make unnecessary
41cavil — cav|il [ˈkævəl] v past tense and past participle cavilled present participle cavilling BrE past tense and past participle caviled present participle caviling AmE [i]formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: cavillari to …
42cavil — verb cavilled, cavilling BrE, caviled, caviling AmE (intransitive + at) formal to make unnecessary complaints about someone or something …
43obviate — [v] make unnecessary anticipate, avert, block, counter, counteract, deter, do away with, forestall, forfend, hinder, interfere, interpose, intervene, preclude, prevent, remove, restrain, rule out, stave off, ward; concept 121 Ant. allow, help,… …
44concurrent sentences — Two or more terms of imprisonment, all or part of each term of which is served simultaneously and the prisoner is entitled to discharge at the expiration of the longest term specified. State ex rel. Lillemoe v. Tahash, 280 Minn. 176, 159 N.W.2d… …
45concurrent sentences — Two or more terms of imprisonment, all or part of each term of which is served simultaneously and the prisoner is entitled to discharge at the expiration of the longest term specified. State ex rel. Lillemoe v. Tahash, 280 Minn. 176, 159 N.W.2d… …
46reinvent the wheel — tv. to make unnecessary or redundant preparations. □ You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Read up on what others have done. □ I don’t have time to reinvent the wheel …
47obviate — [äb′vē āt΄] vt. obviated, obviating [< LL obviatus, pp. of obviare, to prevent < obvius: see OBVIOUS] to do away with or prevent by effective measures; make unnecessary obviation n …
48paint the lily — verb 1. adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) • Syn: ↑gild the lily • Hypernyms: ↑decorate, ↑adorn, ↑grace, ↑ornament, ↑embellish, ↑beautify …
49chop logic — phrasal : to make unnecessary distinctions or dispute with an affected use of logical terms * * * chop logic To argue contentiously or fallaciously • • • Main Entry: ↑chop chop logic see under ↑chop2 • • • Main Entry: ↑logic * * * argue in a… …
50ponce something up — make overly elaborate and unnecessary changes to something in an attempt to improve it …
