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41put down — I attribute; inscribe, write down; slang, suppress, smash; slang, snub. See attribution, writing, restraint, contempt. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. silence, repress, crush; see defeat 1 , 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To bring to an end forcibly …
42hold down — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fix, pin down, control; see prevent , restrain 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check: burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother,… …
43fall down — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb Informal. To be unsuccessful: choke, fail, fall through. Informal: flop. Slang: bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short. See THRIVE. II verb See fall …
44gulp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. swallow; choke. See food, credulity, wind. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pour, swill, bolt, take in one draught, swig, choke down, toss off, toss down; see also swallow . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …
45swallow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. ingest, gulp, devour, consume; absorb, engulf, assimilate, envelop; retract; bear, endure, submit to; believe, accept. See food, credulity, receiving. II (Roget s IV) n. Swallows include: bank,… …
46subdue — v. a. 1. Conquer, subjugate, subject, overcome, overpower, vanquish, overbear. 2. Vanquish, beat, crush, defeat, rout, discomfit, worst, overpower, overcome, overbear, overwhelm, master. 3. Quell, surmount, foil, get the better of, get the upper… …
47gulp — [n] swallow choke, draught, gasp, mouthful, swig, swill; concept 185 Ant. nibble gulp [v] eat, drink fast belt*, choke down*, chugalug*, consume, devour, dispatch, dispose, drop*, englut, gobble*, guzzle*, imbibe, ingurgitate, inhale*, pour,… …
48stran´gler — stran|gle «STRANG guhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.t. 1. to kill by squeezing the throat to stop the breath: »Hercules strangled a snake with each hand. 2. to choke; suffocate: »His high collar seemed to be strangling him. SYNONYM(S): throttle …
49stran|gle — «STRANG guhl», verb, gled, gling, noun. –v.t. 1. to kill by squeezing the throat to stop the breath: »Hercules strangled a snake with each hand. 2. to choke; suffocate: »His high collar seemed to be strangling him. SYNONYM(S): throttle, stifle …
50guzzle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. swig (see drinking). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. swill, quaff, swig; see drink 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. swill, swig, *chug a lug, *down, quaff, tipple, *knock back, gulp, drain, *polish off,… …
