All idle antonyms

verb idle

• personate — to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
• turn one's hand to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• tear — the act of tearing.
• hang in — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• emcee — A master of ceremonies.
• put into effect — law, rule: enforce
• caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
• overwork — to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
• put forth — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• take in hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• deliver the goods — to produce or perform something promised or expected
• get ready — the state or condition of being ready.
• perform — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
• seeding — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
• turn to — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• go against — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• lay an egg — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
• do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• put through — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• grub — the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
• puzzle out — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
• gloss over — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
• chouse — a person who deceives, defrauds, or tricks
• work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
• ham up — an actor or performer who overacts.
• set to — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
• live in — Also, sleep-in. residing at the place of one's employment: a live-in maid.
• disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
• slog — to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.
• overtax — to tax too heavily.
• double as — To be able to be used for a secondary function.
• occupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
• go for broke — a simple past tense of break.
• act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
• mimic — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
• operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
• slip up — an act or instance of slipping.
• warm up — Informal. a warming: Sit by the fire and have a nice warm.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• wield — to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
• go out for — To go out for something means to try to do it or be chosen for it.
• try — to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
• garrisoned — a body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
• run — execution
• answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
• skivvies — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
• react — to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
• go for the jugular — Anatomy. of or relating to the throat or neck. noting or pertaining to any of certain large veins of the neck, especially one (external jugular vein) collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head or one (internal jugular vein) collecting blood from within the skull.
• wrestle — to engage in wrestling.
• re-present — to present again or anew.