take care of

The phrase “take care of” has 3 syllables: take care of

It's pronounced as /teɪk kɛr ʌv/


What is synonym and antonym for take care of?

In the thesaurus, “take care of” has 732 synonyms and 166 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for take care of along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for take care of

  • KO
  • TCB
  • abet
  • accommodate
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • act
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • administer
  • administrate
  • advance
  • advocate
  • aid
  • allow
  • alter
  • answer
  • ante up
  • apply oneself to
  • approach
  • arrange
  • arrive
  • assemble
  • assist
  • atone
  • atone for
  • attain
  • attend
  • attend to
  • baby
  • baby-sit
  • babysit
  • back
  • back up
  • bail out
  • balance
  • ballyhoo
  • bang
  • bash
  • batter
  • be capable of
  • be equal to
  • be in charge
  • be in saddle
  • be in the saddle
  • be in the service of
  • be on alert
  • be on duty
  • be on the lookout
  • be responsible for
  • be solicitous of
  • be up to
  • be vigilant
  • be wary
  • be watchful
  • bear down
  • bear the cost
  • bear the expense
  • beat
  • beat down
  • beat up
  • behave
  • behave toward
  • benefit
  • bequeath
  • bestow
  • better
  • blank
  • blast
  • blow away
  • bludgeon
  • boost
  • boss
  • break face
  • bring
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • bring to fruition
  • bring up
  • buffet
  • bulldoze
  • bump off
  • bury
  • button down
  • button up
  • buy
  • buy back
  • buy off
  • call a day
  • call the play
  • call the shots
  • call upon
  • can
  • can do
  • captain
  • care for
  • carry on
  • carry out
  • catalogue
  • cater
  • cater to
  • cause
  • chamber
  • champion
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • cherish
  • chill
  • chip in
  • chop
  • classify
  • claw
  • clean
  • clean up
  • clear
  • clinch
  • clobber
  • close
  • coax
  • coddle
  • codify
  • collaborate
  • combine
  • come
  • come down with
  • come through
  • command
  • commit
  • comp
  • compass
  • compensate
  • complete
  • compose
  • conceal
  • concentrate on
  • concern
  • concert
  • conclude
  • concoct
  • conduct
  • conduct oneself
  • confer
  • conquer
  • conserve
  • consider
  • constitute
  • construct
  • consummate
  • continue
  • contribute
  • control
  • convert
  • cook
  • cooperate
  • coordinate
  • cope with
  • corral
  • correlate
  • corrupt
  • cosset
  • cough up
  • counsel
  • counterbalance
  • counterpoise
  • countervail
  • cover
  • cover-up
  • crack the whip
  • cradle
  • cream
  • create
  • crown
  • crush
  • cultivate
  • cure
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down on
  • cut off
  • cut the mustard
  • deal with
  • decide
  • deck
  • deep-six
  • defeat
  • defend
  • defray
  • delight
  • designate
  • determine
  • devote oneself to
  • dig
  • dig up
  • direct
  • disburse
  • discharge
  • discuss
  • dispatch
  • dispense
  • dispose
  • dispose of
  • distribute
  • do
  • do a bang-up job
  • do away with
  • do business
  • do for
  • do in
  • do justice
  • do one proud
  • do the job
  • do the trick
  • do to a T
  • doctor
  • dominate
  • drop curtain
  • drown
  • drub
  • dust
  • earn wings
  • effect
  • effectuate
  • enact
  • enclose
  • encourage
  • end
  • enforce
  • engage in
  • engender
  • engineer
  • entertain
  • entice
  • equalize
  • equip
  • erase
  • establish
  • exceed
  • excel
  • execute
  • expedite
  • expiate
  • extend
  • facilitate
  • fashion
  • father
  • favor
  • feed
  • finance
  • finish
  • fit
  • fit out
  • fix
  • fix up
  • fix up with
  • flagellate
  • flail
  • flax
  • floor
  • focus on
  • fold up
  • foot
  • foot the bill
  • form
  • formulate
  • forward
  • foster
  • frame
  • fulfill
  • fund
  • furnish
  • further
  • gain
  • generate
  • get a handle on something
  • get at
  • get going
  • get it together
  • get ready
  • get someplace
  • get the better of
  • get there
  • get to
  • get-together
  • give
  • give a boost
  • give a boost to
  • give a leg up
  • give a lift
  • give in
  • give rein to
  • give satisfaction
  • go along
  • go at
  • go down the line for
  • go easy on
  • go for
  • go on with
  • go the distance
  • go to bat for
  • go with
  • govern
  • grant
  • gratify
  • grease
  • grease palm
  • grease the wheels
  • group
  • guard
  • guerdon
  • guide
  • hack it
  • halt
  • hammer away
  • hand over
  • handle
  • handle roughly
  • harbor
  • harmonize
  • hasten
  • have a go at
  • have at
  • have it made
  • have to do with
  • haven
  • head
  • head up
  • heal
  • helm
  • help
  • hide
  • hit
  • hoard
  • hold down
  • honor
  • house
  • humor
  • hurt
  • hype
  • ice
  • ill-treat
  • immobilize
  • immunize
  • implement
  • indemnify
  • indulge
  • influence
  • inoculate
  • inspect
  • instigate
  • instruct
  • irradiate
