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  • 31pull out — verb 1. move out or away (Freq. 4) The troops pulled out after the cease fire • Syn: ↑get out • Ant: ↑pull in • Derivationally related forms: ↑pullout …

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  • 32pull up — verb 1. come to a halt after driving somewhere (Freq. 6) The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn The chauffeur hauled up in front of us • Syn: ↑draw up, ↑haul up • Topics: ↑driving …

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  • 33distill — verb 1. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation (Freq. 3) purify the water • Syn: ↑purify, ↑sublimate, ↑make pure • Derivationally related forms: ↑distill …

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  • 34press out — verb 1. extinguish by crushing (Freq. 1) stub out your cigar • Syn: ↑stub out, ↑crush out, ↑extinguish • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑terminate …

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  • 35squeeze out — verb 1. force out (Freq. 1) Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts • Hypernyms: ↑displace, ↑fire, ↑give notice, ↑can, ↑dismiss, ↑give the axe, ↑ …

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  • 36wring — verb (wrung; wringing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wringan; akin to Old High German ringan to struggle, Lithuanian rengtis to bend down, Old English wyrgan to strangle more at worry Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to… …

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  • 37gold-dig — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: back formation from gold digger transitive verb : to extract money or gifts from by coaxing or flattery why did you coax him, tease him, gold dig him Sinclair Lewis intransitive verb : to extract money or gifts fr …

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  • 38work out — verb 1. come up with (Freq. 16) His colleagues worked out his interesting idea We worked up an ad for our client • Syn: ↑work up • Hypernyms: ↑develop, ↑make grow …

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  • 39get out — verb 1. move out of or depart from (Freq. 31) leave the room the fugitive has left the country • Syn: ↑exit, ↑go out, ↑leave • Ant: ↑enter ( …

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  • 40take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… …

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