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be in the running synonyms

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  • all one's got
  • attack
  • bid
  • crack
  • dry run
  • endeavor
  • exertion
  • experiment
  • fling
  • go
  • header
  • lick
  • one's all
  • one's darnedest
  • one's level best
  • pursuit
  • shot
  • stab
  • banter
  • barter
  • carriage
  • cart
  • discuss
  • exchange
  • spar
  • swap
  • toss
  • trade
  • action
  • assault
  • attack
  • barrage
  • blitzkreig
  • bloodshed
  • bombing
  • brush
  • campaign
  • carnage
  • clash
  • combat
  • conflict
  • contention
  • crusade
  • encounter
  • engagement
  • fighting
  • advance
  • amount
  • declaration
  • feeler
  • hit
  • invitation
  • offer
  • pass
  • price
  • proffer
  • proposal
  • proposition
  • request
  • submission
  • suggestion
  • sum
  • summons
  • tender
  • claiming
  • confrontation
  • dare
  • defiance
  • demanding
  • demur
  • interrogation
  • objection
  • protest
  • provocation
  • remonstrance
  • summons to contest
  • test
  • threat
  • trial
  • ultimatum
  • affray
  • argument
  • battle
  • brawl
  • break
  • broil
  • brush
  • bump
  • collision
  • concussion
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • crash
  • difference of opinion
  • discord
  • discordance
  • disharmony
  • dispute
  • bang
  • beat
  • break up
  • bump
  • clash
  • conflict
  • crash
  • crunch
  • disagree
  • fender-bend
  • fragment
  • hit
  • jolt
  • meet head-on
  • pile up
  • plow into
  • pulverize
  • scrap
  • argue
  • battle
  • clash
  • confront
  • contest
  • controvert
  • cope
  • dispute
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • face
  • give all one's got
  • give one's all
  • go after
  • go for
  • go for broke
  • go for it
  • go for jugular
  • challenge
  • concours
  • discussion
  • game
  • match
  • meet
  • meeting
  • proving
  • rencounter
  • sport
  • testing
  • tournament
  • trial
  • trying
  • attempt
  • bandy
  • battle
  • be in the running
  • bid
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • essay
  • face
  • fence
  • fight
  • go after
  • go for
  • challenge
  • compete
  • compete with
  • contend
  • contend with
  • ditto
  • do
  • do like
  • follow
  • follow in footsteps
  • follow suit
  • follow the example of
  • go like
  • imitate
  • make like
  • mimic
  • mirror
  • outvie
  • appointment
  • brush
  • concurrence
  • confrontation
  • interview
  • rendezvous
  • article
  • composition
  • discussion
  • disquisition
  • dissertation
  • explication
  • exposition
  • manuscript
  • paper
  • piece
  • study
  • theme
  • thesis
  • tract
  • treatise
  • air
  • appearance
  • aspect
  • cast
  • clock
  • countenance
  • dial
  • disguise
  • display
  • facet
  • features
  • finish
  • frontage
  • frontal
  • frontispiece
  • frown
  • glower
  • grimace
  • backstop
  • balustrade
  • bar
  • barbed wire
  • barricade
  • block
  • boards
  • chains
  • cyclone
  • defense
  • dike
  • guard
  • hedge
  • net
  • paling
  • palisade
  • pickets
  • posts
  • action
  • affray
  • altercation
  • argument
  • battle
  • battle royal
  • bout
  • brawl
  • broil
  • brush
  • clash
  • combat
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • contention
  • contest
  • controversy
  • difficulty
  • assertory
  • bold
  • brassy
  • cheeky
  • cocky
  • come on
  • domineering
  • dynamic
  • energetic
  • enterprising
  • flip
  • forceful
  • fresh
  • get up and go
  • hard sell
  • imperious
  • masterful
  • militant
  • clutch at
  • fetch
  • obtain
  • outreach
  • seek
  • stretch for
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • begin
  • carry on
  • carry out
  • consummate
  • cook
  • create
  • develop
  • do
  • do a number
  • do one's thing
  • enforce
  • execute
  • function
  • get in there
  • go about
  • go for it
  • attempt
  • bandy
  • battle
  • be in the running
  • bid
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • cope with
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • essay
  • face
  • fence
  • fight
  • go after
  • attack
  • battle
  • catch
  • clash
  • clasp
  • close
  • clutch
  • combat
  • confront
  • contend
  • cope
  • deal with
  • do battle
  • encounter
  • engage
  • face
  • fasten
  • fight
  • attempt
  • bandy
  • battle
  • be in the running
  • bid
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • cope with
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • essay
  • face
  • fence
  • fight
  • go after
  • attempt
  • bandy
  • battle
  • be in the running