  • jell
  • keep
  • keep alive
  • keep an eye on
  • keep eyes open
  • keep eyes peeled
  • keep going
  • keep safe
  • keep tabs on
  • keep up
  • keep watch over
  • kick in
  • kill
  • knock about
  • knock around
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • knuckle down to
  • lacerate
  • lambaste
  • lash
  • lay one out
  • lead
  • lean on
  • lend a hand
  • let have it
  • lick
  • lick into shape
  • line up
  • liquidate
  • live with
  • lodge
  • look after
  • look out
  • look out for
  • look to
  • lubricate
  • lure
  • maintain
  • make
  • make a deal
  • make a go of it
  • make a pitch for
  • make amends
  • make good
  • make hay
  • make it
  • make out
  • make payment
  • make ready
  • make the grade
  • make up for
  • maltreat
  • manage
  • manipulate
  • marshal
  • master
  • may
  • medicate
  • meet
  • methodize
  • mind
  • minister
  • minister to
  • mold
  • molest
  • mollycoddle
  • mop up
  • mother
  • move
  • mug
  • murder
  • muscle
  • nail it
  • negotiate
  • nourish
  • nuke
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • oblige
  • off
  • offer
  • officiate
  • offset
  • oil palm
  • open doors
  • operate
  • ordain
  • outclass
  • outdo
  • outfit
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overcome
  • overcompensate
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • overthrow
  • overwhelm
  • own
  • pamper
  • pander
  • pander to
  • paste
  • patrol
  • patronize
  • paw
  • pay
  • pay for
  • pay off
  • pay up
  • peg away
  • pelt
  • percolate
  • perfect
  • perform
  • perpetuate
  • persevere
  • pervert
  • pet
  • pick up on
  • pigeonhole
  • pilot
  • pitch into
  • plank out
  • play
  • please
  • plug
  • plug away at
  • plunk down
  • ply
  • police
  • polish off
  • pony up
  • pound
  • prepare
  • prepay
  • present
  • preserve
  • preside
  • preside over
  • prevail
  • produce
  • proffer
  • prolong
  • promote
  • propagate
  • propitiate
  • prosecute
  • prostrate
  • protect
  • provide
  • provision
  • puff
  • pull off
  • pull the strings
  • pummel
  • push
  • put away
  • put finishing touch on
  • put in order
  • put in the hospital
  • put into effect
  • put it over
  • put lid on
  • put on the map
  • put out
  • put over
  • put through
  • put to bed
  • put together
  • put up
  • quarterback
  • quell
  • rack up
  • raise
  • range
  • ration
  • reach
  • ready
  • realize
  • rear
  • reciprocate
  • recompense
  • recoup
  • recover
  • redress
  • reduce
  • refine
  • refund
  • regale
  • regulate
  • reimburse
  • reinforce
  • relieve
  • remedy
  • remit
  • remunerate
  • render
  • renew
  • repair
  • repay
  • replenish
  • request
  • requite
  • retain
  • retaliate
  • retrieve
  • return
  • review
  • reward
  • rid
  • ride herd on
  • ride shotgun
  • ride shotgun for
  • roll over
  • roof
  • root for
  • rough up
  • rout
  • rule
  • run
  • run interference for
  • run the show
  • run things
  • run with the ball
  • safeguard
  • sail through
  • satiate
  • satisfy
  • save
  • score
  • scrape up
  • screen
  • scrimp
  • secure
  • seduce
  • see after
  • see to
  • sell
  • serve
  • set up
  • settle
  • sew up
  • shape
  • shell out
  • shellack
  • shelter
  • shepherd
  • shield
  • shoot down
  • shut down
  • shut off
  • sign
  • sit
  • sit on top of
  • skimp
  • skin
  • smash
  • snuff
  • snuff out
  • soap
  • sock away
  • speed
  • spoil
  • spoil rotten
  • sponsor
  • spring for
  • square
  • squirrel
  • squirrel away
  • stake
  • stand up for
  • standardize
  • stash
  • steer
  • steward
  • stock
  • stock up
  • store up
  • straighten
  • straighten out
  • stretch out
  • stump
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • suborn
  • succor
  • sugar
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • supply
  • support
  • surpass
  • surround
  • survey
  • sustain
  • swamp
  • sweeten the pot
  • swing for
  • tabulate
  • tailor
  • take
  • take care of business
  • take charge of
  • take down
  • take heed
  • take in
  • take out
  • take over
  • take the helm
  • take under wing
  • take up
  • tamper
  • tan
  • tempt
  • tend
  • terminate
  • thrash
  • throw oneself into
  • thump
  • tickle
  • tickle the palm
  • tip
  • top
  • top it off
  • torpedo
  • total
  • train
  • trample
  • transact
  • transcend
  • transform
  • trash
  • treat
  • triumph
  • triumph over
  • trounce
  • try
  • turn
  • turn out
  • turn to
  • ultimate
  • unburden
  • undertake
  • underwrite
  • uphold
  • use
  • use sparingly
  • vaccinate
  • vanquish
  • wait
  • wait on
  • wait upon
  • wallop
  • ward
  • waste
  • watch
  • watch out for
  • watch over
  • wax
  • whack
  • whelm
  • whip
  • whip into shape
  • whomp
  • whop
  • wield
  • win
  • wind up
  • wipe
  • wipe out
  • wipe the floor with
  • work for
  • work out a deal
  • work over
  • work with
  • wrap
  • wrap up
  • yield
  • zap

