prober



detective, examiner, inquirer, inquisitor, interrogator, pollster, questioner, secret agent ,

   maraca - battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers, crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, glockenspiel, gong, marimba, orchestral bells,

   pay court to - address, approach, break the ice, chase, court, cultivate, fawn upon, follow, handshake, kowtow, make advances, make up to, pay attention, play up to, pursue,

   vaudeville - Broadway, Passion play, audience success, ballet, bomb, broadcast drama, burlesque, burlesque show, carnival, charade, circus, cliff hanger, closet drama, comedy drama, critical success,

   loser - also-ran, bankrupt, bomb, booby, bummer, bust, clinker, con, duck, dud, failure, fall guy, false alarm, fiasco, flop,

   unbearable - a bit much, absolute, arrant, classical, complete, consummate, crass, decided, definitive, downright, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, insufferable,

   keep in hand - abstain, dispense with, do without, forbear, forgo, hold back, hold off, keep back, let alone, not touch, refrain, reserve, save, spare, waive ,

   in advance - ahead, ahead of time, ante, before, beforehand, betimes, early, first, fore, foremost, foresightedly, forward, in advance of, in anticipation, in front,

   know for certain - bet on, gamble on, go without saying, know, rest assured ,

   held in respect - admired, adored, esteemed, honoured, prestigious, prized, respected, revered, valued, well-thought-of ,

   posterity - aftermath, ancestry, backup man, blood, blood relation, blood relative, brood, children, clansman, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, conclusion, connections, consequence,