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(obsolete, transitive) To thrust away.
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An attack launched from a concealed position.
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(transitive) To pull toward without touching.
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To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out.
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(literary, rare, usually passive) Induce somebody to realize something, to impress a realization upon a person, usually in a gradual way.
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(transitive) To place bias upon; to influence.
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The act of reaching across a table to get desired food, often considered poor etiquette because it invades others' personal space.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To encourage; to hearten.
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(transitive) To lie over or on top of something.
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Alternative form of cap it all off. [(idiomatic, sometimes ironic) To finish or complete something; to add a finishing touch.]
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(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
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(transitive, idiomatic) To take measures to stop something; to put an end to.
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(intransitive) To be in suspense.
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Synonym of put daylight between oneself and someone
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(idiomatic) To arrive at someone's residence or location, especially as an unexpected visitor.
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(transitive) To force (someone) into doing something; to coerce.
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(intransitive) To exert an attractive force; (figuratively) to act as an inducement or enticement.
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(idiomatic) To lie; to exaggerate.
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(idiomatic) To generate or encourage; to campaign for.
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(transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
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(obsolete, transitive) To give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.
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(transitive) to restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment
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(figuratively) To show off one's strength or skills.
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(transitive) To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit.
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(transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
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To make something larger fit in a smaller or tight place with brute force
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To use force in order to get somewhere.
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To force someone to take in information or accept an ideology.
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Alternative spelling of frameup [A false incrimination of an innocent person; a scheme to frame an innocent person for a crime.]
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(UK, transitive, informal) To inform or teach with all relevant details; to brief.
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Synonym of whip into shape
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Alternative form of put one's house in order [(literally) To clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.]
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(fandom slang, idiomatic) To reach the most interesting, eventful or important part of a storyline.
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(idiomatic) To create a response or impression.
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(transitive) To use up or wear out (clothing etc.).
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(transitive) To incite; to drive onward.
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(obsolete) To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang.
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(transitive, now rare) To make a physical impact on.
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(transitive) To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.
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(obsolete, transitive) to enter or pass into
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To thrust upon; to impose.
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(intransitive) Break in or encroach on something.
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(intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
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To interrupt someone while they are speaking.
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Synonym of whip into shape
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To yield or cooperate when pressured or forced to do so.
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(transitive) To offer (praise, flattery, etc.) in an unsubtle and excessive way.
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To put pressure on; to attempt to compel a person to do something; to exert influence on.
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(idiomatic) To obstruct someone's view, especially as a result of thoughtlessness.
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(intransitive) to interfere, or intrude forcibly
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(transitive) to interfere with, or intrude on something forcibly
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(intransitive) To force one's way into or through.
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(behavioral economics) The use of positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence.
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(intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into).
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(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
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To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.
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(transitive, UK dialectal) To get over; recover from.
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(obsolete) To confront; to oppose; to withstand.
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To go over, move over the top of, travel across the surface of; to traverse, travel through.
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Synonym of prick up one's ears
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(humorous, nonstandard) To show courage, strength, toughness, or responsibility; a gender-neutral alternative to "man up".
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Alternative form of pick up what someone is putting down [(idiomatic) To understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does.]
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(intransitive, figuratively, sports) To unnecessarily extend the margin of a winning score.
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Alternative form of put on a pedestal [(transitive, idiomatic) To hold in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.]
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(figuratively) To intrude; to interfere; to get involved inappropriately, without welcome.
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(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
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(transitive) To build upon (an advantage).
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal.
n
(now rare) The act of driving forward; propulsion.
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(transitive) To continually attempt to persuade (a person) into a particular course of action.
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To perform a difficult and thankless task.
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Synonym of push the envelope
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(informal) To take suitable actions, or exert suitable influence on people, to achieve some desired result.
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(transitive, figuratively) To force (legislation) to be passed
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To hide or repress (emotion)
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(cinematography) Alternative form of push in [(cinematography) A zoom in which the camera physically moves towards the subject]
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(idiomatic) To increase or create distance or difference between people or objects.
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(idiomatic) To make a person (especially a male) stronger or more masculine or mature.
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(transitive) To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To bring in (e.g. by attractive offers or persuasion); to lure.
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(transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To produce (a plan, diagram etc.) in rough.
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(transitive) To outlive.
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(transitive, also figurative) To agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.
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(transitive) To find time or other resources for.
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(intransitive, of people) To move closer together, in order to make more space for someone else.
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(intransitive) To be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To be prominent; to point upwards.
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(idiomatic) An exclamation used to introduce especially new, important, surprising, or recent developments.
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To make a special effort; especially, to do a degree of violence to some principle or to one's own feelings.
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To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
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One who topples or overthrows.
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(intransitive) To violently rebel against; to suddenly attack.
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(obsolete) To work by the piece; to carry out tut-work.
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(rare or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To undergo; pass through; endure.
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(obsolete, transitive) To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.
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(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
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(transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To dominate, treat (someone) as inferior.
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(transitive) To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
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(archaic, transitive) To restrain.
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(simile) To work very hard; to toil.
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