All knock oneself out synonyms
knock oneΒ·self out
K k verb knock oneself out
- compete β If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it.
- vie β to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- confront β If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
- cope β If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully.
- resist β to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- grapple β to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- argue β If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
- dispute β to engage in argument or debate.
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- tackle β equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
- aim β If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.
- seek β to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- go all out β make a full effort
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- withstand β to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
- litigate β to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- clash β When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
- contest β A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
- rival β a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- face β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- skirmish β Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
- controvert β to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
- jostle β to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- stand β (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- battle β A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
- strive β to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- tug β to pull at with force, vigor, or effort.
- oppugn β to assail by criticism, argument, or action.
- struggle β to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- contend β If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
- sweat β to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- moil β to work hard; drudge.
- attempt β If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
- toil β Usually, toils. a net or series of nets in which game known to be in the area is trapped or into which game outside of the area is driven.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- labor β productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- strain β to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
- hassle β a disorderly dispute.
- jockey β a person who rides horses professionally in races.
- compete β If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it.
- assay β An assay is a test of a substance to find out what chemicals it contains. It is usually carried out to find out how pure a substance is.
- fight β a battle or combat.
- scramble β to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- plug β an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- slave β a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.