fast
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fast |
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Barmecidal feast, Encratism, Friday, Lenten diet, Lenten entertainment, Lenten fare, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism, Rechabitism, Sabbath, Shakerism,
Spartan fare, Stoicism, Sunday,
abandoned, abstain, abstainment,
abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, accelerated, active, agile, aground, airtight, alert, amain, anchored, apace, ardent, asceticism,
at flank speed, attached, avoidance, balanced, banyan day, bare subsistence, bonded, bound, bread and water, breakneck, brief, brisk, briskly, calculable, caught, celibacy, cemented, chained, chastity, chronic, church calendar, close, close to, closely, colorfast,
committed, compact, confirmed, connected, constant, continence, cool, dashing,
debauched, dedicated, deep-dyed, deep-fixed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, dependable, devoted, diet, dissipated, dissolute, dissolutely, double-dyed, double-quick, dustproof, dusttight, dyed-in-the-wool, eagle-winged, eat sparingly,
ecclesiastical calendar, eschewal, established, expeditious, expeditiously, express, extravagant, extravagantly, fadeless, faithful, faithworthy, fastened, fasting, feast,
fecklessly, fiducial, firm,
firm as Gibraltar, firmly, fish day, fixed, fixedly, flat-out, fleet, flying, free, fruitarianism, full tilt, gallant, galloping, gasproof, gastight, gay, glued, go hungry, grounded,
gymnosophy, hair-trigger, hand
over fist, hand over hand, hastily, hasty, headlong, held, hell-bent, hell-bent for election, hell for leather, hermetic, hermetically sealed, high-speed, high and dry, holy day, holytide, hurried, hurriedly, hustling, immediately, immoral, immovable, immovably, impacted, imperturbable, implanted, in a flash, in a twinkling, in a wink,
in double-quick time, in double time, in equilibrium, in high, in high gear, in nothing flat, in seven-league boots, in short order, incorrigible, inculcated,
indecorous, indecorously, indelible,
inextricable, infixed, ingrain, ingrained, inseparably, instilled, intemperate, intemperately, inveterate, invincible, irresponsible, irreversible, jammed, keen, lack of food, lasting, lecherous, lecherously, licentious,
licentiously, lickety-cut, lickety-split, liege, light-footed, light of heel, lightproof, lighttight, like a flash, like a shot, like wildfire, lively, long-established, loose, loosely, loyal, lustful, lustfully, meager diet,
mercurial, moored, near, nephalism, nimble-footed, nimble, not eat, of easy virtue, oilproof, oiltight, on the double, packed, permanent, plain living, post, posthaste, precipitate, predictable, presto, profligate, promiscuous, promiscuously, prompt, promptly, pronto, quick,
quick as lightning, quick as thought, quickly, rainproof, raintight, rakehell, rakehellish,
rakehelly, raking, rakish, rapid, rapidly, reckless,
recklessly, refraining, refrainment,
reliable, resolute, right, rooted, running, sealed, secure, secured, securely, self-denial, self-indulgent, set, settled, settled in habit, sexual abstinence, short commons, shut fast, simple diet, smokeproof, smoketight, snappily, snappy, snug, solid, solidly, soon, sound, soundly, spanking, spare diet, speedily, speedy, stable, starvation diet, staunch, steadfast, steadfastly, steady, stormproof, stormtight,
stranded, strong, stuck, stuck fast, substantial, sure, surefire, swift, swiftly, sybaritic, sybaritically, taped,
teetotalism, tested, tethered,
the pledge, thorough, tied,
tight, tightly, total abstinence, transfixed, tried, tried and true, trippingly, true, trustworthy, trusty, unbridled, under forced draft, unfading, unfailing, unflappable,
unflinching, unrestrained, unrestrainedly, unshakable, unshakably, unshakeable,
unshakeably, unwavering, vegetarianism, wanton, wantonly, water-repellant, waterproof, watertight, wedged, well-balanced, well-founded, well-grounded, whip and spur, wild, wildly, windproof, windtight, winged, with all haste, with all speed, with giant strides,
with rapid strides, with speed, without nerves, xerophagia, xerophagy
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fast and loose |
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adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, capricious, changeable, changeful, desultory, deviable, dizzy, eccentric, erratic, fickle, fitful, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, freakish, giddy, impetuous, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, mazy, mercurial, moody,
rambling, restless, roving, scatterbrained, shapeless, shifting, shifty, shuffling, spasmodic, spineless, unaccountable, uncertain, uncontrolled, undependable, undisciplined, unfixed, unpredictable, unreliable, unrestrained, unsettled, unstable, unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, vacillating,
vagrant, variable, vicissitudinary,
vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering,
wanton, wavering, wavery,
wavy, wayward, whimsical, wishy-washy
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fast food |
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board, bread, bread and
butter, cheer, comestibles, creature comfort, cuisine, daily bread,
eatables, edibles, fare, feast, food, food and drink, foodstuff, health food, ingesta, junk food, kitchen stuff, meat, provender, provision, spread, sustenance, table, tucker,
