spent (verb)

  • 21spend — verb ADVERB ▪ wisely ▪ Try to spend your money wisely. ▪ freely, heavily, lavishly ▪ annually PREPOSITION …

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  • 22spend — verb 1) she spent $185 on shoes Syn: pay out, dish out, expend, disburse; squander, waste, fritter away; lavish; informal fork out, lay out, shell out, cough up, drop, blow, splurge, pony up 2) …

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  • 23spend — verb /spend/ 1. to pay money ● They spent all their savings on buying the shop. ● The company spends thousands of pounds on research. 2. to use time ● The company spends hundreds of person hours on meetings. ● The chairman spent yesterday… …

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  • 24play out — verb 1. deplete exhaust one s savings We quickly played out our strength • Syn: ↑run down, ↑exhaust, ↑sap, ↑tire • Derivationally related forms: ↑sapper …

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  • 25run around — verb play boisterously (Freq. 3) The children frolicked in the garden the gamboling lambs in the meadows The toddlers romped in the playroom • Syn: ↑frolic, ↑lark, ↑rollick, ↑ …

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  • 26clean out — verb 1. empty completely (Freq. 5) We cleaned out all the drawers • Syn: ↑clear out • Hypernyms: ↑empty • Hyponyms: ↑clinker …

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  • 27dig out — verb 1. create by digging dig a hole dig out a channel • Syn: ↑dig • Derivationally related forms: ↑dig (for: ↑dig), ↑digger …

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  • 28hash out — verb speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion We discussed our household budget • Syn: ↑discuss, ↑talk over • Derivationally related forms: ↑discussion ( …

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  • 29play around — verb 1. commit adultery (Freq. 1) he plays around a lot • Syn: ↑fool around • Hypernyms: ↑cheat on, ↑cheat, ↑cuckold, ↑betray, ↑wande …

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  • 30work over — verb give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night The teacher used to beat the students • Syn: ↑beat, ↑beat up • Derivationally related… …

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