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fag out

VERB
fade
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abate deteriorate dim diminish disappear dissolve ebb evaporate fail fall lessen melt peter out sink vanish wane weaken wilt wither
STRONG
attenuate clear decline deliquesce disperse droop etiolate evanesce flag fold hush languish moderate perish quiet rarefy shrivel taper thin tire
WEAK
die away die on vine evanish melt away poop out slack off tucker out waste away
Antonyms
STRONGEST
appear bloom develop enlarge extend grow increase prolong rise solidify strengthen
STRONG
expand go up improve
WEAK
enhance recover
VERB
languish
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deteriorate dwindle fail faint rot suffer weaken wither
STRONG
brood decline desire despond ebb fade fag flag grieve hanker hunger long pine repine sicken sigh snivel sorrow tucker waste wilt yearn
WEAK
be disregarded be neglected conk out die on vine fizzle out go soft go to pieces knock out waste away
Antonyms
STRONGEST
build develop grow
STRONG
be happy delight despise dislike hate improve increase rise strengthen
WEAK
flourish

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This one blacked his shoes: that toasted his bread, others would fag out, and give him balls at cricket during whole summer afternoons.

From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace

There was the tree under which the bully licked you: here the ground where you had to fag out on holidays, and so forth.

From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace

This one blacked his shoes, that toasted his bread, others would fag out, and give him balls at cricket during whole summer afternoons.

From Boys and girls from Thackeray by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson

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