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- verb transitive to
constitute ; tocompose ; toform - verb transitive to
compensate ,fill in orcatch up - verb transitive to
invent ,imagine , orconcoct (a story, claim, etc.) - verb transitive, cooking to
assemble , ormix - verb transitive to
apply cosmetics ormakeup - verb intransitive to
resolve ,forgive orsmooth over anargument orfight - verb To
overcome adisadvantage
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- accommodate
- accomplish
- accumulate
- ad-lib
- adjust
- agglomerate
- aggregate
- aggroup
- amass
- arrange
- assemble
- atone for
- balance
- batch
- beget
- blend
- breed
- brew
- bring forth
- bring into being
- bring to completion
- bring to fruition
- bring together
- build
- build up
- bulk
- bunch
- bunch together
- bunch up
- call into being
- cast
- close
- close with
- clump
- cluster
- coin
- collect
- colligate
- collocate
- combine
- come round
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- compare
- compile
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- compound
- comprise
- conceive
- conclude
- concoct
- conglomerate
- consist of
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- construct
- contrive
- cook up
- corral
- counterbalance
- counterfeit
- counterpoise
- countervail
- create
- cumulate
- dash off
- decoct
- design
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- devise
- dig up
- discover
- do offhand
- draw together
- dream up
- dredge up
- drive together
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- elaborate
- embody
- engender
- enter into
- erect
- evolve
- extemporize
- extrude
- fabricate
- fake
- fantasize
- fashion
- fill in
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- fit
- fix
- fix up
- forge
- forgive and forget
- form
- formulate
- frame
- fudge
- fudge together
- fulfill
- fuse
- gather
- gather in
- gather together
- generate
- get
- get in
- get together
- get up
- give being to
- give rise to
- go into
- group
- hatch
- hatch up
- hoke up
- impose
- improvisate
- improvise
- incorporate
- indite
- interblend
- interfuse
- intermix
- invent
- join
- jury-rig
- justify
- juxtapose
- knock off
- lash up
- lump together
- make
- make do with
- make good
- make matters up
- manufacture
- mass
- match
- mature
- meld
- merge
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- mix
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- mold
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- organize
- originate
- outweigh
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- pair
- partner
- patch together
- pi
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- piece out
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- plan
- play by ear
- prefabricate
- prepare
- procreate
- produce
- put together
- put up
- raise
- rake up
- rally
- ready
- rear
- redeem
- refill
- replenish
- round out
- round up
- run up
- scrap the plan
- scrape together
- set
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- set off
- set up
- settle
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- shake hands
- shape
- spawn
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- strike off
- strike out
- structure
- synthesize
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- think out
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- throw off
- throw together
- top off
- toss off
- toss out
- trump up
- unite in
- vamp
- vamp up
- whip in
- whip up
- whomp up
- wing it
- work out
- write
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