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All lie in wait antonyms

lie in wait
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verb lie in wait

  • do β€” Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
  • forge β€” to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
  • forward β€” toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
  • allow β€” If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
  • complete β€” You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
  • cease β€” If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
  • hurry β€” to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
  • go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • leave β€” to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • halt β€” to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
  • stop β€” to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • carry on β€” If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
  • finish β€” to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
  • depart β€” When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
  • move β€” to pass from one place or position to another.
  • come out β€” When a new product such as a book or CD comes out, it becomes available to the public.
  • confront β€” If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
  • face β€” the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
  • meet β€” greatest lower bound
  • take on β€” to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • release β€” to lease again.
  • liberate β€” to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • misunderstand β€” to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • let go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • free β€” enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • 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.
  • give β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • offer β€” to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
  • carry out β€” If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
  • go ahead β€” permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
  • rush β€” to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
  • advance β€” To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
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