Antonyms for take care of

  • abandon
  • abstain
  • aid
  • annoy
  • assist
  • avoid
  • be absent
  • be inferior
  • be lazy
  • begin
  • block
  • break
  • build
  • bumble
  • cancel
  • cannot
  • cease
  • check
  • commence
  • conceal
  • condemn
  • confuse
  • continue
  • curtail
  • cut
  • damage
  • decrease
  • delay
  • deny
  • deplete
  • depress
  • deprive
  • desert
  • destroy
  • differ
  • disallow
  • disappoint
  • disapprove
  • disarrange
  • discard
  • disconnect
  • discontinue
  • discourage
  • dishonor
  • disorder
  • disorganize
  • disperse
  • disproportion
  • disregard
  • dissatisfy
  • dissuade
  • distress
  • disturb
  • earn
  • encourage
  • endanger
  • fail
  • fall behind
  • fine
  • finish
  • follow
  • forfeit
  • forget
  • forsake
  • frustrate
  • give up
  • guard
  • halt
  • handicap
  • harm
  • help
  • hide
  • hinder
  • hold
  • hurt
  • ignore
  • impede
  • injure
  • inspirit
  • introduce
  • keep
  • kill
  • lay bare
  • lay open
  • leave
  • leave alone
  • leave open
  • let go
  • let out
  • lose
  • maintain
  • make vulnerable
  • mismanage
  • miss
  • mix up
  • moderate
  • move
  • neglect
  • not finish
  • not use
  • nullify
  • obey
  • obstruct
  • open
  • oppose
  • overlook
  • pain
  • pass
  • pass by
  • pass over
  • penalize
  • preserve
  • prevent
  • protect
  • protest
  • punish
  • refuse
  • reject
  • release
  • relent
  • relinquish
  • remain
  • remove
  • renounce
  • resign
  • retain
  • retreat
  • reveal
  • ruin
  • save
  • scatter
  • seize
  • serve
  • shirk
  • shun
  • slight
  • slow
  • spend
  • squander
  • start
  • starve
  • stay
  • stop
  • straighten
  • subtract
  • surrender
  • take
  • take away
  • take back
  • take care
  • throw away
  • thwart
  • turn away
  • uncover
  • undermine
  • unfit
  • unsettle
  • uphold
  • upset
  • use
  • waste
  • win
  • withdraw
  • withhold
  • worsen
  • yield

