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sow wild oats

VERB
misbehave
Synonyms
STRONGEST
act up fool around trespass
STRONG
deviate fail misconduct offend roughhouse sin transgress
WEAK
be at fault be bad be dissolute be guilty be immoral be indecorous be insubordinate be mischievous be out of line be out of order be reprehensible bend the law carry on cut up do evil do wrong get into mischief go astray go wrong make trouble take a wrong turn
Antonyms
STRONG
behave obey
VERB
sin
Synonyms
STRONG
backslide cheat deviate err fall lapse misbehave misconduct offend stray transgress trespass wander
WEAK
break commandment break law commit crime do wrong fall from grace go astray live in sin take the primrose path wallow in the mire
Antonyms
STRONG
behave go direct obey stay
WEAK
comply

Example Sentences

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If we sow "wild oats" what must we reap?

From With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul by Stall, Sylvanus

Thus in Ireland I have known an outgoing tenant, in spite at his eviction, to sow wild oats in the fields which he was leaving.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.