jibe
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(verb) shift from one side of the ship to the other, of a sail |
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Synonyms: change course, gybe, jib |
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Related Words: sail |
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(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check" |
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Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, match, tally |
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Related Words: accede, accord, adhere, agree, align, answer, be, bear out, befit, beseem, coincide, comply, conform to, consort, corelate, correlate, corroborate, duplicate, equal, fit, fit in, harmonize, homologize, look, meet, overlap, parallel, pattern, resemble, square, suit, support, twin, underpin |
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(noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets" |
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Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, shaft, shot, slam |
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Related Words: comment, remark |
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