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  • 41cut back — verb 1. return in time (Freq. 1) the film cut back to an earlier event in the story • Syn: ↑flash back • Derivationally related forms: ↑flashback (for: ↑flash back) …

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  • 42thin out — verb 1. make sparse (Freq. 1) thin out the young plants • Hypernyms: ↑reduce, ↑cut down, ↑cut back, ↑trim, ↑trim down, ↑trim back, ↑cut …

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  • 43minify — verb make smaller He decreased his staff • Syn: ↑decrease, ↑lessen • Ant: ↑increase (for: ↑decrease) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 44knock off — verb 1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing (Freq. 3) The mafia liquidated the informer the double agent was neutralized • Syn: ↑neutralize, ↑neutralise, ↑liquidate, ↑waste, ↑do in …

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  • 45USS Whale (SS-239) — USS Whale (SS 239), a Gato class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the whale, an extremely large, aquatic mammal that is fishlike in form. Her keel was laid down on 28 June 1941 by the Mare Island Naval… …

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  • 46reduce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. diminish, lessen, curtail, lower; allay, alleviate; set (a fracture); demote, abase, subjugate, subdue; diet, slenderize. See decrease, contraction, narrowness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make less]… …

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  • 47downsize — verb 1. dismiss from work three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis • Hypernyms: ↑furlough, ↑lay off • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody 2. make in a smaller size the car makers downsized the SUVs when fu …

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  • 48take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… …

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  • 49MV Derbyshire — Career (United Kingdom) Name: Liverpool Bridge (1975 78) Derbyshire (1978 80) Owner: Bibby Line Port of registry …

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