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2022-02-07 17:00:05 Get into hot water, phrase.

Example: Whenever we spoke out, we got into hot water.

Synonyms:

1. be severely reprimanded, be upbraided, be scolded, get a scolding, be admonished, be castigated, be rebuked, be chastised, be censured, be criticized severely, be taken to task, get into trouble, be hauled over the coals
2. catch it, get what for, be told off, get hell, get into shtook, get a dressing-down, get an earful, get a roasting, get a rocket, get a rollicking, get a rap over the knuckles, get a slap on the wrist
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2022-02-06 17:00:00 Rise, verb.

Example: The sun rose across the bay.

Synonyms:

1. move up, move upwards, come up, go up, make its way up, make one's way up, arise, ascend, climb, climb up, mount, soar

Antonyms:

1. fall, descend, set
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2022-02-05 17:00:00 Meet, verb.

Example: The announcement was met with widespread hostility.

Synonyms:

1. greet, receive, answer, deal with, handle, treat, face, cope with, approach
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2022-02-04 17:00:00 Master, adjective.

Example: His master plan.

Synonyms:

1. controlling, ruling, directing, commanding, dominating, overall
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2022-02-03 17:00:00 Cordial, adjective.

Example: I earned his cordial loathing.

Synonyms:

1. intense, strong, acute, violent, fierce, keen, fervent, fervid, ardent, passionate
2. heartfelt, wholehearted, deep, deep-seated, deep-rooted, profound, overwhelming, overpowering
3. (literary) perfervid, passional

Antonyms:

1. mild
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2022-02-02 17:00:01 Gain time, phrase.

Example: The government was using the negotiations to gain time.

Synonyms:

1. play for time, stall, procrastinate, delay, use delaying tactics, temporize, hold back, hang back, hang fire, dally, drag one's feet, use dilatory tactics
2. (informal) put something on the back burner
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2022-02-01 17:00:00 Fortune, noun.

Example: Some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate.

Synonyms:

1. chance, accident, coincidence, serendipity, twist of fate, destiny, fortuity, providence, freak, hazard
2. fate, Lady Luck, Dame Fortune
3. (North American) happenstance
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2022-01-31 17:00:00 Crowd, noun.

Example: The theatrical crowd piled into Bernard's Bentley.

Synonyms:

1. set, group, band, circle, company, fraternity, clique, coterie
2. camp, league, faction
3. (informal) lot, gang, bunch, pack, crew, posse, tribe
4. (rare) sodality, confraternity
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2022-01-30 17:00:01 Enumerate, verb.

Example: He enumerated four objectives for the company.

Synonyms:

1. list, itemize, catalogue, set out, set forth, give
2. cite, name, mention, specify, identify, spell out, detail, particularize
3. summarize, recount, recite, rehearse, recapitulate, quote, relate
4. run through, reel off, rattle off, check off
5. (British) tick off
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2022-01-29 17:00:00 Shore, noun.

Example: His friends swam out from the shore.

Synonyms:

1. seashore, seaside, beach, coast, coastal region, seaboard, sea coast, bank, lakeside, verge, edge, shoreline, waterside, front, shoreside, foreshore, sand, sands
2. (technical) littoral
3. (literary) strand
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