main force



authority, beef, black power, brute force, charge, charisma, clout, cogency, compulsion, dint, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, energy,

   limited monarchy - aristocracy, autonomy, colonialism, commonwealth, democracy, dictatorship, federation, feudal system, garrison state, hierarchy, home rule, martial law, militarism, mob rule, monarchy,

   enmeshed in - absorbed, caught up in, hooked, immersed, submerged in, tied up, wrapped up in ,

   features - air, appearance, bearing, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, colour, complexion, configuration, contour, countenance, delineation, demeanour, dial,

   claimed - alleged, avowed, hypocritical, imperative, in name only, ostensible, pretended, professed, specious ,

   pole strap - bit, blind, blinders, breeching, bridle, caparison, cinch, collar, crupper, curb, girth, halter, harness, headgear, lines,

   viola - English horn, Stradivarius, bass, bass viol, bassoon, block flute, bombard, bow, bridge, bull fiddle, cello, clarinet, clarion, concert flute, contrabass,

   tobacco pouch - bag, clay, corncob, hookah, meerschaum, pipe ,

   in transit to - against, en route to, on, to, toward, up, upon, versus ,

   illiberality - avarice, bigotry, blind spot, blinders, closeness, fanaticism, insularity, intolerance, littleness, meanness, near-sightedness, nearness, parochialism, pettiness, provincialism,

   take the count - bite the dust, bomb, bow, crap out, fall, fan, flop, flummox, fold, go down, go under, lose, strike out, succumb, tumble,