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tugging at synonyms

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  • actify
  • actuate
  • arouse
  • call up
  • energize
  • impel
  • mobilize
  • motivate
  • move
  • prompt
  • propel
  • activate
  • animate
  • arouse
  • cause
  • drive
  • egg on
  • energize
  • excite
  • fire up
  • impel
  • incite
  • apostle
  • attorney
  • backer
  • campaigner
  • champion
  • counsel
  • defender
  • exponent
  • expounder
  • lawyer
  • pleader
  • act on
  • alter
  • change
  • disturb
  • impinge
  • impress
  • induce
  • influence
  • inspire
  • interest
  • involve
  • beat
  • churn
  • concuss
  • convulse
  • disturb
  • rock
  • rouse
  • stir
  • toss
  • attend
  • back
  • bear
  • buck
  • carry
  • chaperon
  • companion
  • conduct
  • consort
  • convey
  • deliver
  • breed
  • cultivate
  • develop
  • discipline
  • educate
  • feed
  • form
  • foster
  • nourish
  • nurture
  • provide for
  • bend
  • change
  • change position
  • convince
  • give way
  • inch
  • influence
  • locomote
  • move
  • persuade
  • propel
  • backpack
  • bear
  • bring
  • cart
  • channel
  • conduct
  • convey
  • convoy
  • displace
  • ferry
  • fetch
  • account
  • agency
  • aim
  • antecedent
  • author
  • basis
  • beginning
  • causation
  • consideration
  • creator
  • determinant
  • catechumen
  • disciple
  • follower
  • neophyte
  • novice
  • novitiate
  • proselyte
  • compose
  • formulate
  • frame
  • indite
  • make
  • prepare
  • write
  • write out
  • Sunday drive
  • airing
  • commute
  • excursion
  • expedition
  • hitch
  • jaunt
  • joyride
  • lift
  • outing
  • pickup
  • accelerate
  • agitate
  • amaze
  • anger
  • animate
  • annoy
  • arouse
  • astound
  • awaken
  • bother
  • chafe
  • activate
  • actualize
  • break ground
  • break the ice
  • bring about
  • bring to pass
  • cause
  • commence
  • create
  • do
  • drive
  • afford
  • breed
  • bring
  • bring about
  • cause
  • effect
  • engender
  • father
  • generate
  • get
  • multiply
  • actuate
  • boost
  • compel
  • constrain
  • drive
  • excite
  • foment
  • force
  • goad
  • induce
  • influence
  • affect
  • arouse
  • awe
  • be conspicuous
  • blow away
  • buffalo
  • bulldoze
  • carry
  • electrify
  • enforce
  • enthuse
  • abet
  • activate
  • actuate
  • agitate
  • animate
  • arouse
  • coax
  • craze
  • drive
  • egg on
  • encourage
  • abet
  • activate
  • actuate
  • argue into
  • breed
  • bring about
  • bring around
  • bulldoze
  • cajole
  • cause
  • coax
  • affect
  • animate
  • arouse
  • be responsible for
  • carry
  • cause
  • commove
  • elate
  • embolden
  • endue
  • enkindle
  • animate
  • applaud
  • boost
  • brighten
  • buck up
  • buoy
  • cheer
  • cheer up
  • comfort
  • console
  • embolden
  • abet
  • actuate
  • add fuel
  • bring about
  • egg on
  • encourage
  • fire up
  • foment
  • goad
  • hint
  • impel
  • acquaint
  • advance
  • air
  • announce
  • bring out
  • bring up
  • broach
  • come out with
  • do the honors
  • familiarize
  • fix up
  • advance
  • advantage
  • ahead
  • bulge
  • cutting edge
  • direction
  • edge
  • example
  • facade
  • front rank
  • guidance
  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • act
  • act on
  • advance
  • be in action
  • behave
  • bend
  • benefit
  • bring about
  • burn
  • actuate
  • advise
  • affect
  • allure
  • argue into
  • assure
  • blandish
  • brainwash
  • bring around
  • bring to senses
  • cajole
  • ball
  • burlesque
  • camp
  • chaffing
  • comic drama
  • comicality
  • comicalness
  • drollery
  • drollness
  • facetiousness
  • farce
  • affect
  • argue into
  • bring around
  • convince
  • crack
  • dispose
  • draw
  • get
  • get around
  • impress
  • incline
  • alert
  • apt
  • brisk
  • eager
  • efficient
  • expeditious
  • immediate
  • instant
  • instantaneous
  • on the ball
  • on the button
  • actuate
  • drive
  • force
  • impel
  • launch
  • mobilize
  • move
  • press
  • push
  • send
  • set going
  • adduce
  • advance
  • advise
  • affirm
  • ask
  • assert
  • broach
  • come up with
  • contend
  • counsel
  • hit on
  • advance
  • assault
  • attack
  • bearing
  • blow
  • butt
  • charge
  • drive
  • driving
  • effort
  • energy
  • adduce
  • allege
  • ballyhoo
  • beat the drum for
  • benefit
  • boost
  • cite
  • encourage
  • foster
  • further
  • get ink for
  • accelerate
  • activate
  • actuate
  • animate
  • arouse
  • awaken
  • dispatch
  • energize
  • excite
  • expedite
  • galvanize
  • acclaim
  • advance
  • advocate
  • applaud
  • back
  • be all for
  • be satisfied with
  • celebrate
  • commend
  • compliment
  • confirm
  • arouse
  • awake
  • awaken
  • call
  • get up
  • raise
  • rise
  • stir
  • wake up
  • about-face
  • alteration
  • bend
  • change
  • changeover
  • conversion
  • deflection
  • deviation
  • displacement
  • double
  • fault
  • boost
  • buck
  • bulldoze
  • cram
  • crowd
  • dig
  • drive
  • elbow
  • hustle
  • impel
  • jab
  • alpha
  • birth
  • bow
  • commencement
  • countdown
  • dawn
  • dawning
  • day one
  • derivation
  • embarkation
  • exit
  • activate
  • animate
  • arouse
  • build a fire under
  • commove
  • dynamize
  • elate
  • encourage
  • energize
  • enliven
  • exhilarate
  • activity
  • ado
  • agitation
  • backwash
  • bustle
  • din
  • disorder
  • disquiet
  • disturbance
  • ferment
  • flap
  • bang
  • bash
  • beat
  • boff
  • bonk
  • box
  • buffet
  • bump into
  • chastise
  • clash
  • clobber
  • abide
  • accede
  • acknowledge
  • acquiesce
  • agree
  • appease
  • be submissive
  • bend
  • bow
  • buckle
  • capitulate
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • broach
  • commend
  • conjecture
  • exhort
  • give a tip
  • move
  • offer
  • plug
  • amplitude
  • authority
  • clout
  • command
  • control
  • dominion
  • empire
  • expanse
  • government
  • jurisdiction
  • mastery
  • blow
  • brush
  • caress
  • collision
  • communication
  • contact
  • contingence
  • crash
  • cuddling
  • embrace
  • feel
  • activate
  • actuate
  • advocate
  • affect
  • agitate
  • bring
  • bring up
  • budge
  • carry
  • cause
  • convert
  • about-face
  • angle
  • bend
  • bias
  • bow
  • branch
  • change
  • changeabout
  • circle
  • circuit
  • circulation
  • appetite
  • appetition
  • compulsion
  • craving
  • drive
  • druthers
  • fancy
  • fire in belly
  • goad
  • impetus
  • impulse
  • T-off
  • abrade
  • agitate
  • ask for it
  • badger
  • be at
  • be on the back of
  • bedevil
  • beleaguer
  • bore
  • bother

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