be contemptuous of, care nothing for, contemn, deride, despise, disdain, disparage, disprize, dump on, feel contempt for, feel superior to, hold beneath one, hold cheap, hold in contempt, insult, look down upon, misprize, put down, rank low, ridicule, scorn, set at naught, sneer at, sneeze at, sniff at, snort at, think nothing of

arise, awake, awaken, be begotten, be illegitimate, be incarnated, become, break out, burst forth, come alive, come forth, come into being, come into existence, come out, come to, come to be, come to life, crop up, erupt, get to be, hatch, have birth, have origin, irrupt, issue, issue forth, live again, originate, quicken, reanimate, resurge, resuscitate, return to life, revive, rise, rise again, see the light, spring up, take birth, take rise

be cautious, bend over backwards, exercise care, go on tiptoe, handle with gloves, have a care, make haste slowly, pussyfoot, take care, take good care, take heed, take it easy, take pains, take trouble, think twice, tiptoe, tread on eggs, treat gently, walk on eggshells

be all over, be consumed, be past, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, dematerialize, depart, die, die away, die out, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, do a fade-out, dwindle, elapse, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade, fade away, fade out, flee, fly, go, go away, have run out, hide, lapse, leave no trace, leave the scene, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, pass out, perish, retire from sight, sink, sink away, suffer an eclipse, vanish, vanish from sight, waste, waste away, wear away

be in force, be the rage, be the rule, be the thing, carry, deal in, dominate, handle, job, market, merchandise, obtain, predominate, prevail, reign, retail, rule, sell, trade in, traffic in, wholesale

beat it, begone, clear out, flake off, get, get going, get lost, get off, get out, git, go forth, hit the road, issue, issue forth, make yourself scarce, outset, outstart, put forth, sally, sally forth, scram, set forth, set forward, set off, set out, shove off, start, start off, start out, strike out, vamoose

abide, be a sideliner, coast, delay, do nothing, drift, freeze, hang fire, hibernate, idle, keep quiet, lie dormant, lie still, mark time, not breathe, not budge, not stir, remain, remain motionless, repose, rest, sit back, sit it out, stagnate, stand, stand fast, stand firm, stand still, stay, stay put, stick, stick fast, tarry, tread water, vegetate, wait and see, watch and wait

enraged, fierce, fighting mad, fuming, furious, hopping mad, in a rage, infuriate, infuriated, rabid, raging, ranting, raving, raving mad, roaring mad, savage, storming, wild

arise, be born, be changed, be converted into, become, break out, burst forth, come forth, come out, come to be, crop up, erupt, get, go, grow, have origin, irrupt, issue, issue forth, originate, rise, spring up, take birth, take rise, turn into

abandon, assume, be afraid, be conservative, believe, butt out, conceive, conclude, consider, cut, daresay, deduce, deem, divine, do nothing, dream, expect, fancy, feel, gather, goldbrick, goof off, grant, hold aloof, imagine, infer, jump, keep hands off, leave, leave alone, leave be, leave loose ends, leave undone, let, let alone, let dangle, let go, malinger, miss, not butt in, not get involved, not interfere, not make waves, not meddle, not tamper, omit, opine, oppose change, pass over, pass up, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise, pretermit, procrastinate, provisionally accept, reckon, repute, say, shirk, skip, slack, stand aloof, stand pat, stand still, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, think, trifle, understand

a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, beyond belief, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, hard of belief, hard to believe, implausible, inconceivable, incredible, not deserving belief, open to doubt, open to suspicion, passing belief, preposterous, problematic, questionable, ridiculous, staggering belief, suspect, suspicious, tall, thick, thin, unbelievable, unconvincing, unearthly, ungodly, unimaginable, unthinkable, unworthy of belief

at a premium, beyond reach, closed forever to, closed to, impenetrable, impervious, in short supply, inaccessible, lost to, out of print, out of reach, out of season, out of stock, rare, scanty, scarce, sparse, un-come-at-able, unaccessible, unapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, uncommon, undiscoverable, ungettable, unobtainable, unprocurable, unreachable, unsecurable

John Bull, Rasputin, Svengali, Uncle Sam, VIP, Washington, Whitehall, access, bad influence, big wheel, bureaucracy, court, directorate, eminence grise, five-percenter, friend at court, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, hierarchy, higher-ups, higher echelons, holdover, incumbent, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, ins, jack-in-office, key, kingmaker, lame duck, lobby, lobbyist, lords of creation, man of influence, management, manipulator, ministry, new broom, office-bearer, officeholder, officialdom, open sesame, prelacy, president-elect, pressure group, public official, public servant, ruling class, ruling classes, sinister influence, special-interest group, special interests, the Crown, the Establishment, the administration, the authorities, the government, the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite, the power structure, the top, them, they, top brass, very important person, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller

according to expectation, any day, any hour, any minute, any moment, any time, any time now, as a rule, as expected, as may be, as per usual, as things go, as usual, chiefly, commonly, counted on, customarily, expected of, generally, habitually, imminently, impendingly, in character, just as predicted, just like one, mainly, most often, mostly, naturally, normally, normatively, one all over, ordinarily, prescriptively, regularly, taken for granted, usually

assuming, byname, cognominal, diminutive, epithetic, formal, honorific, hypocoristic, in name only, insolent, nominal, nominative, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, quasi, self-appointed, self-called, self-christened, self-elect, self-styled, so-called, soi-disant, titular