bared



bare, denuded, divested, exposed, naked, showing, stripped, uncovered ,

   academe - academia, college, graduate school, instructor, junior college, normal, normal school, university, varsity ,

   backstabbing - back biting, calumny, character assassination, defamation, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, scandal, slander, sycophancy, tale ,

   vassal - bondsman, captive, chattel, chattel slave, churl, client, concubine, creature, debt slave, dependent, feudal, feudatory, flunky, follower, galley slave,

   at variance with - alienated, at odds, at variance, breakaway, differing, disagreeing, dissenting, dissident, in opposition, nonconforming, opposed, opposing, recusant, sectarian, sectary,

   the bludgeon - coercion, duress, intimidation, pressure, strong arm, violence ,

   play peekaboo - burrow, disappear, hide, hole up, lie low, look, masquerade, peek, peep, peer, pry, sit tight, take cover ,

   low-salt diet - calorie counter, diet, dietetics, dieting, pap, regime, vegetarianism ,

   try it on - assay, confirm, essay, experiment, play around with, practice, prove, research, road test, sample, shake down, substantiate, taste, test, try,

   heckled - badgered, baited, bedevilled, beset, bugged, devilled, dogged, harassed, harried, hectored, hounded, needled, nipped at, persecuted, pestered,

   carpet - asphalt, berate, black top, broadloom, carpeting, causeway, cement, cobblestone, concrete, cover, deck, doormat, drop cloth, earth, flag,