All quarterback synonyms
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Q q verb quarterback
- bring β If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
- contribute β If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- draw β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- introduce β to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- prompt β done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- serve β to act as a servant.
- affect β If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
- cause β a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- convert β If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
- helm β Also, heaume. Also called great helm. a medieval helmet, typically formed as a single cylindrical piece with a flat or raised top, completely enclosing the head.
- incline β to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
- motivate β to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- produce β to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- spur β a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- tend β to attend by action, care, etc. (usually followed by to).
- bring on β If something brings on an illness, pain, or feeling, especially one that you often suffer from, it causes you to have it.
- get the jump on β to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
- trail-blaze β to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- inspect β to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- baby-sit β to act or work as a baby-sitter
- captain β In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank.
- eye β Each of a pair of globular organs in the head through which people and vertebrate animals see, the visible part typically appearing almond-shaped in animals with eyelids.
- herd β a herdsman (usually used in combination): a cowherd; a goatherd; a shepherd.
- skipper β a person or thing that skips.
- watch β to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- ride herd on β a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock: a herd of cattle; a herd of sheep; a herd of zebras.
- arrange β If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- form β external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- plot β a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- brainstorm β If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
- calculate β If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
- concoct β If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
- conspire β If two or more people or groups conspire to do something illegal or harmful, they make a secret agreement to do it.
- contemplate β If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
- craft β You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
- formulate β to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- hatch β to mark with lines, especially closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.
- intrigue β to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- invent β to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
- map β Walter, c1140β1209? Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.
- meditate β to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- outline β the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- ready β completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- represent β to present again or anew.
- shape β Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
- sketch β a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- trace β either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
- bargain for β If you have not bargained for or bargained on something that happens, you did not expect it to happen and so feel surprised or worried by it.