join the opposition
counter, counteract, countervail, cross, go against, oppose, protest, resist, run against, take issue with, traverse, withstand ,
convert to use - impress, look to, refer, refer to, resort to, take to, turn to
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dozen - boxcar, boxcars, eighty, eleven, fifteen, fifty, five and twenty, fortnight, forty, four and twenty, fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen, half a hundred, long dozen,
trial-and-error - empirical, experimental, heuristic, pilot, probationary, provisional, tentative, test, testing, trial, trying ,
seize the meaning - absorb, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, catch, catch on, comprehend, conceive, dig, digest, fathom, follow, get, get hold of, get the picture,
take to court - law, litigate, prosecute, sue ,
knocked up - anticipating, carrying, expecting, gravid, great, heavy, pregnant, teeming, with child ,
cobwebby - breakable, brittle, crumbly, dainty, delicate, effeminate, filmy, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, light, lightweight, papery, puny,
hot goods - blackmail, boodle, booty, contraband, dope, graft, haul, loot, perks, perquisite, pickings, plunder, pork barrel, prize, public trough,
depressive - affecting, bitter, black, bleak, brooder, cheerless, deplorable, depressant, depressing, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dismaying, distressing, dolorous,
cast aside - abandon, cast, cast away, cast off, chuck, deep six, discard, dispose of, ditch, dump, eliminate, get rid of, give away, jettison, jilt,
dozen - boxcar, boxcars, eighty, eleven, fifteen, fifty, five and twenty, fortnight, forty, four and twenty, fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen, half a hundred, long dozen,
trial-and-error - empirical, experimental, heuristic, pilot, probationary, provisional, tentative, test, testing, trial, trying ,
seize the meaning - absorb, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, catch, catch on, comprehend, conceive, dig, digest, fathom, follow, get, get hold of, get the picture,
take to court - law, litigate, prosecute, sue ,
knocked up - anticipating, carrying, expecting, gravid, great, heavy, pregnant, teeming, with child ,
cobwebby - breakable, brittle, crumbly, dainty, delicate, effeminate, filmy, flimsy, fragile, frail, frangible, light, lightweight, papery, puny,
hot goods - blackmail, boodle, booty, contraband, dope, graft, haul, loot, perks, perquisite, pickings, plunder, pork barrel, prize, public trough,
depressive - affecting, bitter, black, bleak, brooder, cheerless, deplorable, depressant, depressing, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dismaying, distressing, dolorous,
cast aside - abandon, cast, cast away, cast off, chuck, deep six, discard, dispose of, ditch, dump, eliminate, get rid of, give away, jettison, jilt,