n. Function: verb
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Synonyms: CATCH 1, bag, capture, collar, ||cotch, get, nail, prehend, secure
2
Synonyms: SEIZE 2, catch, clutch, ||cotch, grab, grapple, nab, ||nail, snatch
Idioms: make off with
Contrasted Words: drop, dump, give up, relinquish, surrender
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Synonyms: APPROPRIATE 1, accroach, annex, arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, preempt, seize, sequester
Contrasted Words: relinquish, yield
4 to lay hold of (as with the hands or an instrument) FF1C; took the ax by the handle FF1E;
Synonyms: clasp, grasp, grip
Related Words: hold; handle
Idioms: take hold of
Contrasted Words: drop, release
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Synonyms: SEIZE 3, catch, strike
Related Words: contract, get; harrow, reach, torment
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Synonyms: CATCH 7, ||cotch, overhaul, overtake
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Synonyms: ATTRACT 1, allure, bewitch, captivate, charm, draw, enchant, fascinate, magnetize, wile
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Synonyms: SWALLOW 1, down
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Synonyms: EAT 1, consume, devour, feed (on), ingest, meal, partake (of)
10 to bring into and accept in a particular capacity or relationship FF1C; took his son as a member of the firm FF1E;
Synonyms: admit, receive, take in
Related Words: bring; accept; have, include
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Synonyms: BUY 1, purchase
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Synonyms: CHOOSE 1, cull, elect, mark, opt (for), optate, pick, prefer, select, single (out)
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Synonyms: DEMAND 2, ask, call (for), crave, necessitate, require
14 to obtain from another source by means of derivation FF1C; takes his name from his father's FF1E;
Synonyms: derive, draw
Related Words: get, obtain; borrow
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Synonyms: BEAR 10, abide, brook, endure, go, stand, stomach, suffer, swallow, tolerate
Related Words: withstand; undergo; ||hack
Idioms: take it lying down, take it on the chin
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Synonyms: CONTRACT 1, catch, come down (with), get, sicken (with or of)
Idioms: take sick with
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Synonyms: APPREHEND 1, accept, catch, compass, comprehend, follow, grasp, see, take in, understand
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Synonyms: UNDERSTAND 3, assume, believe, expect, gather, imagine, ||reckon, suppose, suspect, think
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Synonyms: DEDUCT 1, discount, draw back, knock off, substract, subtract, take away, take off, take out
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Synonyms: TREAT 2, deal (with), handle, play, serve, use
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Synonyms: CHEAT , beat, bilk, chouse, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, flimflam, gyp
Related Words: bamboozle, hoodwink
Idioms: take for a ride
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Synonyms: ACT 5, behave, function, operate, perform, react, work