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VERB

replace

Synonyms

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change follow oust recover reinstate restore succeed supplant supply take over take over from

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alter compensate displace mend patch reconstitute recoup redeem redress reestablish refund regain reimburse repay restitute retrieve ring shift sub substitute supersede

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back up fill in front for give back outplace pinch hit for put back ring in stand in (for) stand in lieu of step into shoes of take out

Antonyms

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hold keep precede

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break damage deprive forfeit lose penalize remain take worsen

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leave alone

VERB

shift

Synonyms

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alter change deviate drift move relocate remove ship shuffle transfer turn vary veer

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about-face budge cook dislocate displace disturb exchange fault flip-flop rearrange replace reposition stir substitute swerve tack transmogrify transpose vacillate waffle yo-yo

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blow hot and cold bottom out change gears dial back do up hem and haw move around move over recalibrate switch over turn around turn the corner turn the tables

Antonyms

STRONGEST

continue fix hold keep remain stay

STRONG

calm leave alone order

WEAK

deactivate stagnate

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swap places

After a court security officer told him that he and another line sitter couldn’t swap places, the pair decided to head in anyway and see the spectacle for themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Bump the boat in front, and you swap places the next day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey dared the new Merlin Entertainments chief executive Fiona Eastwood to "swap places with the penguins".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025

With the cycle of sunspots, the Sun's dipole field is also observed to wax and wane in strength, the north and south magnetic poles swap places, also every 11 years.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023

On the wallpaper in front of him, roses appear to drift, rotate, swap places.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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