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lay a patch

VERB

accelerate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance expedite further hasten open up quicken spur step up stimulate

STRONG

drive dust forward gun hurry impel precipitate railroad rev roll tool

WEAK

fire up hammer on lay rubber make tracks nail it peel rubber put on afterburners put pedal to metal rev up speed up step on the gas

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block cease check delay discourage halt hinder slow stop

STRONG

dissuade repress wait

WEAK

decelerate defer impede postpone retard slow down

Example Sentences

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I wanted to grab the wheel and lay a patch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Slowly the Flying Fish forged ahead till right under her bow lay a patch of the yellow water.

From The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol by Goldfrap, John Henry

Straight opposite, in the middle of all this forest verdure, there lay a patch of white, like driven snow.

From Immensee by Storm, Theodor

Before him lay a patch of gray-green bay, flanked on either side by wharves upon which two black-hulled lumber schooners were disgorging their resinous cargo.

From Broken to the Plow by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

Soundness in painting consists in being able to lay a patch of color having exactly the right shape and tint.

From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

lay a patch

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