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370 lines
7.5 KiB
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{
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"tying in":{
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"as in connecting , linking":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"associating",
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"connecting",
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"coupling",
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"interrelating",
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"linking",
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"affecting",
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"concerning",
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"interesting",
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"involving",
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"touching",
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"dealing (with)",
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"treating",
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"appertaining",
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"applying",
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"bearing",
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"pertaining",
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"referring",
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"relating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"tying up":{
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"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
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"examples":[
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"an accident is tying up traffic at 5th and Broadway"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clogging",
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"cramping",
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"embarrassing",
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"encumbering",
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"fettering",
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"hampering",
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"handcuffing",
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"handicapping",
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"hindering",
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"hobbling",
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"hog-tying",
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"holding back",
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"holding up",
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"impeding",
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"inhibiting",
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"interfering (with)",
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"manacling",
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"obstructing",
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"shackling",
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"short-circuiting",
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"stymieing",
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"trammeling",
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"trammelling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"balking",
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"checking",
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"constraining",
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"curbing",
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"reining",
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"restraining",
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"binding",
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"chaining",
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"haltering",
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"leashing",
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"tethering",
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"tying",
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"tieing",
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"arresting",
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"braking",
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"delaying",
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"retaining",
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"retarding",
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"barricading",
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"blockading",
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"blocking",
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"roadblocking",
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"bogging (down)",
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"miring",
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"choking",
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"smothering",
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"stifling",
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"strangling",
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"suffocating",
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"baffling",
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"foiling",
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"frustrating",
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"stumping",
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"thwarting",
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"derailing",
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"disrupting",
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"sabotaging",
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"muzzling",
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"repressing",
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"suppressing",
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"confining",
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"hedging (in)",
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"hemming (in)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clearing",
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"making way",
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"opening",
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"unclogging",
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"unplugging",
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"unstopping",
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"freeing",
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"liberating",
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"releasing",
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"untying",
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"untieing",
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"loosening",
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"smoothing",
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"encouraging",
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"furthering",
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"promoting"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"aiding",
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"assisting",
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"facilitating",
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"helping"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"tying":{
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"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
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"examples":[
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"tied the newspapers into a bundle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banding",
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"binding",
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"trussing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cinching",
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"cording",
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"roping",
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"strapping",
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"threading",
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"wiring",
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"girding",
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"girting",
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"lashing",
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"leashing",
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"tethering",
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"interlacing",
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"intertwining",
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"interweaving",
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"lacing",
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"entangling",
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"knotting",
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"snarling",
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"tangling",
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"twisting",
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"coiling",
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"winding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"undoing",
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"unfastening",
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"unlacing",
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"unlashing",
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"unloosening",
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"unloosing",
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"unstrapping",
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"unstringing",
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"unthreading",
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"unleashing",
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"untethering",
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"disentangling",
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"unraveling",
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"unsnarling",
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"untangling",
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"untwining",
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"untwisting",
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"uncoiling",
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"unspooling",
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"unwinding"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unbinding",
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"untying",
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"untieing"
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]
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},
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"to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)":{
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"examples":[
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"at the class reunion we learned that he had won the Nobel Prize in medicine\u2014how could the rest of us tie that?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"equaling",
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"equalling",
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"matching",
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"meeting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beating",
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"bettering",
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"eclipsing",
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"excelling",
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"outdistancing",
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"outdoing",
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"outshining",
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"outstripping",
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"overtopping",
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"surpassing",
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"topping",
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"transcending",
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"amounting (to)",
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"approaching",
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"touching",
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"approximating",
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"keeping up",
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"measuring up (to)",
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"paralleling",
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"rivaling",
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"rivalling",
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"stacking up (against or with)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"tying the knot":{
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"to take a spouse":{
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"examples":[
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"I was thinking of asking her out till I found out she just tied the knot ."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"marrying",
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"wedding"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coupling",
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"mating",
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"pairing off",
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"remarrying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"divorcing",
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"separating"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"tying into":{
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"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
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"examples":[
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"Jackie was horribly embarrassed when her mother tied into her in a crowded restaurant."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abusing",
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"assailing",
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"attacking",
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"bashing",
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"belaboring",
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"blasting",
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"castigating",
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"excoriating",
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"jumping (on)",
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"lambasting",
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"potshotting",
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"savaging",
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"scathing",
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"slamming",
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"trashing",
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"vituperating"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berating",
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"haranguing",
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"harassing",
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"harrying",
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"reviling",
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"scolding",
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"whipping",
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"blaspheming",
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"cursing",
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"execrating",
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"imprecating",
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"profaning",
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"affronting",
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"insulting",
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"slurring",
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"aspersing",
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"bad-mouthing",
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"belittling",
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"blackguarding",
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"disparaging",
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"putting down",
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"libeling",
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"libelling",
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"slandering",
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"traducing",
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"vilifying",
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"chastising",
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"chiding",
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"criticizing",
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"lacing (into)",
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"rebuking",
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"reprimanding",
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"fulminating",
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"lashing (out)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaiming",
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"commending",
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"complimenting",
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"hailing",
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"lauding",
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"praising"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"tying (together)":{
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"as in joining , lumping (together)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"grouping",
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"joining",
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"lumping (together)",
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"comparing",
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"equating",
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"likening",
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"associating",
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"connecting",
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"correlating",
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"identifying",
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"linking",
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"relating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"contrasting",
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"differentiating",
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"discriminating",
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"distinguishing",
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"separating",
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"setting off"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |