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  • 61servant — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ devoted, faithful, loyal, trusted ▪ humble, obedient ▪ good ▪ He has been a good servant …

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  • 62tyrannize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. despotize, domineer, dictate, intimidate, oppress; see also dominate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dictate, rule with an iron hand, dominate, oppress, bully, order around, *jackboot into submission, *keep under one s… …

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  • 63follow — verb GO BEHIND 1 (I, T) to walk, drive, run etc behind someone else, going in the same direction as them : follow sb/sth: If you ll just follow me, I ll show you to the office. | Tom Selleck walked in, followed by a crowd of photographers. |… …

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  • 64tie up — verb 1. secure with or as if with ropes (Freq. 3) tie down the prisoners tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed • Syn: ↑tie down, ↑bind, ↑truss • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 65fall out — verb 1. have a breach in relations (Freq. 1) We fell out over a trivial question • Hypernyms: ↑quarrel, ↑dispute, ↑scrap, ↑argufy, ↑altercate • Verb Frames …

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  • 66rubbed, rubbing — verb 1 (I, T) to move your hand, a cloth etc over a surface while pressing against it: Kolchinsky nodded and then rubbed his eyes wearily. | She began rubbing her hair with a towel. | You ll have to rub harder if you want to get it clean. 2 (T)… …

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  • 67put up — verb 1. place so as to be noticed (Freq. 4) post a sign post a warning at the dump • Syn: ↑post • Derivationally related forms: ↑posting (for: ↑ …

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  • 68come about — verb come to pass (Freq. 4) What is happening? The meeting took place off without an incidence Nothing occurred that seemed important • Syn: ↑happen, ↑hap, ↑go on, ↑pass off …

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  • 69leg it — verb walk let s hoof it to the disco • Syn: ↑foot, ↑hoof, ↑hoof it • Derivationally related forms: ↑foot (for: ↑foot), ↑footer …

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  • 70negociate — verb 1. be successful; achieve a goal She succeeded in persuading us all I managed to carry the box upstairs She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it The pianist negociated the difficult runs • Syn: ↑pull off, ↑bring off …

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