All reach antonyms
reach
R r verb reach
- wane β to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- fade out β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- die out β If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
- die β When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- go wrong β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- fold up β a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- go bad β not good in any manner or degree.
- go belly up β the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- go broke β a simple past tense of break.
- ease off β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- faulted β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- fall away β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- go bust β If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.
- atrophied β exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- fagged out β exhausted
- close down β to cease or cause to cease operations
- go downhill β travel down a slope
- fall flat β horizontally level: a flat roof.
- faulting β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- atrophying β Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /ΙΛtroΚ fi Ι/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- funked β rotten; moldy.
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- lose out 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.
- come to nothing β plan, idea: fail
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- overdraw β to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
- funking β cowering fear; state of great fright or terror.
- come to pass β to take place
- overdrawn β Past participle of overdraw.
- faint β lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- hit bottom β the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill; the bottom of a page. Synonyms: base, foot, pedestal.
- go to pot β a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
- fall through β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- go to the dogs β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- go to the wall β any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- defalcate β to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- disimprove β (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- fall β 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.
- go up β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- hit the dirt β to drop to the ground
- miss the boat β a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- go up in smoke β the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- die away β If a sound dies away, it gradually becomes weaker or fainter and finally disappears completely.