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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow |
| Synonyms: | actuate, circle, fly about, get about, get around, go about, gyrate, mill around, mobilize, move around, radiate, revolve, rotate, set off, travel, wander |
| Antonyms: | block |
| Main Entry: | shift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | switch, fluctuate |
| Synonyms: | about-face, alter, blow hot and cold, bottom out, budge, change, change gears, cook*, deviate, dial back, dislocate, displace, disturb, do up, drift, exchange, fault, flip-flop, hem and haw, move, move around, move over, rearrange, recalibrate, relocate, remove, replace, reposition, ship, shuffle, slip, stir, substitute, swap places, swerve, switch over, tack, transfer, transmogrify, transpose, turn, turn around, turn the corner, turn the tables, vacillate, vary, veer, waffle, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | deactivate, remain, stagnate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumnavigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around |
| Synonyms: | bypass, circle, circumvent, compass, move around, skirt, travel around |
| Notes: | circumnavigate means to proceed completely around while circumvent means to avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing duties, questions, or issues |
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