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All evaginate synonyms

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verb evaginate

  • inverse — reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
  • invert — to turn upside down.
  • rearrange — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
  • retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
  • revert — to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
  • switch — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
  • transfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
  • transpose — to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
  • upend — to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
  • upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
  • back up — If someone or something backs up a statement, they supply evidence to suggest that it is true.
  • double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • go back — return
  • turn around — move to face away
  • turn back — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • turn over — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • overturn — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
  • shift — to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
  • about-face — An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
  • back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
  • backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
  • backtrack — If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
  • capsize — If you capsize a boat or if it capsizes, it turns upside down in the water.
  • flip-flop — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
  • interchange — to put each in the place of the other: to interchange pieces of modular furniture.
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