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Antonyms for put the lid on
Grammar : Verb |
- add
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- anger
- approve
- arouse
- articulate
- assist
- bear
- begin
- blab
- build
- build up
- commence
- compliment
- construct
- continue
- create
- dirty
- disclose
- disregard
- disturb
- divulge
- do
- encourage
- endorse
- enforce
- enlarge
- excite
- expand
- expose
- fail
- fall behind
- forget
- free
- give birth
- go
- help
- ignore
- incite
- increase
- initiate
- intensify
- introduce
- irritate
- keep
- keep on
- lay bare
- lay out
- let go
- let loose
- let out
- liberate
- light
- loose
- lose
- neglect
- open
- permit
- persuade
- perturb
- praise
- preface
- provoke
- put in
- raise
- rebuild
- release
- reveal
- revive
- rouse
- sanction
- show
- speak
- start
- strengthen
- succeed
- support
- surrender
- tell
- trouble
- uncompress
- uncover
- unsettle
- unwrap
- upset
- validate
- voice
- win
- worry
- worsen
- yield
Definition of put the lid on
- As in muffle : verb suppress, make quiet
- As in mute : verb muffle, tone down sound
- As in pacify : verb make peaceful; appease
- As in quash : verb nullify, cancel
- As in quell : verb defeat, suppress
- As in stifle : verb prevent, restrain
- As in cap : verb outdo a performance
- As in censor : verb forbid; ban; selectively remove
- As in conclude : verb finish, come to an end
- As in debrief : verb silence
- As in end : verb bring to an end
- As in extinguish : verb kill; quash
- As in gag : verb silence, stop up
Synonyms for put the lid on
- abate
- abolish
- abort
- abridge
- abrogate
- accomplish
- achieve
- allay
- ameliorate
- annihilate
- annul
- asphyxiate
- assuage
- balk
- beat
- benumb
- best
- better
- black out
- blacklist
- bleach
- bleep
- blot out
- blue-pencil
- bottle up
- bowdlerize
- break off
- break up
- bring down curtain
- bring to screeching halt
- burke
- bury the hatchet
- butter up
- button down
- button up
- call it a day
- call off
- calm
- can
- cease
- censor
- chasten
- check
- choke
- choke back
- cinch
- clam up
- clamp down
- clamp down on
- clean up
- clinch
- close
- close out
- cob
- complete
- compose
- con
- conceal
- conciliate
- conclude
- conquer
- constipate
- constrain
- consummate
- control
- cool
- cork
- cork up
- cover
- cover up
- crack down
- crack down on
- crest
- criticize
- crown
- crush
- culminate
- curb
- cushion
- cut
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- declare null and void
- decontaminate
- decrease
- decrease the volume
- delay
- delete
- demur
- desist
- destroy
- determine
- discharge
- discontinue
- dispose of
- dissolve
- do to a T
- draw to close
- drop
- drop the iron curtain
- drown
- dry up
- dulcify
- dull
- dummy up
- eclipse
- edit
- eliminate
- end
- envelop
- eradicate
- erase
- examine
- exceed
- excel
- excise
- expire
- expunge
- expurgate
- exscind
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- finish
- fix up
- gag
- garrote
- get done
- give up
- grease
- halt
- hide
- hold it down
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush up
- inspect
- interrupt
- invalidate
- keep it down
- keep the lid on
- kill
- kiss and make up
- knock off
- launder
- lay back
- lower
- lull
- make peace
- mellow
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- narrow
- negate
- obliterate
- obscure
- obstruct
- outshine
- outstrip
- overcome
- overpower
- overrule
- oversee
- overthrow
- pacificate
- pack it in
- pass
- perorate
- pipe down
- placate
- postpone
- prevent publication
- propitiate
- pull the plug
- purge
- purify
- put damper on
- put down
- put the lid on
- put to bed
- qualify
- quash
- queer
- quell
- quench
- quiet
- quieten
- quit
- reduce
- refuse transmission
- relieve
- relinquish
- remove
- repeal
- repress
- rescind
- resolve
- restrain
- restrict
- reverse
- review
- revile
- revoke
- round off
- sanitize
- say nothing
- scissor out
- set aside
- settle
- sew up
- shut down
- shut up
- shy
- silence
- sit down on
- sit on
- smooth over
- smother
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- spike
- square
- squash
- squelch
- stagnate
- stamp out
- sterilize
- stifle
- still
- stop
- strangle
- strike out
- stroke
- stultify
- stumble
- subdue
- subjugate
- suffocate
- supervise communications
- suppress
- surmount
- surpass
- sweeten
- switch off
- take the edge off
- tame
- tape up
- temper
- terminate
- throttle
- tone down
- tongue-tie
- top
- top it off
- top off
- torpedo
- trammel
- tranquilize
- transcend
- trump
- turn down
- ultimate
- undo
- vacate
- vanquish
- veto
- vitiate
- void
- watergate
- wind up
- wipe out
- withhold
- wrap
- wrap up
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