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All overrule synonyms

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verb overrule

  • neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
  • blow sky-high — to destroy completely
  • lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
  • outmode — to cause (something) to go out of style or become obsolete.
  • move out — an act or instance of moving; movement.
  • counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
  • get there — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
  • go great guns — to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
  • govern — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
  • clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
  • hit pay dirt — to discover a source of wealth, success, etc.
  • neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
  • watergate — a White House political scandal that came to light during the 1972 presidential campaign, growing out of a break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate apartment-office complex in Washington, D.C., and, after congressional hearings, culminating in the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
  • overbear — to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
  • counter-checking — a check that opposes or restrains.
  • counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
  • crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
  • outplace — to provide outplacement for.
  • lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
  • head up — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • nixing — nothing.
  • luck out — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
  • captaining — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
  • flip-flopping — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
  • helmed — Also, heaume. Also called great helm. a medieval helmet, typically formed as a single cylindrical piece with a flat or raised top, completely enclosing the head.
  • disannul — to annul utterly; make void: to disannul a contract.
  • circumduct — (obsolete) To lead about or astray.
  • make it — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • go places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
  • invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
  • flipflop — Alternative form of flip-flop.
  • get the upper hand — gain advantage
  • quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
  • helming — Also, heaume. Also called great helm. a medieval helmet, typically formed as a single cylindrical piece with a flat or raised top, completely enclosing the head.
  • dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
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