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All do one's thing antonyms

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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.
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