roundabout
detour
deke
detouring
going
mooch off
runaround
mire
uncart
entangle
deviation
carry off
cart off
go one's way
goneski
remotion
pully
morrice
unload
drop
discharge
diversion
put down
set down
drop off
skip over
haul away
skip
impoverish
jump
cart away
pass over
en route
take off
pull
haul off
on the way
deprive
unstraddle
recessed
nontoasted
drive-off
lift off
stop
intercept
dead drop
guide
go past
take
pass
travel by
portage
surpass
go by
in transit
supersalient
lead
pass by
direct
conduct
impasse
evagate
kicksled
take a walk
unlimber
downbound
blooded
peruse
take one's hook
CF
turn out
spread out
fan out
spillway
extrorsal
dig out
spread
hook it
diffuse
towaway
cut along
go on one's merry way
pass through
take leave
take one's leave
bust a move
cut one's stick
go about one's business
peace out
high-tail
take wing
go about one's day
recarry
hightail
goneski
recessed
nontoasted
supersalient
blooded
extrorsal
en route
on the way
downbound
roundabout
deke
detouring
going
runaround
deviation
remotion
pully
diversion
drive-off
portage
impasse
spillway
towaway
detour
mooch off
mire
uncart
entangle
carry off
cart off
go one's way
morrice
unload
drop
discharge
put down
set down
drop off
skip over
haul away
skip
impoverish
jump
cart away
pass over
take off
pull
haul off
deprive
unstraddle
lift off
stop
intercept
dead drop
guide
go past
take
pass
travel by
surpass
go by
lead
pass by
direct
conduct
evagate
kicksled
take a walk
unlimber
peruse
take one's hook
turn out
spread out
fan out
dig out
spread
hook it
diffuse
cut along
go on one's merry way
pass through
take leave
take one's leave
bust a move
cut one's stick
go about one's business
peace out
high-tail
take wing
go about one's day
recarry
hightail
noun
- A detour.
- A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.
- A fairground carousel.
- A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
- A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
adj
verb
noun
- A departure.
- Conditions for advancing in any way.
- The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next.
- The whereabouts (of something).
- The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc.
- Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways.
- Progress.
adj
verb
noun
- A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
- A detour in a road or railway.
- The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
- The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
- The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
- A departure from the correct way of acting.
- For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
- The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
- The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
verb
adj
noun
noun
verb
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- let fall to the ground
- to fall vertically
- go down in value
- fall or descend to a lower place or level
- terminate an association with
- utter with seeming casualness
- stop pursuing or acting
- cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- lose (a game)
- pay out
- lower the pitch of (musical notes)
- hang loosely
- stop associating with
- let or cause to fall in drops
- to remove
- take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
- omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing
- leave undone or leave out
- change from one level to another
- fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death
- grow progressively worse
- give birth; used for animals
noun
- a shape that is spherical and small
- a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a steep high face of rock
- a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- a central depository where things can be left or picked up
- the act of dropping something
verb
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- complete or carry out
- pour forth or release
- free from obligations or duties
- remove the charge from
- go off or discharge
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- eliminate (a substance)
- cause to go off
- release from military service
- become empty or void of its content
noun
- the sudden giving off of energy
- the act of venting
- a substance that is emitted or released
- any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- the act of discharging a gun
noun
- A detour, such as during road construction.
- A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
- Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of the accused person to a treatment or care program.
- The act of diverting.
- Removal of water via a canal.
- The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a different mode of transportation before arrival at the ultimate destination.
- A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
verb
- remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
- cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
- put in a horizontal position
- cause to come to the ground
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- put (an animal) to death
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
- make a record of; set down in permanent form
verb
verb
- bypass
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- make a sudden physical attack on
- increase suddenly and significantly
- be highly noticeable
- enter eagerly into
- rise in rank or status
- jump down from an elevated point
- run off or leave the rails
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- cause to jump or leap
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
noun
verb
- take away
- cause to move by pulling
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- move into a certain direction
- apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- steer into a certain direction
- strain abnormally
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- operate when rowing a boat
- rein in to keep from winning a race
- tear or be torn violently
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing
- strip of feathers
- remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for
noun
adj
noun
- A place where one can conveniently pull off the road.
- The act of leaving a filling station with the fuel pump hose nozzle still inserted into the fill spout of the fuel tank.
- The act of stealing fuel from a self-service filling station by driving off without paying after filling the fuel tank; the act of bilking.
- A contest or comparison of cars or drivers.
verb
- seize on its way
- come to a halt, stop moving
- put an end to a state or an activity
- stop from happening or developing
- interrupt a trip
- cause to end
- prevent completion
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- render unsuitable for passage
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
noun
- the event of something ending
- the act of stopping something
- a brief stay in the course of a journey
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- a spot where something halts or pauses
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
- a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
verb
- take somebody somewhere
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- use as a guide
- pass over, across, or through
noun
- someone employed to conduct others
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
verb
- take somebody somewhere
- carry out
- require (time or space)
- get into one's hands, take physically
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- take into one's possession
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- receive willingly something given or offered
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- require as useful, just, or proper
- experience or feel or submit to
- make a film or photograph of something
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- conquer by force
- occupy or take on
- admit into a group or community
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- be a student of a certain subject
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- head into a specified direction
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- engage for service under a term of contract
- receive or obtain regularly
- buy, select
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- have sex with; archaic use
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- be designed to hold or take
- be capable of holding or containing
- develop a habit
- proceed along in a vehicle
- obtain by winning
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
noun
verb
- move past
- go across or through
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- for time to move forward
- place into the hands or custody of
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- travel past
- come to pass
- go unchallenged; be approved
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- pass over, across, or through
- transmit information
- disappear gradually
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- be superior or better than some standard
- accept or judge as acceptable
- allow to go without comment or censure
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- throw (a ball) to another player
- be inherited by
- cause to pass
- grant authorization or clearance for
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
adj
noun
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- (military) a written leave of absence
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a difficult juncture
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- a complimentary ticket
- a usually brief attempt
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
verb
prep_phrase
adj
verb
- take somebody somewhere
- produce as a result or residue
- tend to or result in
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- be in charge of
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be conducive to
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- lead, extend, or afford access
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- preside over
noun
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- the introductory section of a story
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- an actor who plays a principal role
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a news story of major importance
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
noun
verb
verb
- take somebody somewhere
- command with authority
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- govern or manage
- cause to go somewhere
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- put an address on (an envelope)
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
adj
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
adv
adj
verb
verb
- To leave a road.
- To attend; show up.
- To succeed; work out; turn out well.
- To end up; to result.
- To empty for inspection.
- To remove from a mould, bowl etc.
- To put (cattle) out to pasture.
- To get out of bed; get up.
- To convince to vote
- To extinguish a light or other device
- To produce; make.
- To leave one's work to take part in a strike.
- To rape; to coerce an otherwise heterosexual individual into performing a homosexual role.
- To convince a person (usually a woman) to become a prostitute.
- To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.
- To become apparent or known, especially (as) it turns out
verb
adj
verb
- move outward
- distribute or disperse widely
- become distributed or widespread
- spread across or over
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- cause to become widely known
- become widely known and passed on
- strew or distribute over an area
- cover by spreading something over
- distribute over a surface in a layer
adj
- distributed or spread over a considerable extent
- prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out
- fully extended in width
noun
- process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
- a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
- farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
- a haphazard distribution in all directions
- a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
- a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
- two facing pages of a book or other publication
- the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)
- decorative cover for a bed
- act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
verb
verb
verb
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