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lay it on thick
verb as in affect
verb as in butter up
verb as in cajole
Strong matches
verb as in exaggerate
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in flatter
Strongest match
Strong matches
verb as in inveigle
verb as in overplay
verb as in overstate
verb as in sweet-talk
Example Sentences
“We are going to lay it on thick for her,” read one text from Howard.
And sheesh, does the lead sponsor, Pennsylvania Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, lay it on thick.
“I like his fearlessness, the way he just attacks everything he thinks wasn’t right, using a lot of humanist tools — killer philology, but also historical argument. And all this massive rhetoric! ‘You dolt,’ ‘You idiot’ — he did like to lay it on thick.”
McCarthy knows that we know that he knows that he can lay it on thick.
Maximalism allows you to really lay it on thick, but editing is key; it’s the most important aspect of making the style work.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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