gouge
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~ force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"
gouge
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~ obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
gourmandize
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~ overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
govern
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~ require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"
govern
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~ exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"
govern
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~ direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"
govern
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~ bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
grab
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~ take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"
grab
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~ get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"
grab
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~ capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
grab
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~ obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"
grab
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~ make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
grab
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~ take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
grace
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~ make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
grace
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~ be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"