unfasten
cast off, detach, disengage, doff, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, remove, take off, unbar, unbind, unbolt, unbuckle,
quivery - agitated, aspen, bickering, blinking, dancing, fidgety, flashing, flickering, fluttering, fluttery, jittery, jumpy, lambent, palsied, playing,
chain discount - abatement, allowance, breakage, concession, cut, deduction, depreciation, drawback, kickback, penalty, percentage, premium, price cut, rebate, reduction,
torturous - acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressing, excruciating, gnawing, grave, griping, hard,
hit rock bottom - come down, decline, degenerate, despair, despond, deteriorate, die, droop, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, give way,
lord mayor - alderman, chancellor, city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, councilman, elder, headman, legislator, magistrate, mayor, minister, minister of state, reeve,
remove friction - aid, clear the way, ease, expedite, explain, facilitate, grease, grease the wheels, hasten, help, loose, lubricate, make clear, oil, open up,
testimony - admission, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, argument, assertion, asseveration, attest, attestation, authentication, avowal, certification, claim, confirmation, corroboration,
clap on ratlines - board, boom, cut loose, haul, heave, lay, log, warp ,
degrading - abasement, abusive, atrocious, backhand, backhanded, beneath one, bump, bust, calumnious, casting down, cheap, contumelious, debasement, debasing, degradation,
twirl - back stream, backwash, backwater, centrifugate, centrifuge, cirrus, coil, contort, convolution, corkscrew, counterflow, crinkle, curl, curlicue, dizzy round,
chain discount - abatement, allowance, breakage, concession, cut, deduction, depreciation, drawback, kickback, penalty, percentage, premium, price cut, rebate, reduction,
torturous - acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, biting, consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressing, excruciating, gnawing, grave, griping, hard,
hit rock bottom - come down, decline, degenerate, despair, despond, deteriorate, die, droop, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, give way,
lord mayor - alderman, chancellor, city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, councilman, elder, headman, legislator, magistrate, mayor, minister, minister of state, reeve,
remove friction - aid, clear the way, ease, expedite, explain, facilitate, grease, grease the wheels, hasten, help, loose, lubricate, make clear, oil, open up,
testimony - admission, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, argument, assertion, asseveration, attest, attestation, authentication, avowal, certification, claim, confirmation, corroboration,
clap on ratlines - board, boom, cut loose, haul, heave, lay, log, warp ,
degrading - abasement, abusive, atrocious, backhand, backhanded, beneath one, bump, bust, calumnious, casting down, cheap, contumelious, debasement, debasing, degradation,
twirl - back stream, backwash, backwater, centrifugate, centrifuge, cirrus, coil, contort, convolution, corkscrew, counterflow, crinkle, curl, curlicue, dizzy round,