bring down
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(verb) cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house" |
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Related Words: enthuse |
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(verb) impose something unpleasant: "The principal visited his rage on the students" |
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Synonyms: impose, inflict, visit |
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Related Words: clamp, dictate, foist, give, intrude, obtrude, order, prescribe |
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(verb) cause to come to the ground; of aircraft |
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Synonyms: land, put down |
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Related Words: arrive, come, get |
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(verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown" |
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Synonyms: overthrow, overturn |
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Related Words: depose, force out, revolutionize |
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(verb) move something or somebody to a lower position |
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Synonyms: get down, let down, lower, take down |
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Related Words: depress, dip, displace, move, reef |
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(verb) cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
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Synonyms: cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down |
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Related Words: cut, decrease, deflate, detract, inflate, knock off, lessen, minify, retrench, shave, shorten, slash, take away, thin, thin out |
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