All promote synonyms
proΒ·mote
P p verb promote
- lend a hand β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- grease the wheels β (Idiomatic) To create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.
- handcarry β to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- copping β the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
- latch onto β a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- go forth β military: set out
- anaesthetising β Present participle of anaesthetise.
- come to β When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- exalt β Hold (someone or something) in very high regard; think or speak very highly of.
- accessed β the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- expedite β (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- ease β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- quarterback β a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- lay down the law β 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.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- better β Better is the comparative of good.
- fuel β combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- get hold of 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.
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- make it big β If you make it big, you become successful or famous.
- innerve β to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
- grow up β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- awaken β To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling.
- barreling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- humoring β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- wholesaling β the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- humouring β humor.
- get there β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- bulling β the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- go all out β make a full effort
- make the scene β the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- get with it β (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- misreport β to report incorrectly or falsely.
- feature β a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.
- jack β Sir John Arthur ("Jack") 1926β2014, Australian racing-car driver and designer.
- angeled β one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- go great guns β to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
- hold to 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.
- misguide β to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- bestirred β to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- hit on β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- lose no time β act without delay
- do the trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- fan the flames β (Idiomatic) To intensify something; to worsen an already difficult situation or unfavourable set of circumstances.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- contribute β If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- blow smoke β (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- continue β If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.