to pinch oneself
51snatch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. grab, seize, grasp, clutch, jerk, twitch, pluck, wrench; steal; slang, kidnap. See stealing. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. jerk, grasp, steal; see seize 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at seize . III (Roget s… …
52splurge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, extravagance, waste, expense. v., informal, indulge (oneself), extravagate, lavish, shoot the works (inf.), go [the] whole hog (sl.). See ostentation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. spend lavishly …
53starve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. hunger, famish, fast; pine; pinch, scrimp, deny. See parsimony, poverty. Ant., feed. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become weak or die from hunger] Syn. famish, crave, perish; see die 1 , weaken 1 . 2. [To …
54pick up — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To acquire incidentally] Syn. happen upon, find, secure; see obtain 1 . 2. [To take up in the hand or arms] Syn. lift, uplift, cuddle; see raise 1 . 3. [To receive] Syn. get, take, acquire; see receive 1 . 4. [*To increase]… …
55borrow — verb 1) we borrowed a lot of money Syn: take as a loan; lease, hire; informal scrounge, bum, cadge, mooch Ant: lend 2) informal they borrowed all of his tools Syn …
56embezzle — verb he s accused of embezzling donated funds Syn: misappropriate, steal, thieve, pilfer, purloin, appropriate, defraud someone of, siphon off, pocket, help oneself to; abstract; informal rob, rip off, skim, line one s pockets with, pinch …
57misappropriate — verb he confessed to having misappropriated millions from his clients Syn: embezzle, expropriate, steal, thieve, pilfer, pocket, help oneself to, make off with; informal swipe, filch, rip off, snitch, pinch …
58thieve — verb before we were out of diapers, we were learning how to thieve anything that wasn t nailed down Syn: steal, take, purloin, help oneself to, snatch, pilfer; embezzle, misappropriate; have one s fingers/hand in the till, rob; swipe, make off… …
59difficulty — difficulty, hardship, rigor, vicissitude are synonyms only when they mean something which demands effort and endurance if it is to be overcome or one s end achieved. Difficulty, the most widely applicable of these terms, applies to any condition …
60lure# — lure n Lure, bait, decoy, snare, trap all denote something that leads an animal or a person into a particular place or situation from which escape is difficult. Lure suggests something that always attracts and often deceives {threw out all the… …