Meanings of take care of

  • verb
    1. To look after, to provide care for.
    2. To deal with, handle.
    3. To kill.

Example Sentences

  • Remember to take care of yourself, both mentally and physically.
  • She always makes sure to take care of her responsibilities before anything else.
  • Can you take care of the arrangements for the meeting next week?
  • It's important to take care of our environment for future generations.
  • I'll take care of the paperwork while you focus on the presentation.

On this page you'll find 898 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to take care of, such as: KO, TCB, abandon, abet, abstain, accommodate, accomplish.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

keep an eye on

  • abide by
  • accomplish
  • accord
  • adhere to
  • administer
  • adopt
  • advance
  • advise
  • aid
  • angel
  • attend
  • attend to
  • audit
  • baby sit
  • baby-sit
  • back
  • bankroll
  • be a source of strength
  • be attentive
  • be consistent with
  • be devoted to
  • be guided by
  • be in charge
  • be in keeping
  • be in the saddle
  • be interested in
  • be on duty
  • be responsible for
  • beam
  • bedog
  • behold
  • boss
  • bring up
  • bulwark
  • buoy up
  • call the play
  • call the shots
  • captain
  • care for
  • case
  • catch
  • cater to
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • check
  • check out
  • cherish
  • command
  • comply
  • concentrate
  • concentrate on
  • conduct
  • conform
  • contemplate
  • control
  • convoy
  • copy
  • corral
  • counsel
  • cover
  • cover up
  • crack the whip
  • cradle
  • cultivate
  • deal with
  • defend
  • detect
  • devote oneself
  • dig
  • direct
  • discern
  • discipline
  • discover
  • distinguish
  • do
  • do for
  • do like
  • dog
  • eagle eye
  • eagle-eye
  • emulate
  • encourage
  • ensure
  • escort
  • espy
  • examine
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • father
  • feed
  • fend
  • finance
  • flash
  • focus
  • follow
  • follow suit
  • fortify
  • forward
  • foster
  • fund
  • further
  • gape
  • gawk
  • gaze
  • get a load of
  • get an eyeful of
  • give a leg up
  • give allegiance to
  • give heed to
  • give the once-over
  • glance
  • glare
  • glimpse
  • goggle
  • govern
  • guard
  • handle
  • harbor
  • harmonize
  • have a look-see
  • have charge of
  • hear
  • hearken
  • heed
  • herd
  • hold fast
  • hound
  • humor
  • imitate
  • immunize
  • indulge
  • inoculate
  • inspect
  • irradiate
  • keep
  • keep abreast of
  • keep alive
  • keep in view
  • keep tabs on
  • keep track of
  • keep under surveillance
  • lamp
  • lend an ear
  • listen
  • listen up
  • live up to
  • look
  • look after
  • look at
  • look on
  • lookout
  • maintain
  • make a living
  • make certain
  • make out
  • manage
  • mark
  • match
  • medicate
  • mimic
  • mind
  • mind the store
  • minister
  • minister to
  • mirror
  • model on
  • monitor
  • mother
  • note
  • notice
  • nourish
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • obey
  • observe
  • occupy oneself with
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • pamper
  • patrol
  • pattern oneself upon
  • pay attention
  • pay attention to
  • pay expenses of
  • pay for
  • pay heed
  • peek
  • peep
  • peer
  • perceive
  • perform
  • pick up
  • pick up on
  • pick up the check
  • pipe
  • police
  • preserve
  • preside over
  • promote
  • prop
  • protect
  • provide for
  • pursue
  • put up money for
  • quarterback
  • raise
  • read
  • recognize
  • record
  • reflect
  • regard
  • ride herd on
  • ride shotgun for
  • rubberneck
  • run
  • run the show
  • run things
  • safeguard
  • save
  • scan
  • scope
  • screen
  • scrutinize
  • secure
  • see
  • see after
  • see to
  • serve
  • set up
  • shadow
  • shelter
  • shepherd
  • shield
  • shotgun
  • sight
  • sit
  • sit on top of
  • skipper
  • sponsor
  • spot
  • spy
  • stake
  • stalk
  • stare
  • stiffen
  • stonewall
  • strengthen
  • string along
  • stroke
  • study
  • subsidize
  • succor
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • support
  • surveil
  • survey
  • sustain
  • tag
  • take a gander
  • take after
  • take as an example
  • take care of
  • take charge of
  • take in
  • take notice
  • take pains
  • take under wing
  • tend
  • track
  • trail
  • treat
  • underwrite
  • uphold
  • vaccinate
  • view
  • wait
  • wait on
  • watch
  • watch out for
  • watch over
  • witness

