All follow antonyms
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F f verb follow
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- precede — to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.
- pass over — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- release — to lease again.
- reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- disobey — Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
- overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- differ — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
- fight — a battle or combat.
- oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- clash — When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
- lose — 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.