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- verb transitive To
explain something, or give exactdetails , usually in writing. - verb To
go out ,leave . - verb To
start an activity with the intention of finishing it.
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- adorn
- align
- allocate
- allot
- apportion
- arrange
- array
- be off
- bear
- bear for
- bear up for
- bear up to
- beautify
- bedeck
- bedizen
- begin
- blast away
- blast off
- blazon
- blueprint
- break for
- chart
- collocate
- color
- commence
- compose
- conceive
- couch
- couch in terms
- dandify
- dash for
- deal
- deal out
- deck
- deck out
- decorate
- diagram
- dispose
- distribute
- dive in
- dizen
- doll up
- dress
- dress up
- embellish
- emblazon
- embody in words
- embroider
- enrich
- express
- fall to
- fig out
- fix
- fix up
- formularize
- formulate
- frame
- furbish
- garnish
- get off
- get to
- give expression to
- give words to
- go ahead
- go for
- go forth
- grace
- graph
- gussy up
- head
- head into
- hit for
- issue
- issue forth
- jump off
- kick off
- lay for
- lay off
- lay out
- light out
- line
- line up
- make
- make for
- make up to
- map
- map out
- mark off
- mark out
- marshal
- ornament
- outset
- outstart
- paint
- paragraph
- parcel out
- phrase
- pitch in
- place
- plan
- plot
- plot out
- plunge into
- prank
- prank up
- preen
- present
- prettify
- primp
- primp up
- prink
- prink up
- put
- put forth
- put in words
- rally
- range
- redecorate
- redo
- refurbish
- regiment
- rhetorize
- run for
- sail for
- sally
- sally forth
- send off
- set about
- set forth
- set forward
- set in
- set off
- set out for
- set sail
- set to
- sketch
- sketch out
- smarten
- smarten up
- space
- spruce up
- start
- start in
- start off
- start out
- state
- steer for
- strike out
- style
- take
- take off
- titivate
- trick out
- trick up
- trim
- turn to
- word
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