accomplishes

  • aces
  • achieve
  • achieves
  • actualizes
  • arrive
  • attain
  • attains
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • brings about
  • brings off
  • carries off
  • carries out
  • carry out
  • commits
  • compasses
  • completes
  • conclude
  • consummate
  • do
  • do a bang-up job
  • do justice
  • do one proud
  • do the trick
  • does
  • effect
  • effects
  • effectuates
  • ends
  • executes
  • finish
  • finishes
  • fulfill
  • fulfills
  • fulfils
  • gain
  • get someplace
  • get there
  • goes through
  • hit
  • implements
  • make hay
  • make it
  • makes
  • manage
  • nail it
  • nails
  • negotiates
  • perform
  • performs
  • perpetrates
  • practices
  • practises
  • produce
  • prosecutes
  • pull off
  • pulls off
  • put it over
  • puts through
  • rack up
  • reach
  • realize
  • realizes
  • reduplicates
  • reenacts
  • repeats
  • score
  • sew up
  • take care of
  • win
  • winds up

ran

  • abscond
  • absconded
  • accelerated
  • accompanied
  • act
  • activated
  • actuated
  • administer
  • administered
  • administrated
  • affiliated
  • allied
  • altered
  • alternated
  • amble
  • arose
  • aroused
  • arrowed
  • asked
  • associated
  • attached
  • banded
  • barrel
  • barreled
  • barrelled
  • be a candidate
  • be current
  • be in charge
  • be in saddle
  • bear
  • beat a retreat
  • beat it
  • became
  • beelined
  • beetled
  • befriended
  • belted
  • bird-dogged
  • blasted
  • blazed
  • bleed
  • blew
  • bolt
  • bolted
  • bombed
  • bonded
  • bore
  • boss
  • bound
  • bounded
  • bowled
  • breezed
  • broke
  • brought
  • bugged out
  • bundled
  • bustle
  • bustled
  • buzzed
  • came
  • cannonballed
  • canter
  • cantered
  • careened
  • career
  • careered
  • carried on
  • carry
  • carry on
  • cascade
  • cascaded
  • catalyzed
  • caught up
  • challenge
  • changed
  • chaperoned
  • charged
  • chased
  • chummed
  • circulate
  • clear out
  • cleared out
  • clubbed
  • co-directed
  • co-managed
  • codirected
  • collaborated
  • colluded
  • comanaged
  • command
  • commanded
  • companied
  • compete
  • conduct
  • conducted
  • confederated
  • conjoined
  • connected
  • consociated
  • consorted
  • contend
  • contest
  • control
  • controlled
  • convey
  • cooperated
  • coordinate
  • cost
  • coupled
  • course
  • coursed
  • cover
  • crossed
  • cut
  • cut and run
  • dart
  • darted
  • dash
  • dashed
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  • generated
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  • got a move on
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  • got out
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  • hit the campaign trail
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  • hooked up
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  • hunted
  • hurled
  • hurried
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  • ignited
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  • smoke
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  • speeded
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  • sprint
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  • sprung
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  • spurted
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  • stampeded
  • stand
  • started
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  • stepped
  • stepped on it
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  • stepped up
  • stewarded
  • stimulated
  • stirred up
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  • stream
  • streamed
  • stretch
  • stretched
  • stump
  • suggested
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  • supervised
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  • swept
  • switched
  • tagged
  • tailed
  • take care of
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  • take off
  • teamed
  • tear
  • tear out
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  • transmuted
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maintains

