All fork over antonyms
fork oΒ·ver
F f verb fork over
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- challenge β A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- guard β to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- hold β 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 β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- fight β a battle or combat.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- retain β to keep possession of.
- continue β If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- defend β If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
- take over β the act of taking.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- combine β If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- unite β to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- attach β If you attach something to an object, you join it or fasten it to the object.
- collect β If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- join β to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- take β 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.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- shun β to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- capture β If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- confine β To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- detain β When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- imprison β to confine in or as if in a prison.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- withstand β to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- hold up β 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.