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Adjective

Extending or continuing over a relatively long time period

Tediously long in speaking

Delayed or put off until a later time

Large in scale or size

To have made a quantity bigger

Past tense for to extend or draw out, typically a period or duration

Past tense for to preserve from extinction or oblivion

Past tense for to postpone or assign to a later time or date

Past tense for to delay taking action

Past tense for to make (someone or something) late or slow

Past tense for to jut or protrude in an outward direction

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Adjective

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Extending or continuing over a relatively long time period

of considerable length

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“It retreated in subsequent periods of prolonged dryness, leaving deposits of sediments.”

Adjective

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Tediously long in speaking

with the gift of the gab

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

having kissed the blarney stone

having kissed the Blarney Stone

blessed with the gift of the gab

running on at the mouth

excessively communicative

tautologous

full of air

repeating

having kissed the Blarney stone

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Adjective

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Delayed or put off until a later time

temporised^UK

temporized^US

immobilized^US

immobilised^UK

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Adjective

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Large in scale or size

worth taking into account

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Verb

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To have made a quantity bigger

maximized^US

optimized^US

maximised^UK

optimised^UK

spiralled^UK

spiraled^US

emphasized^US

dramatized^US

emphasised^UK

dramatised^UK

coloured^UK

colored^US

made a mountain out of a molehill

made a big thing out of

increased exponentially

toned up

made too much of something

went through the roof

gone through the roof

revitalized^US

leaped^US

leapt^UK

modernized^US

modernised^UK

subsidized^US

blown out of proportion

made worse

blew out of proportion

made a production out of

made healthy

made a federal case of

revitalised^UK

subsidised^UK

blew up out of all proportion

set off

went through the ceiling

come of age

sprang up

blown up out of all proportion

perked up

heated up

gone through the ceiling

het up

burst forth

increased dramatically

favoured^UK

favored^US

canonized^US

smouldered^UK

canonised^UK

broadened one's horizons

honoured^UK

practised^UK

practiced^US

laid it on with a shovel

shot a line

darkened

sent through the roof

acquired more of something

laid it on with a trowel

improved the status of

encouraged the growth of

made complex

made a drama out of a crisis

blew something out of all proportion

laid it on thick about

pointed

covered ground

laid on

laid it on with a trowel about

smoldered^US

made a mountain out of

exaggerated information

were successful

was successful

made strong

blown something out of all proportion

honored^US

improved the position of

blown up out of proportion

blew up out of proportion

went from bad to worse

gone from bad to worse

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Verb

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Past tense for to extend or draw out, typically a period or duration

“The heady aftertaste lingered just long enough for me to order another one to prolong the experience.”

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Past tense for to preserve from extinction or oblivion

favoured^UK

favored^US

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Past tense for to postpone or assign to a later time or date

taken a rain check on

laid on the table

put on the back burner

put off the evil hour

temporized^US

temporised^UK

reorganized^US

reorganised^UK

suspended proceedings

taken a breather from

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Past tense for to delay taking action

Verb

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Past tense for to make (someone or something) late or slow

brought to screeching halt

hog-tied

threw a spanner in the works

thrown a spanner in the works

threw a monkey wrench in the works of

thrown a monkey wrench in the works of

Verb

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Past tense for to jut or protrude in an outward direction

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