All make ready antonyms

verb make ready

• compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
• unfasten — to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
• untie — to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
• free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
• flatter — to make flat.
• soften — to make soft or softer.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• demobilize — If a country or armed force demobilizes its troops, or if its troops demobilize, its troops are released from service and allowed to go home.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
• separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• listen — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• secret — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
• hold — 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.
• retain — to keep possession of.
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
• unlock — to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
• detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• liquefy — Make or become liquid.
• ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• 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.
• move — to pass from one place or position to another.
• change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
• remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
• gather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
• unfix — to render no longer fixed; unfasten; detach; loosen; free.
• take out — the act of taking.
• go up — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
• finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
• learn — to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.