abdicate
abandon, abjure, acknowledge defeat, be pensioned, be superannuated, cashier, cast, cease, cede, cry quits, demit, desist from, drop, forgo, forswear,
bindery - armoury, arsenal, assembly line, boatyard, brewery, dairy, distillery, dockyard, factory, industrial park, mill, mint, packing house, plant, pottery,
give ear - attend, attend to, bug, eavesdrop, hark, hear, hearken, heed, intercept, listen, listen in, sit in on, tap, wiretap ,
interceder - agent, broker, connection, deputy, entrepreneur, front, front man, go between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, mediator, medium, middleman, mouthpiece,
old gent - Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, centenarian, dotard, elder, gaffer, geezer, grandfather, greybeard, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old man, older, patriarch,
light-footed - agile, breakneck, dashing, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, galloping, graceful, hasty, headlong, light, lively, mercurial,
female line - affiliation, birth, blood, bloodline, branch, breed, consanguinity, derivation, descent, direct line, distaff side, extraction, family, house, line,
stumble on - alight upon, arrive at, blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come, come across, come at, come on, come up against, come upon, encounter, fall in with, fall upon, get at,
purplish - amethystine, lavender, livid, magenta, mauve, purple, violet ,
time out - break, breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, check in, check off, check out, cigarette break, clock in, clock out, cocktail hour, coffee break,
mount the throne - accede, arrogate, assume, attain, seize, take charge, take over, usurp ,
give ear - attend, attend to, bug, eavesdrop, hark, hear, hearken, heed, intercept, listen, listen in, sit in on, tap, wiretap ,
interceder - agent, broker, connection, deputy, entrepreneur, front, front man, go between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, mediator, medium, middleman, mouthpiece,
old gent - Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, centenarian, dotard, elder, gaffer, geezer, grandfather, greybeard, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old man, older, patriarch,
light-footed - agile, breakneck, dashing, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, galloping, graceful, hasty, headlong, light, lively, mercurial,
female line - affiliation, birth, blood, bloodline, branch, breed, consanguinity, derivation, descent, direct line, distaff side, extraction, family, house, line,
stumble on - alight upon, arrive at, blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come, come across, come at, come on, come up against, come upon, encounter, fall in with, fall upon, get at,
purplish - amethystine, lavender, livid, magenta, mauve, purple, violet ,
time out - break, breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, check in, check off, check out, cigarette break, clock in, clock out, cocktail hour, coffee break,
mount the throne - accede, arrogate, assume, attain, seize, take charge, take over, usurp ,