All strive synonyms

verb strive

• have it — (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
• attempt — If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
• have a hand in — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• hold on — 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.
• humping — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
• mix it up — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
• intend — to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan: We intend to leave in a month.
• jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
• work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
• encounter — Unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile).
• break one's back — to overwork or work very hard
• compete — If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it.
• bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
• go all out — make a full effort
• lend a hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• come apart at the seams — come unstitched
• exert — Apply or bring to bear (a force, influence, or quality).
• flounder — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
• have a shot at — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
• mismatched — Simple past tense and past participle of mismatch.
• drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
• break one's neck — to exert oneself greatly, esp by hurrying, in order to do something
• fagging — to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out): The long climb fagged us out.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• figure on — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
• freelancing — Present participle of freelance.
• moil — to work hard; drudge.
• combat — Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
• look for — 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.
• go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
• make haste — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
• have it out — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
• endeavor — Try hard to do or achieve something.
• fall down — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
• go for broke — a simple past tense of break.
• get in on — obtain a share in
• labour — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
• bobble — A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes.
• add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
• aspire — If you aspire to something such as an important job, you have a strong desire to achieve it.
• have at — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
• agonise — to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
• quarrel — a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
• lift a finger — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
• fag — Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.