  • bid
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • cope with
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • essay
  • face
  • fence
  • fight
  • go after
  • bout
  • contest
  • duel
  • tilt
  • tournament
  • tourney
  • clash
  • collide
  • come to grips
  • contend
  • grapple
  • meet head-on
  • attempt
  • bandy
  • battle
  • be in the running
  • bid
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • cope with
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • essay
  • face
  • fence
  • fight
  • go after
  • attempt
  • bandy
  • battle
  • be in the running
  • bid
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • cope with
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • essay
  • face
  • fence
  • fight
  • go after
  • argue
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bar
  • battle
  • bombard
  • call in question
  • check
  • combat
  • confront
  • contradict
  • controvert
  • counter
  • counterattack
  • cross
  • debate
  • defy
  • attempt
  • bandy
  • battle
  • be in the running
  • bid
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • cope with
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • essay
  • face
  • fence
  • fight
  • go after
  • attempt
  • bandy
  • battle
  • be in the running
  • bid
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • cope with
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • essay
  • face
  • fence
  • fight
  • go after
  • comedy
  • curtain-raiser
  • drama
  • entertainment
  • farce
  • flop
  • hit
  • mask
  • musical
  • one-act
  • opera
  • performance
  • potboiler
  • show
  • smash
  • smash hit
  • stage show
  • theatrical
  • battling
  • combatant
  • combating
  • competing
  • competitive
  • conflicting
  • contending
  • contesting
  • cutthroat
  • disputing
  • emulating
  • emulous
  • equal
  • opposed
  • striving
  • vying
  • agitate
  • barnstorm
  • canvass
  • contend for
  • contest
  • crusade
  • electioneer
  • go to grass roots
  • hit the trail
  • lobby
  • mend fences
  • muckrake
  • mudsling
  • politick
  • press the flesh
  • ring doorbells
  • run
  • shake hands and kiss babies
  • attempt
  • bandy
  • battle
  • be in the running
  • bid
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • cope with
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • essay
  • face
  • fence
  • fight
  • go after
  • attempt
  • bandy
  • battle
  • be in the running
  • bid
  • challenge
  • clash
  • collide
  • contend
  • contest
  • cope with
  • emulate
  • encounter
  • essay
  • face
  • fence
  • fight
  • go after
  • argue
  • bicker
  • contend
  • contest
  • dispute
  • quarrel
  • wrangle
  • aim
  • assay
  • attempt
  • bear down
  • bend over backward
  • break one's neck
  • compete
  • contend
  • do one's best
  • do one's utmost
  • drive
  • endeavor
  • essay
  • fight
  • go after
  • go all out
  • go for broke
  • go for the jugular
  • attempt
  • battle
  • brush
  • clash
  • combat
  • conflict
  • contest
  • effort
  • encounter
  • endeavor
  • essay
  • exertion
  • free-for-all
  • grind
  • hassle
  • jam
  • jump
  • labor
  • acquire
  • add
  • address oneself to
  • adopt
  • agree to do
  • annex
  • append
  • attempt
  • become
  • begin
  • come to have
  • commence
  • develop
  • embrace
  • employ
  • endeavor
  • engage
  • enlist
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • begin
  • carry on
  • carry out
  • consummate
  • cook
  • create
  • develop
  • do
  • do a number
  • do one's thing
  • enforce
  • execute
  • function
  • get in there
  • go about
  • go for broke
  • angle
  • cant
  • dip
  • drop
  • fall
  • grade
  • gradient
  • inclination
  • incline
  • leaning
  • list
  • pitch
  • rake
  • slant
  • slide
  • all one's got
  • best shot
  • bid
  • crack
  • dab
  • effort
  • endeavor
  • essay
  • fling
  • go
  • jab
  • pop
  • shot
  • slap
  • stab
  • striving
  • struggle
  • trial
  • battle
  • brawl
  • brush
  • clash
  • combat
  • conflict
  • contest
  • donnybrook
  • encounter
  • fight
  • fray
  • free-for-all
  • grind
  • hassle
  • jam
  • roughhouse
  • row
  • rumble
  • be rivals
  • buck
  • challenge
  • contend
  • contest
  • counter
  • go for
  • go for broke
  • go for the gold
  • go for the jugular
  • jockey for position
  • match
  • oppose
  • pit
  • play
  • play off
  • push
  • rival
  • battle
  • combat
  • contend
  • endeavor
  • essay
  • exert
  • fight
  • grapple
  • grunt
  • scuffle
  • strain
  • strive
  • tangle
  • tussle
  • work

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