All do one's thing antonyms
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D d verb do one's thing
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- forego β forgo.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- hesitate β to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- idle β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- 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.
- forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- quit β to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- leave alone β separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- create β To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- commence β When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- disarrange β to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- disorder β lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disorganize β to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- put off β to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- begin β To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- start β to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- introduce β to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- 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.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- defer β If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- undo β to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- veto β the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- stay β (of a ship) to change to the other tack.