Thesaurus / give a break
FEEDBACKsynonyms for give a break
synonyms for give a break
- preserve
- protect
- retrieve
- liberate
- extricate
- keep
- free
- release
- recover
- salvage
- recapture
- ransom
- regain
- disentangle
- disembarrass
- spring
- unloose
- deliver
- emancipate
- redeem
- unleash
- retain
- manumit
- safeguard
- conserve
- get out
- bail one out
- get off the hook
- get out of hock
- hold over
- pull out of the fire
- save life of
- set free
- deliver
- recover
- salvage
- free
- ransom
- spring
- defend
- extricate
- redeem
- liberate
- emancipate
- bail out
- unchain
- come to rescue
- get off the hook
- get out of hock
- pull out of fire
- set free
- unshackle
- save one's neck
- leave
- excuse
- pardon
- exempt
- forbear
- pity
- dispense
- absolve
- relent
- spring
- release
- discharge
- bail out
- let off
- refrain from
- be lenient
- be merciful
- get off the hook
- get out of hock
- give quarter to
- go easy on
- let go
- privilege from
- pull out of the fire
- relieve from
- save bacon
- save from
- save neck
- appoint
- engage
- obtain
- enlist
- employ
- bring in
- draft
- rent
- promise
- pick
- retain
- select
- lease
- authorize
- charter
- pledge
- empower
- procure
- utilize
- occupy
- exploit
- book
- place
- delegate
- carry
- let
- secure
- put on
- take on
- ink
- sublet
- sublease
- add to payroll
- bring on board
- contract for
- fill a position
- find help
- give job to
- give work
- make use of
- put to work
- sign on
- sign up
- truck with
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antonyms for give a break
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- make vulnerable
- leave open
- waste
- throw away
- hurt
- abandon
- lose
- hold
- squander
- harm
- endanger
- confine
- restrain
- limit
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How to use give a break in a sentence
Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYBacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDGive a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSWere you ever arrested, having in your custody another man's cash, and would rather go to gaol, than break it?
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOEFinally, let me ask the general reader to put aside all prejudice, and give both sides a fair hearing.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDIf you have any thoughts of influencing me or my men to join the regular Confederate army, you may as well give up the idea.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNIt was he who first said, If thine enemy hunger give him food, if he thirst give him drink.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYGive not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSBut the Mexicans were not the people to give up their best province so easily.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSHe saw Gen. Braddock as he passed on to his defeat, and could give a succinct account of that sanguinary action.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLWORDS RELATED TO GIVE A BREAK
- add to payroll
- appoint
- authorize
- book
- bring in
- bring on board
- carry
- charter
- contract for
- delegate
- draft
- employ
- empower
- engage
- enlist
- exploit
- fill a position
- find help
- give a break
- give job to
- give work
- ink
- lease
- let
- make use of
- obtain
- occupy
- pick
- place
- pledge
- procure
- promise
- put on
- put to work
- rent
- retain
- secure
- select
- sign on
- sign up
- sublease
- sublet
- take on
- truck with
- utilize
- adding to payroll
- appointing
- authorizing
- booking
- bringing in
- bringing on board
- carrying
- chartering
- contract for
- delegating
- drafting
- employing
- empowering
- engaging
- enlisting
- exploiting
- filling a position
- finding help
- giving a break
- giving job to
- giving work
- inking
- leasing
- letting
- making use of
- obtaining
- occupying
- picking
- placing
- pledging
- procuring
- promising
- putting on
- putting to work
- renting
- retaining
- securing
- selecting
- sign on
- signing up
- subleasing
- subletting
- taking on
- truck with
- utilizing
- abates
- allays
- alleviates
- appeases
- assuages
- breaks
- brightens
- calms
- comforts
- consoles
- cures
- decreases
- diminishes
- diverts
- dulls
- eases
- frees
- interrupts
- lightens
- mitigates
- moderates
- mollifies
- palliates
- qualifies
- quiets
- relaxes
- salves
- slackens
- softens
- solaces
- soothes
- subdues
- takes load off one's chest
- takes load off one's mind
- tempers
- varies
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- brightening
- calming
- comforting
- consoling
- curing
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- mollifying
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- qualifying
- quieting
- relaxing
- salving
- slackening
- softening
- solacing
- soothing
- subduing
- taking load off one's chest
- taking load off one's mind
- tempering
- varying
- bail one out
- conserve
- deliver
- disembarrass
- disentangle
- emancipate
- extricate
- free
- get off the hook
- get out
- get out of hock
- give a break
- hold over
- keep
- liberate
- manumit
- preserve
- protect
- pull out of the fire
- ransom
- recapture
- recover
- redeem
- regain
- release
- retain
- retrieve
- safeguard
- salvage
- save life of
- set free
- spring
- unleash
- unloose
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.