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| Main Entry: |
kick out
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot, bounce*, can*, cashier, chase, chuck, discharge, dismiss, drop, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, oust, out, reject, remove, sack, throw out, toss out |
| Antonyms: | allow, hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preserve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for, maintain; continue |
| Synonyms: | bottle, can, conserve, cure, defend, evaporate, freeze, guard, keep, keep up, mothball, mummify, perpetuate, pickle, process, protect, put up, refrigerate, retain, safeguard, save, season, secure, shelter, shield, store, sustain, uphold |
| Antonyms: | destroy, hurt, ruin |
| Main Entry: | record |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write down; store information |
| Synonyms: | book, can*, catalog, chalk up, chronicle, copy, cut, cut a track, document, dub, enroll, enter, enumerate, file, indite, inscribe, insert, jot down, keep account, lay down, list, log, make a recording, mark, mark down, matriculate, note, post, preserve, put down, put in writing, put on file, put on paper, put on tape, register, report, set down, tabulate, take down, tape, tape-record, transcribe, video*, videotape, wax, write in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove from position of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | ax, bounce*, can*, cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, expel, fire, give a pink slip, give marching orders, give the boot, kick out, send packing, ship, terminate |
| Antonyms: | employ, hire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | store |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collect and put aside |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, bin, bottle, bury, cache, can, cumulate, deposit, freeze, garner, hide, hive, hoard, hutch, keep, keep in reserve, lay away, lay up, lock away, lock up, mothball, pack, pack away, park, plant, put, put away, put by, put in storage, reserve, roll up, salt away, save, save for rainy day, sock away, squirrel, stash, stock, stockpile, treasure, victual, warehouse |
| Notes: | at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred |
| Antonyms: | squander, use, waste |
| Main Entry: | suspend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hold off |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short, debar, defer, discontinue, eject, eliminate, exclude, file, halt, hang, hang fire, hang up, hold up, inactivate, intermit, interrupt, lay aside, lay off, lay on the table, lay over, omit, pigeonhole, pink-slip, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put a stop to, put an end to, put off, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, put on the shelf, reject, retard, rule out, shelve, stave off, stay, waive, withhold |
| Antonyms: | complete, continue, finish, go, persist, sustain |
| Main Entry: | may |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grant permission |
| Synonyms: | be allowed, be authorized, be permitted, can, can do |
| Notes: | can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to' may is more optimistic than might; may carries the idea of permission while might suggests likelihood |
| Main Entry: | ax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss |
| Synonyms: | can, cleaver, discharge, fire, hatchet, poll, sack, tomahawk |
| Main Entry: | pink-slip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot out, boot, bounce*, bump*, can*, cashier, defrock, depone, depose, deselect, discharge, disemploy, disfrock, displace, disqualify, drop*, fire, furlough, give notice to, give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, give the ax, give the gate, give the heave-ho, give walking papers, give warning, impeach, kick out, lay off, let go*, let out, oust, pension, put away, recall, release, retire, sack, send packing, shelve, show someone the door, shut out, suspend, terminate, turn away, unfrock, unseat, wash out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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