locking in



holding, inhibition, keeping, maintenance, preservation, repression, suppression, tenacity ,

   count for - answer for, go for, pass for, score ,

   compound for - change, commute, exchange, make do, put up with, redeem, ring in, substitute, switch ,

   gather - accumulate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggregate, ally, amass, approach, articulate, assemble, associate, assume, await, band, batch,

   ocular - achromatic lens, astigmatic lens, burning glass, camera, coated lens, concave lens, condenser, convex lens, eye, eyeball, eyeglass, eyepiece, glass, hand lens, lamp,

   aggravated assault - aggression, assault, blitz, blitzkrieg, breakthrough, charge, counter-attack, diversion, drive, infiltration, mugging, offence, offensive, onset, onslaught,

   trifling - Mickey Mouse, airy, asinine, banal, bickering, brimful, brimming, captious, catchpenny, cavilling, chic, chitchat, classy, commonplace, coquetry,

   crushing - Herculean, annoying, arduous, awkward, backbreaking, besetting, bothersome, burdensome, chastening, disconcerting, disturbing, embarrassing, forced, gruelling, hard-earned,

   dynamo - centre, device, engine, generator, hustler, live wire, parts, peeler, relay ,

   nod off - doze, drop off, nod, sleep ,

   Scrooge - churl, miser, niggard, skin ,