All permit antonyms
perΒ·mit
P p verb permit
- bust up β a failure.
- counter check β a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
- debrief β When someone such as a soldier, diplomat, or astronaut is debriefed, they are asked to give a report on an operation or task that they have just completed.
- call down β to request or invoke
- offed β so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- dancing β When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
- disfavored β unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disenchanting β Present participle of disenchant.
- detain β When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- housebreak β to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- kick up one's heels β the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- garroted β a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- intermeddle β to take part in a matter, especially officiously; meddle.
- lade β to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- locked in β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- concuss β to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
- nip β to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- gimping β a limp.
- abrogate β If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
- forbid β to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- dragoons β Plural form of dragoon.
- blipping β bleeping.
- fall away β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- give notice β warn, inform
- demilitarize β To demilitarize an area means to ensure that all military forces are removed from it.
- conscripted β enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
- bitting β Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- denunciate β to condemn; denounce
- garroting β a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- housebreaking β to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- erase β delete
- drat β to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
- eyeball β Look or stare at closely.
- counter-checking β a check that opposes or restrains.
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- baulk β the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
- leave out β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- empty β A container (esp. a bottle or glass) left empty of its contents.
- exfiltrate β Withdraw (troops or spies) surreptitiously, especially from a dangerous position.
- disfranchise β to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- drats β to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
- blue-pencil β to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.
- ease off β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- intermediating β to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- come to an end β to become completed or exhausted
- gainsay β to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- freeze out β the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
- anaesthetized β anesthetize.