All hoist antonyms

verb hoist

• let down — British. a lease.
• withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• lessen — to become less.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• abandon — 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.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• hold down — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.