on
play dirty
sneer
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
come back to
stay with
be a weight on one's mind
be ever present
put pressure on
be bothered
fall upon
fall on
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
rock the boat
make a scene
bring pressure to bear on
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
start in on
put someone out
create difficulties for
take control of
deter
be in someone's hair
unstring
put off his or her stride
worst
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
set someone back on their heels
take the wind out of someone's sails
give the needle
inflict trauma
deeply upset
gibe at
sneer at
prey on one's mind
be a weight on someone's mind
work into lather
set one off
set on
take a rise out of
make fed up
horn in on
overawe
put
envenom
break in
hurt somebody's feelings
disdain
scout
flout
jab
twitter
dig
lout
thumb nose at
scratch around
yap at
dampen spirits
bring one down
throw a curve
knock props out
disadvantage
catch somebody off balance
catch somebody unawares
sweat out
make downhearted
search high heaven
dispraise
abuse
slander
demean
shout at
knock the wind out of
make blue
drag down
break the heart of
put into a funk
lose patience
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
be on one's back
butt in on
poison
alienate
harsh one's mellow
drive you crazy
have had enough
become bored
exhaust someone's patience
grate at
dampen someone's hopes
awe
droop
cause to lose heart
repress
prostrate
deprecate
inflict
cause pain to
lampoon
hurt deeply
ill-treat
butt in
shout catcalls at
make game of
chasten
dishonour
discredit
suppress
subjugate
subdue
stifle
drive you out of your mind
drive you off your head
drive you to distraction
make your hackles rise
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
make you see red
drive somebody up the wall
make livid
drive out of mind
drive you round the bend
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
make someone's stomach rise
make someone's gorge rise
wreck
wreak
befall
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
dishonor
put out of countenance
let down
throw into a tizzy
put in a hole
catch one short
devitalize
smother
diminish
weaken
squelch
be a problem to
put someone to trouble
catch
disillusion
be a burden
be a nuisance
give someone bother
override
tyrannize
humble
deaden
defeat
extinguish
overpower
curb
overcome
quell
strike
take
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
make bitter
dominate
tyrannise
enslave
bear down on
damp down
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
avenge
make someone go out of his way
worsen
cast a pall over
drag
darken
damp
descend upon
descend on
force upon
bring down on
wilder
tyrannize over
be autocratic
fog
flabbergast
knock the stuffing out of
harsh someone's mellow
turn one off
give someone the blues
make someone fed up
make desolate
make your heart bleed
pour cold water on
cast a gloom upon
bring tears to someone's eyes
run down
make gloomy
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
make sad
reduce to tears
knock sideways
bring tears to your eyes
keep under
dampen someone's spirits
dash someone's hopes
break someone's spirit
throw cold water on
break someone's heart
live off
exploit
blackmail
plunder
take advantage of
depredate
consume
kill
raid
load
extort
feed on
fleece
seize
live on
devour
snow
obfuscate
acidulate
estrange
make rancorous
bitter
venom
crunch
overextend
cause to be at a stand
stagger
make someone scratch their head
set thinking
mess with one's head
make someone's head spin
bring up short
be all Greek to
set someone thinking
stymie
fool
satirize
overdo
threaten
gross out
squick
make ill
hoodwink
trick
dupe
hoax
beguile
deceive
delude
cause to feel emotional strain
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
chiack
abominate
cause to feel nauseous
make someone want to throw up
turn one's stomach
be distasteful to
pall
disenchant
make shudder
cause aversion
make one sick
surfeit
cloy on
offend morals of
be repulsive to
be repulsive
fill with loathing
turn your stomach
slang
disagree
jest
jape
con
quip
wisecrack
yuck
yuk
jolly
gag
gull
cozen
shuck
smoke
rot
adventure
risk
venture
peril
jeopard
jeopardize
imperil
compromise
endanger
hazard
make unwell
snap
satirise
laugh at
go against the grain
be injurious to
be sickening
be disturbing
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
be injurious
strike down
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
take in
flimflam
mislead
yank somebody's chain
send up
make jokes about
goof on
scare hell out of
utter threats to
bad-eye
portend
jeopardise
gamble with
whip around
impend
push around
menace
put heat on
loom
issue threats to
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
sling off at
put on
lead somebody on
pull someone's leg
poke borak at
flirt with
have on
flout at