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  • broadcasts
  • carry on
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  • claims
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  • correct
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  • defend
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  • insist
  • insists
  • justifies
  • justify
  • keep
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  • look after
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  • mentions
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  • patches
  • patronizes
  • perpetuate
  • persevere
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  • persuades
  • plead for
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  • profess
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  • prolong
  • proposes
  • protect
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  • protest
  • protests
  • provide
  • purports
  • puts forth
  • rationalizes
  • reaffirms
  • reasons
  • reasserts
  • rebuilds
  • rebuts
  • recommends
  • reconstructs
  • rectify
  • refutes
  • rehabilitates
  • rejuvenates
  • remedies
  • renew
  • repair
  • report
  • restores
  • retain
  • right
  • safeguards
  • save
  • saves
  • say
  • screens
  • services
  • sets up
  • shields
  • sponsors
  • stakes
  • stand by
  • stands up for
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  • states
  • sticks up for
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  • submits
  • suggests
  • supply
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  • supports
  • sustain
  • sustains
  • take care of
  • takes care of
  • underlines
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  • urges
  • vindicate
  • vindicates
  • warrants

take out

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  • X out
  • abate
  • abjure
  • abnegate
  • abolish
  • abridge
  • abrogate
  • absent oneself
  • absolve
  • abstract
  • accompany
  • acquit
  • act out
  • action
  • air
  • aliment
  • allure
  • alter
  • amputate
  • amuse
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • ask in marriage
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • associate with
  • attack
  • attend
  • attenuate
  • attract
  • ax
  • back out
  • back up
  • bail out
  • bam
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • batter
  • bear
  • bear company
  • bear down
  • beat
  • beat down
  • beguile
  • behead
  • belt
  • beseech
  • best
  • bid
  • bilk
  • bite
  • black out
  • blank
  • blast
  • bleed
  • bleep
  • block
  • blot
  • blot out
  • blow
  • blow away
  • blue pencil
  • blunt
  • board
  • boff
  • bog
  • boil down
  • bollix
  • book
  • bootlick
  • bop
  • bounce
  • bow out
  • bread
  • break
  • break up
  • bring
  • bring down
  • bring to naught
  • budge
  • buffet
  • bulldoze
  • bump off
  • bunco
  • burn
  • burst
  • bury
  • bushwhack
  • butcher
  • buy for
  • caboodle
  • call
  • call all bets off
  • call off
  • cancel
  • capsize
  • captivate
  • carry
  • carry away
  • carry off
  • cart off
  • cast loose
  • cast out
  • change
  • chaperon
  • charm
  • chase
  • check out
  • cheer
  • chill
  • chisel
  • chow
  • claim
  • clean up
  • clear
  • clear away
  • clip
  • clip wings
  • clobber
  • come along
  • come by
  • come over
  • comestible
  • commute
  • company
  • compensate
  • compress
  • con
  • condense
  • conduct
  • confine
  • conquer
  • consort
  • consort with
  • contract
  • convoy
  • cookery
  • cooking
  • cool
  • count out
  • counteract
  • counterbalance
  • countervail
  • court
  • cover
  • cozen
  • crack
  • crack up
  • crash
  • cream
  • crib
  • cripple
  • croak
  • cross
  • cross out
  • crowd
  • crush
  • cuisine
  • cull
  • cultivate
  • curry favor
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • damage
  • dash
  • date
  • debilitate
  • decapitate
  • deceive
  • decimate
  • declare null and void
  • decrease
  • deduct
  • deep-six
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delete
  • deliver
  • delude
  • demolish
  • demount
  • depart
  • depose
  • deracinate
  • destroy
  • detach
  • dethrone
  • detract
  • deuce it
  • devastate
  • devour
  • diddle
  • diet
  • dig out
