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All crack down antonyms

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verb crack down

  • leave alone β€” separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
  • discourage β€” to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • halt β€” to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
  • stop β€” to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • check β€” Check is also a noun.
  • cease β€” If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
  • refuse β€” to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • prevent β€” to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
  • disapprove β€” to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • ignore β€” to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • release β€” to lease again.
  • repress β€” to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
  • disregard β€” to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • forego β€” forgo.
  • lose β€” to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • fail β€” to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • forget β€” to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
  • neglect β€” to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • give β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • let go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • miss β€” to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • abandon β€” If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
  • drop β€” a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • give up β€” the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • overlook β€” to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
  • aid β€” Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • assist β€” If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • permit β€” to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
  • liberate β€” to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • forsake β€” to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
  • loosen β€” to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
  • mislead β€” to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
  • allow β€” If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
  • help β€” to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • promote β€” to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
  • free β€” enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • start β€” to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
  • turn on β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • loose β€” free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
  • misguide β€” to guide wrongly; misdirect.
  • leave β€” to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • create β€” To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
  • persuade β€” to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
  • begin β€” To begin to do something means to start doing it.
  • bear β€” If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
  • dissuade β€” to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • block β€” A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
  • delay β€” If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
  • deter β€” To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
  • hinder β€” to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
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