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91lap — Synonyms and related words: Le Mans, adjoin, air race, ambit, anteriority, apparel, applique, arch over, array, attire, automobile race, babble, be the bellwether, beacon, beat, bedeck, bedrape, befringe, bestraddle, bestride, beverage, bib,… …
92leave behind — Synonyms and related words: abandon, back out, beg off, bereave, catch up with, come up to, come up with, cry off, depart from, discard, distance, drop out, evacuate, forsake, gain on, gain upon, get ahead of, go back on, hold the field, jettison …
93outrun — Synonyms and related words: beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, best, catch up with, come up to, come up with, defeat, destroy, distance, do in, drub, fix, gain on, gain upon, hide, hors de combat, lambaste, lap, lather, leave behind, leave… …
94outstrip — Synonyms and related words: be the bellwether, beacon, beat, best, better, bulk, bulk large, cap, catch up with, come up to, come up with, distance, eclipse, exceed, excel, gain on, gain upon, get ahead of, get before, go before, guide, have the… …
95overhaul — Synonyms and related words: adjust, adjustment, amends, audit, autopsy, balance, balance the books, canvass, catch up with, check, check out, check over, check up on, cobble, come up to, come up with, commission, compensation, condition,… …
96forereach — /fɔˈritʃ/ (say faw reech) verb (i) 1. to gain, as one ship on another. –verb (t) 2. to gain upon; overhaul and pass …
97forereach — ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: fore + reach intransitive verb of a ship : to gain ground in going about usually by carrying more way while in stays transitive verb 1. : to gain upon (as a ship) 2. : to overhaul …
98Forereach — Fore*reach , v. t. (Naut.) To advance or gain upon; said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled. [1913 Webster] …
99Apollo and Daphne — is a story from ancient Greek mythology, retold by Hellenistic and Roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette; Apollo and Daphne by Antonio Pollaiuolo. The curse of Apollo, the god of the sun and music, was brought onto him when he insulted …
100accost — Synonyms and related words: address, advance, apostrophize, appeal to, approach, appropinquate, approximate, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, bespeak, bid good day, bid good morning, bow to, buttonhole, call to, close, close in, close with …