  • digest
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  • diminish
  • direct
  • disable
  • disannul
  • disarm
  • discard
  • discharge
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  • discount
  • disenable
  • disengage
  • dislocate
  • dislodge
  • dismantle
  • dismiss
  • dispatch
  • dispense
  • dispense with
  • displace
  • dispose of
  • disqualify
  • disregard
  • disrupt
  • dissociate
  • dissolve
  • disturb
  • divert
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do away with
  • do in
  • doff
  • dog
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • down
  • draft
  • drag
  • drag down
  • drain
  • draw
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • draw off
  • draw out
  • drink
  • drive out
  • drop
  • drop by
  • drop in
  • drop out
  • drown
  • drub
  • dupe
  • ease out
  • eat
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  • eject
  • electrocute
  • elicit
  • eliminate
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  • eradicate
  • erase
  • escort
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  • evict
  • evince
  • evoke
  • evolve
  • excise
  • exclude
  • exculpate
  • excuse
  • execute
  • exempt
  • exfiltrate
  • exhaust
  • exit
  • exonerate
  • expel
  • express
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • extort
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  • extricate
  • fall back
  • fare
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  • fast talk
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  • finagle
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  • fodder
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  • foodstuff
  • foot the bill
  • force
  • force out
  • forget it
  • foul up
  • founder
  • free
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  • gallant
  • garotte
  • gather
  • get
  • get away
  • get lost
  • get off
  • get rid of
  • get to the meat
  • give
  • give back
  • give bum steer
  • give ground
  • give off
  • give out
  • give way
  • go
  • go along
  • go around together
  • go around with
  • go easy on
  • go out with
  • go steady
  • go together
  • go with
  • gobble up
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  • grit
  • groceries
  • grovel
  • grub
  • guard
  • guide
  • guillotine
  • gut
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handout
  • hang
  • hang around with
  • hang out
  • harm
  • haul
  • heave
  • hide
  • hinder
  • hit
  • hock
  • hog-tie
  • hogtie
  • home cooking
  • hoodwink
  • hose
  • hurt
  • ice
  • ignore
  • immobilize
  • impair
  • importune
  • impose on
  • incapacitate
  • indulge
  • injure
  • invalidate
  • invite
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  • issue
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  • jerk around
  • junk
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  • keep
  • keep aloof
  • keep apart
  • keep company
  • keep company with
  • kibosh
  • kill
  • knife
  • knock down
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • lambaste
  • lame
  • larder
  • launder
  • lay one out
  • lay up
  • lead
  • leak
  • leave
  • leave out
  • let off
  • let off steam
  • let out
  • let up on
  • level
  • liberate
  • limit
  • liquidate
  • look after
  • look up
  • loose
  • loosen
  • louse up
  • lug
  • lynch
  • maim
  • make a date
  • make love to
  • make oneself scarce
  • make overture
  • make time with
  • mangle
  • manumit
  • mar
  • mark out
  • massacre
  • meal
  • meat
  • meet
  • mend
  • menu
  • mess
  • mess up
  • milk
  • mislead
  • misuse
  • move
  • moveable feast
  • mow down
  • murder
  • mutilate
  • muzzle
  • negate
  • neutralize
  • nix
  • nourishment
  • nullify
  • nutriment
  • nutrition
  • obliterate
  • obscure
  • obstruct
  • off
  • offset
  • omit
  • open up
  • oust
  • outplace
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • overwhelm
  • pabulum
  • paddle
  • pander to
  • paralyze
  • pare
  • part
  • partner
  • paste
  • patch
  • pay addresses to
  • pay court to
  • pay for
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  • phase out
  • pick
  • pick up the check
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  • pinch hit for
