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noun
opening through solid
Synonyms: canyon, cut, gap, gorge, passage, passageway, path, ravine
Antonyms: closing, closure
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noun
authorization, permission
Synonyms: admission, chit, comp, free ride, furlough, identification, license, order, paper, passport, permit, safe-conduct, ticket, visa, warrant
Antonyms: denial, grounding, refusal, veto
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noun
sexual proposition
Synonyms: advance, approach, overture, play, suggestion
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noun
predicament
Synonyms: condition, contingency, crisis, crossroads, emergency, exigency, juncture, pinch, plight, situation, stage, state, strait, turning point, zero hour
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verb
go by, elapse; move onward
Synonyms: befall, blow past, catch, come off, come to pass, come up, crawl, cross, cruise, depart, develop, drag, fall out, fare, flow, fly, fly by, get ahead, give, glide, glide by, go, go past, happen, hie, journey, lapse, leave, linger, move, occur, pass away, pass by, proceed, progress, push on, reach, repair, rise, roll, run, run by, run out, slip away, take place, transpire, travel, wend
Antonyms: get, take, use
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verb
surpass, beat
Synonyms: exceed, excel, go beyond, go by, leave behind, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outrace, outshine, outstrip, shoot ahead of, surmount, top, transcend
Antonyms: fall behind, lose
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verb
succeed, graduate
Synonyms: answer, do, get through, matriculate, pass muster, qualify, suffice, suit
Antonyms: fail, fall behind
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verb
give, transfer
Synonyms: buck, convey, deliver, exchange, hand, hand over, kick, let have, reach, relinquish, send, shoot, throw, transmit
Antonyms: receive, take
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verb
cease
Synonyms: blow over, cash in, close, decease, demise, depart, die, disappear, discontinue, dissolve, drop, dwindle, ebb, end, evaporate, expire, fade, go, melt away, pass away, perish, peter out, stop, succumb, terminate, vanish, wane
Antonyms: live
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verb
enact, legislate
Synonyms: accept, adopt, approve, authorize, become law, become ratified, become valid, be established, be ordained, be sanctioned, carry, decree, engage, establish, ordain, pledge, promise, ratify, sanction, undertake, validate, vote in
Antonyms: deny, refuse, veto
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verb
express formally
Synonyms: claim, declare, deliver, pronounce, state, utter
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verb
decide not to do
Synonyms: decline, discount, disregard, fail, forget, ignore, miss, neglect, not heed, omit, overlook, pass on, pass up, refuse, skip, slight
Antonyms: accept, be willing
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verb
rid of waste
Synonyms: defecate, discharge, eliminate, emit, empty, evacuate, excrete, expel, exude, give off, send forth, void