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cue in

VERB
add
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boost continue include reply
STRONG
affix annex ante append augment hike pad parlay piggyback snowball spike supplement sweeten tag
WEAK
beef up build up charge up figure in flesh out heat up hike up hitch on hook on hook up with jack up jazz up join together plug into pour it on run up say further slap on soup up speed up step up tack on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
halt
STRONG
decrease detach subtract
WEAK
deduct diminish lessen reduce remove withdraw

Example Sentences

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However, it comes against a backdrop of arriving in Sheffield without any competitive action since breaking his cue in frustration at the Championship League in January.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

Thesefindings are the first example of static electricity being used as a sensory cue in a predator-prey interaction.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2024

Depending on what researchers said to them, participants in the study would either smile or frown on cue in certain phases of sleep.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023

Page’s book arrives, as if on cue, in a moment when the trans community is facing even more danger than when he started writing it just over a year ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2023

I laugh as she holds up the pool cue in victory like at the end of The Breakfast Club, smiling back at me before going inside room 302.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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