All drag one's feet antonyms

verb drag one's feet

• shorten — to make short or shorter.
• curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
• constrict — If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower.
• abbreviate — If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
• contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
• narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• lessen — to become less.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• degrade — Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
• condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• take back — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
• finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
• hold — 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.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
• assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
• facilitate — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
• further — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
• permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
• benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
• abet — If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
• loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
• release — to lease again.
• liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
• advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
• help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
• promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.