mess around
Verb
To occupy to the point of overflow
fill
pack
crowd
throng
cram
jam
congest
overcrowd
overfill
overflow
overrun
crowd into
pack into
press into
squeeze into
bunch inside
congregate in
cram into
squash into
stuff into
wedge into
pile up
fill to overflowing
occupy all of
pack like sardines
flock
swarm
mob
cram full
pervade
jam into
flock to
flock into
pile into
troop
congregate
herd
bunch
descend into
press
converge
set about
inundate
swamp
hem in
swarm around
mill around
Verb
To persuade or use influence on
induce
persuade
convince
get
move
influence
encourage
press
prompt
incite
urge
actuate
impel
inspire
instigate
make
motivate
sway
bring
coax
draw
entice
cajole
convert
inveigle
provoke
goose
stimulate
trigger
wheedle
activate
bulldoze
steamroll
tempt
talk into
bring around
argue into
coax into
prevail upon
cajole into
draw in
wheedle into
win over
prevail on
sell one on
soft-soap
talk someone into
prod into
sweet-talk
exert influence on
suck in
put someone up to something
twist one's arm
lure
beguile
seduce
incline
allure
bring round
hook
decoy
charm
lead
sell
dispose
woo
invite
flatter
bias
predispose
blandish
affect
bait
manoeuvre
entrap
talk round
blarney
brainwash
get around
coerce
maneuver
cause
butter up
attract
satisfy
prejudice
reason
solicit
drive
con
impress
turn
lead on
get round
compel
rope in
work on
gain
betray
steer
bend
argue
fascinate
put across
come on
ensnare
deceive
worm
push
delude
pull
touch
mislead
palaver
make willing
mousetrap
importune
pressurize
wile
smooth-talk
captivate
colour
twist someone's arm
get on your side
interest
condition
twist somebody's arm
enchant
pressurise
bring pressure to bear on
color
work over
make a believer
bring round to the idea of
direct
work
determine
manipulate
counsel
bribe
dupe
talk
prod
control
finagle
change
wangle
indoctrinate
trap
plague
tease
pester
jawbone
soothe
barter
honey
promote
pitch
alter
pressure
crack
bewitch
procure
engage
strike
govern
enrapture
beckon
jaundice
banter
snow
oil
soap
toll
arm-twist
slant
appeal to
sweep off one's feet
appeal
bring to senses
lead to believe
tantalize
lead astray
turn on
gain confidence of
bring in
pull in
tantalise
soften up
sweeten up
prove to
make of a mind to
spread it on
catch the eye of
bring home to
talk over
build up
nag into
whet
adapt
rouse
propel
stir
bring over
budge
quicken
inspirit
nudge
exploit
jockey
play
harangue
egg on
court
effect
persuade to buy
arouse someone's interest in
snare
dragoon
intimidate
set going
overcome
prove
trick
work upon
lean on
distract
ensorcell
tout
shill
pull strings with
browbeat
get somebody on your side
gain somebody's support
win around
train
rope
drag
impact
reach
guide
give
force
suborn
prepare
lead up garden path
egg one on
kowtow
assure
impress on
advise
bootlick
soften
stroke
crowd
jolly
brownnose
massage
mould
make yourself felt with
carry weight with
bring pressure to bear upon
cut any ice with
effectuate
enkindle
prevail
bat eyes at
prime
exhort
tend
hit on
carry
conduct
mold
bring to reason
nobble
gain one's confidence
propagandize
enlist
proselytize
dangle a carrot in front of
reassure
poison
prepossess
lay it on
call
impact on
lead by the nose
tell on
turn one's head
proselyte
propagandise
proselytise
put mind at ease
demonstrate to
dispel someone's doubts
reason someone into believing
dispel doubt
put someone's mind at rest
cause to feel certain
make certain
impress to
sell to
cultivate
animate
teach
rub the right way
make up to
suck up to
play up to
get next to
lay it on thick
hand a line
apple polish
twist
verge
favour
look
favor
wheedle someone into
make biased
distort
skew
make partial
make partisan
plead with
turn on to
press someone into
pressurize someone into
convert to
cause to believe
reason someone into
pressure someone into
lead to do
make expectant
sucker
prod someone into
wear down
show a preference for
be willing
gravitate toward
be partial
lean to
be predisposed
not mind
be disposed
win argument
make you of a mind to
grip
capture
win
hold
indicate
bid
sign
summon
demand
ask
command
string along
hypnotize
rivet
absorb
occupy
mesmerize
catch
engross
spellbind
come on to
entrance
magnetize
enthral
take
enthrall
hypnotise
mesmerise
elicit
magnetise
petition
catch hold of
bring forth
call forth
campaign
advance
bill
high pressure
sell on
sway opinion
press your case
make a pitch for
solicit votes
seek to influence
modify
splash
exert influence
spot
put pressure on
apply pressure
pull strings
plug
bring pressure to bear
try to persuade
lobby
hard sell
boost
call on
soft-sell
hype
thump
try to influence
drum
campaign for
billboard
request
politick
further
talk into something
Verb
To block or clog up a space or opening
choke
block
clog
obstruct
occlude
congest
dam
jam
plug
stop up
bung
clot
constrict
stuff
bar
close
obturate
stop
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