All lay one's hands on antonyms

verb lay one's hands on

• release — to lease again.
• misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
• liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
• surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
• overtake — to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with: By taking a cab to the next town, we managed to overtake and board the train.
• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• give in — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
• soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• 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.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• unfasten — to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
• yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
• pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
• understand — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
• free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
• give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
• receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
• pass by — go past
• overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
• displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
• move — to pass from one place or position to another.