viands, victuals, vittles
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hard and fast |
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absolute, aground, authoritative, binding, canonical, compulsory, conclusive, decisive, decretory, dictated, didactic, entailed, final, formulary, hard-and-fast, imperative, imposed, instructive, irrevocable,
mandated, mandatory, must, obligatory, official, on the rocks, peremptory, preceptive, prescribed, prescript, prescriptive, regulation, required, rubric, standard, statutory, ultimate, without appeal
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hold fast |
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adhere to, arrest, be
unflappable, bear up, bite, bridle, check, clasp, cleave to, clench, clinch, cling, cling like ivy, clip, clutch, come up fighting, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, curb, curtail, decelerate, dig in, dompt, embrace, enjoin, freeze to, get home free, govern, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe,
guard, hang in, hang in there,
hang on, hang on to, hang tough, hinder, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold in, hold in check, hold in leash, hold on, hold on to, hold out, hold tight, hold up, hug, inhibit, keep, keep back, keep from, keep hold of, keep in, keep in check, keep under control, lay under restraint, live through it, live with it, never let go, never say die, nip, not budge, not give up, prohibit, pull, pull in, rein, rein in, remain firm, restrain, retard, retrench, ride it out, set back, slow down, snub, stand
fast, stand firm, stand no nonsense, stand pat,
stand the gaff, stand up, stay it out, stay put, stay the distance, stay with it, stick, stick close, stick fast, stick it,
stick it out, stick out, stick
to, stick to it, stick with it, straiten, take what comes, tough it out, weather,
weather the storm, withhold
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pull a fast one |
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bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, deceive, delude, diddle, double-cross, dupe, elude, evade, foil, forestall,
frustrate, gammon, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip,
go one better, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hornswaggle, humbug, juggle, let down,
mock, outfigure, outflank,
outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver,
outplay, outreach, outsmart,
outwit, overreach, pass the buck, pigeon, play one false, put something over, snow, stonewall,
string along, take in, trick, two-time, victimize
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stand fast |
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abide, be still, be
unflappable, coast, die hard, dig
in, freeze, get home free, hang in,
hang in there, hang tough, hold fast, hold out, hold up, keep
quiet, lie still, mark time, never say die, not back down, not breathe, not budge, not give up, not stir, not submit, remain, remain firm, remain motionless, repose, rest, ride it out, stand, stand firm, stand no nonsense, stand pat, stand still, stand the gaff, stay, stay it out, stay put, stick, stick fast, stick it out, take
what comes, tarry, tread water, weather, weather the storm
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Main entries similar to: fast
abandoned, abstention, abstinence, agile, aground,
airtight, anchored, apace, asceticism, avoidance, balanced, bound, breakneck, calculable, card, caught, celibacy, chastity, chronic, close, committed, compact, confirmed, constant, continence, cool, cursory, dashing,
debauched, dedicated, deep-dyed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dependable, devoted, diet, dissipated, dissolute, double-quick, durable, dyed-in-the-wool, established, expeditious,
expeditiously, express, faithful, faithworthy, fastened, feast, fiducial, firm,
firmly, fixed, fleet, flying, free, gallant, galloping, gay,
good, great, grounded, hair-trigger, hand over fist,
hastily, hasty, headlong, held, hell-bent, hermetic, high and dry, holy day, immovable, imperturbable, implanted, incontinent, incorrigible, inculcated, indelible, inextricable, infixed, ingrained, instantaneous, instilled, invariable, inveterate, invincible, irreversible, jammed, lacing, lascivious, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lickety-split, light-footed, lightproof, lively, long-established, loose, lustful, mercurial, moored, nimble, nimble-footed, on the double, packed, persistent, posthaste, precipitate, predictable, profligate, promiscuous, prompt, promptly, quick, quickly, raffish, rakish, randy, rapid,
rapidly, reckless, refraining, reliable, resolute, rigging, rooted, rope,
running, salacious, sealed, secure, set, settled, sharp, snappy,
snug, solid, sound, spanking, special, speedily, speedy, sporty, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, Stoicism, stranded, strong, stuck, substantial, sudden, Sunday, sure, surefire, swift, swiftly,
tested, tethered, thorough, tied, tight, tried and true, true, trustworthy,
trusty, turbulent, unbridled, unfading, unfailing, unflappable, unflinching, unshakable, unwavering, vegetarianism,
waterproof, watertight, wedged, well-balanced, well-grounded,
wild, windproof, winged
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