wanted (verb)
61go off half-cocked — verb act prematurely or without reflection or too soon she wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half cocked • Syn: ↑go off at half cock • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑move • Verb Frames: Somebody s …
62go to sleep — verb prepare for sleep (Freq. 3) I usually turn in at midnight He goes to bed at the crack of dawn • Syn: ↑go to bed, ↑turn in, ↑bed, ↑crawl in, ↑kip down, ↑ …
63lowball — verb make a deliberately low estimate The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed • Syn: ↑underestimate • Derivationally related forms: ↑underestimate (for: ↑underestimate), ↑underestimation …
64shellack — verb cover with shellac She wanted to shellac the desk to protect it from water spots • Syn: ↑shellac • Derivationally related forms: ↑shellac (for: ↑shellac) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
65turn one's stomach — verb upset and make nauseated The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman s stomach The mold on the food sickened the diners • Syn: ↑sicken, ↑nauseate • Derivationally related forms: ↑nausea (for: ↑ …
66bottle out — verb (UK) To fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage. I had really wanted to dive off the 10 meter platform, but in the end I bottled out …
67throw away — verb a) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash, to dispose of. He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldnt find a trash can. b) To waste …
68rot in jail — verb Expression of anger directed at someone who has been arrested, especially after that individual had committed a particularly heinous crime. The mother of the little girl just wanted the child predator to rot in jail after what he did to her …
69pounce — verb a) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something. The kitten pounced at the ball I threw to him b) To attack suddenly. She pounced on the young man, because she loved him and wanted him for herself. Syn …
70embed — verb /ɛmˈbɛd/ a) To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand. We wanted to embed our reporter with the Fifth Infantry Division, but the Army would have none of it …
