quarter-horse race
Derby, chase, handicap, stake, steeplechase, sweep, sweepstakes ,
baulky horse - crock, dog, goat, hack, jade, nag, plug, rogue, scallywag, stiff
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oath of office - assurance, guarantee, oath, pledge, vow, warrant, word ,
sanctimonious - Pharisaic, Victorian, affected, canting, censorious, deceiving, demure, false, fanatical, goody, goody-goody, hidebound, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, insincere,
swell it - pontificate, put on, swank, swell ,
exiled - banned, barred, debarred, deported, ejected, excluded, expelled, homeless, left out, liquidated, not in it, not included, outcast, precluded, prohibited,
thievish - catching, dishonest, fraudulent, taking, thieving ,
cut under - close out, dump, flood the market, job, market, merchandise, move, retail, sacrifice, sell, sell out, sell short, turn over, undercut, undersell,
omission - Sisyphean labour, abbreviation, abridgement, absence, arrearage, atrocity, bad policy, ban, bar, barring, baulk, beggary, blank, blockade, blue-pencilling,
stalemate - Tweedledum and Tweedledee, arrest, bell, blind alley, block, box, brake, bring to, bring up short, check, checkmate, corner, cul-de-sac, cut short, cut-off,
PA - Gramophone, PA system, audio sound system, audiophile, binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge, ceramic pick-up, changer, crystal pick-up, derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system, four-channel stereo system, high-fidelity,
oath of office - assurance, guarantee, oath, pledge, vow, warrant, word ,
sanctimonious - Pharisaic, Victorian, affected, canting, censorious, deceiving, demure, false, fanatical, goody, goody-goody, hidebound, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, insincere,
swell it - pontificate, put on, swank, swell ,
exiled - banned, barred, debarred, deported, ejected, excluded, expelled, homeless, left out, liquidated, not in it, not included, outcast, precluded, prohibited,
thievish - catching, dishonest, fraudulent, taking, thieving ,
cut under - close out, dump, flood the market, job, market, merchandise, move, retail, sacrifice, sell, sell out, sell short, turn over, undercut, undersell,
omission - Sisyphean labour, abbreviation, abridgement, absence, arrearage, atrocity, bad policy, ban, bar, barring, baulk, beggary, blank, blockade, blue-pencilling,
stalemate - Tweedledum and Tweedledee, arrest, bell, blind alley, block, box, brake, bring to, bring up short, check, checkmate, corner, cul-de-sac, cut short, cut-off,
PA - Gramophone, PA system, audio sound system, audiophile, binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge, ceramic pick-up, changer, crystal pick-up, derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system, four-channel stereo system, high-fidelity,