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be on tenterhooks

  • as insweat

Synonyms for be on tenterhooks

  • toil
  • abide
  • agonize
  • brook
  • chafe
  • endure
  • exert
  • fret
  • go
  • labor
  • stand
  • stomach
  • suffer
  • take
  • tolerate
  • torture
  • be on pins and needles
  • lose sleep over
  • stay the course
  • stick it out
  • work hard
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Antonyms for be on tenterhooks

  • alleviate
  • comfort
  • disallow
  • discontinue
  • make happy
  • please
  • refuse
  • reject
  • relieve
  • stop
  • veto
  • be calm
  • ignore
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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  • brook
  • chafe
  • endure
  • exert
  • fret
  • go
  • labor
  • lose sleep over
  • stand
  • stay the course
  • stick it out
  • stomach
  • suffer
  • take
  • toil
  • tolerate
  • torture
  • work hard
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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