0%

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.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?