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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk out of job in protest |
| Synonyms: | arbitrate, be on strike, boycott, go on strike, hit the bricks, hold out, mediate, mutiny, negotiate, picket, quit, refuse to work, resist, revolt, sit down, sit in, slow down, stick out, stop, tie up |
| Notes: | to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it |
| Main Entry: | weather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | acclimate, bear the brunt of, bear up against, become toughened, brave, come through, expose, get through, grow hardened, grow strong, harden, make it, overcome, pull through, resist, ride out, rise above, season, stand, stick it out, suffer, surmount, survive, toughen, withstand |
| Notes: | a wether is a neutered ram; weather is climactic and atmospheric conditions; while whether simply means 'if' or 'either' |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | withhold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep back |
| Synonyms: | abstain, bridle, check, clam up, conceal, constrain, curb, deduct, deny, detain, disallow, dummy up, hide, hold, hold back, hold down, hold out, hold out on, inhibit, keep, keep secret, keep to oneself, keep under one's hat, keep under wraps, kill, refrain, refuse, repress, reserve, resist, restrain, retain, sit on, spike, stop oneself, suppress |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
| Main Entry: | withstand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
| Synonyms: | brace, brave, buck, combat, confront, contest, cope, cross, defy, dispute, duel, face, fight, fly in the face of, grapple with, hang on, hang tough, hold off, hold one's ground, hold out, oppose, prevail against, put up struggle, put up with, remain firm, repel, resist, ride out, sit and take it, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand up against, stand up to, stick fast, stick*, suffer, take, take it, take on, thwart, tolerate, traverse, violate, weather, win out |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fight back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defend |
| Synonyms: | beat off, bottle up, check, contain, control, curb, fight off, hold back, oppose, repel, reply, repress, repulse, resist, restrain, retaliate, stave off, ward off |
| Main Entry: | stand pat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick to one's position |
| Synonyms: | hold out, resist, stand one's ground, stay put, stick to one's guns |
| Main Entry: | stonewall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay |
| Synonyms: | filibuster, rebuff, resist, stall |
| Main Entry: | impune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | assail, challenge, contradict, deny, gainsay, resist |
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