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  • play host
  • please
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  • pop in
  • pop the question
  • pound
  • praise
  • press
  • propose
  • prostrate
  • protect
  • provide
  • provision
  • prune
  • pull
  • pull back
  • pull out
  • pulverize
  • pummel
  • pump
  • punch
  • purge
  • pursue
  • put an end to
  • put away
  • put back
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  • put in a nutshell
  • put in toilet
  • put out
  • put out of action
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  • quail
  • quash
  • quell
  • quit
  • raise
  • ration
  • ravage
  • raze
  • ream
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  • receive
  • recoil
  • reconstitute
  • recoup
  • recover
  • redeem
  • redress
  • reduce
  • reestablish
  • refreshment
  • refund
  • regain
  • regale
  • reimburse
  • reinstate
  • reject
  • release
  • relegate
  • remove
  • rend
  • render incapable
  • render null and void
  • renege
  • repay
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • restitute
  • restore
  • restrict
  • retire
  • retreat
  • retrieve
  • ring
  • ring in
  • rip
  • rip off
  • rip out
  • roll over
  • rook
  • root out
  • rope in
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  • rub out
  • ruin
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  • run after
  • run aground
  • run along
  • run into
  • sabotage
  • sandbag
  • sanitize
  • sap
  • satisfy
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  • scratch
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  • scuttle
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  • seek
  • seek the hand of
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  • set aside
  • set at large
  • set free
  • set loose
  • set up
  • shadow
  • shaft
  • shatter
  • shed
  • shellack
  • shepherd
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  • shoot down
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  • show around
  • shrink
  • shuck
  • shut off
  • shut the door on
  • sink
  • siphon
  • skim
  • skin
  • slam
  • slaughter
  • slay
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  • slop
  • slug
  • smack
  • smash
  • smash up
  • smite
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  • snack
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  • solicit
  • spark
  • speak to
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  • stretch
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  • sucker
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  • supplant
  • supply
  • support
  • surrender
  • sustenance
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  • swap places
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  • take away
  • take care of
  • take down
  • take for a ride
  • take from
  • take in
  • take leave
  • take off
  • take over
  • take over from
  • take the place of
  • tan
  • tear
  • tear down
  • tear out
  • tear up
  • terminate
  • thrash
  • throw a monkey wrench into
  • throw monkey wrench in
  • throw out
  • thump
  • torpedo
  • total
  • tow
  • trail
  • transfer
  • transport
  • transpose
  • trash
  • trick
  • trim
  • trounce
  • truck
  • tuck
  • tug
  • turn loose
  • turn out
  • twitch
  • two-time
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  • unbox
  • unbrace
  • unchain
  • uncouple
  • uncrate
  • undermine
  • undo
  • unfasten
  • unfetter
  • unfit
  • unlade
  • unleash
  • unload
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  • unroot
  • unseat
  • unsee
  • unshackle
  • unstrengthen
  • untie
  • uproot
  • use
  • usher
  • usurp
  • vacate
  • vandalize
  • vanquish
  • vaporize
  • vent
  • ventilate
  • veto
  • viand
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  • visit
  • vitiate
  • vittles
  • voice
  • void
  • waive
  • walk
  • wash out
  • waste
  • wax
  • weaken
  • weed
  • weed out
  • whack
  • wham
  • whelm
  • whomp
  • wine and dine
  • wipe off face of earth
  • wipe off map
  • wipe out
  • wipe the slate clean
  • withdraw
  • withhold
  • woo
  • worst
  • wrack
  • wrack up
  • wreck
  • wrench
  • wring
  • yank
  • yield
  • zap

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