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v. carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"

v. make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"

ram home, drive home, force to believe

v. make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"

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surrender, relinquish

v. relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another

concede, yield, cede, grant

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

abdicate, renounce

v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under

v. consent reluctantly

transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break

v. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

fall

v. yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"

vacate, resign, renounce, give up

v. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

release, relinquish, resign, free, give up

v. part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

give way, yield

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

resign, reconcile, submit

v. accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"

drive

v. urge forward; "drive the cows into the barn"

consume, ingest, take in, take, have

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

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