lay the foundation
base, blaze the trail, break the ice, build, build in, clear the way, cultivate the soil, establish, fix, found, go in advance, ground, install, invest, lay the groundwork,
security guard - advance guard, coast guard, cordon, garrison, goalie, guard, jailer, outpost, picket, van, vanguard, warder
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cheep - cackle, call, carol, caw, chatter, chip, chirp, chirrup, chuck, clack, cluck, coo, croak, crow, cuckoo,
lee shore - ledge, lee, leeward, pitfall, quicksand, reef, sandbank, sandbar, shoal, snag, undercurrent, undertow ,
blockhead - blunderer, bonehead, boor, botcher, bufflehead, bumbler, bungler, clod, clodhopper, clot, clown, dimwit, dolt, dumbbell, dummy,
assail - ambush, assault, attack, blister, blitz, bushwhack, castigate, censure, come at, come down on, crack down on, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, descend on,
five-and-ten - boutique, chain store, co-op, concession, cooperative, country store, department store, dime store, discount house, discount store, emporium, establishment, general store, house, mail-order house,
asseveration - admission, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation, assertion, attestation, avowal, conclusion, creed, declaration, deposition, dictum, disclosure,
keep in order - boss, overlook, oversee, stand over, supervise, take care of ,
pertinacious - assiduous, baulking, baulky, bigoted, bullheaded, case-hardened, clamorous, constant, continuing, crying, demanding, diligent, dogged, dogmatic, draining,
good fellow - acceptable person, capital fellow, diamond, gem, gentleman, good lot, good man, good person, good sort, good woman, hearty, honest man, jewel, lady, pearl,
cheep - cackle, call, carol, caw, chatter, chip, chirp, chirrup, chuck, clack, cluck, coo, croak, crow, cuckoo,
lee shore - ledge, lee, leeward, pitfall, quicksand, reef, sandbank, sandbar, shoal, snag, undercurrent, undertow ,
blockhead - blunderer, bonehead, boor, botcher, bufflehead, bumbler, bungler, clod, clodhopper, clot, clown, dimwit, dolt, dumbbell, dummy,
assail - ambush, assault, attack, blister, blitz, bushwhack, castigate, censure, come at, come down on, crack down on, cry out against, cry out on, cry shame upon, descend on,
five-and-ten - boutique, chain store, co-op, concession, cooperative, country store, department store, dime store, discount house, discount store, emporium, establishment, general store, house, mail-order house,
asseveration - admission, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation, assertion, attestation, avowal, conclusion, creed, declaration, deposition, dictum, disclosure,
keep in order - boss, overlook, oversee, stand over, supervise, take care of ,
pertinacious - assiduous, baulking, baulky, bigoted, bullheaded, case-hardened, clamorous, constant, continuing, crying, demanding, diligent, dogged, dogmatic, draining,
good fellow - acceptable person, capital fellow, diamond, gem, gentleman, good lot, good man, good person, good sort, good woman, hearty, honest man, jewel, lady, pearl,