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111gear up — verb make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc Get the children ready for school! prepare for war I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill • Syn: ↑fix, ↑prepare, ↑set up, ↑ready …
112lie in — verb 1. originate (in) (Freq. 22) The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country • Syn: ↑dwell, ↑consist, ↑lie • Derivationally related forms: ↑lie ( …
113pay up — verb cancel or discharge a debt pay up, please! • Syn: ↑ante up, ↑pay • Ant: ↑default • Derivationally related forms: ↑pay (for: ↑ …
114pipe down — verb become quiet or quieter The audience fell silent when the speaker entered • Syn: ↑quieten, ↑hush, ↑quiet, ↑quiesce, ↑quiet down • Ant: ↑louden ( …
115pop off — verb 1. leave quickly • Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑go forth, ↑go away • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life She died from cancer …
116power-dive — verb make a power dive The airplane power dived • Topics: ↑air travel, ↑aviation, ↑air • Hypernyms: ↑dive, ↑plunge, ↑plunk • …
117sound off — verb 1. express one s opinion openly and without fear or hesitation (Freq. 1) John spoke up at the meeting • Syn: ↑opine, ↑speak up, ↑speak out, ↑animadvert • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
118step in — verb 1. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force (Freq. 2) Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II? • Syn: ↑intervene, ↑interfere, ↑interpose • Derivationally related forms: ↑interference …
119telepathize — verb communicate nonverbally by telepathy some people believe they can telepathize with others around the world • Syn: ↑telepathise • Derivationally related forms: ↑telepathy • Hypernyms: ↑communicate, ↑intercommunicate …
120dead-heat — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: dead heat : to run a dead heat * * * dead heatˈ intransitive verb • • • Main Entry: ↑dead * * * dead heat, a race that ends in a tie: »The dead h …
