| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A trip in a motor vehicle: drive, run. Informal : spin, whirl. See MOVE. | | VERB: | 1. Informal. To torment with persistent insult or ridicule: badger, bait, bullyrag, heckle, hector, hound, taunt. Informal : needle. Idioms: wave the red flag in front of the bull. See TREAT WELL. 2. Informal. To tease or mock good-humoredly: banter, chaff, joke, josh. Informal : kid, rib. Slang : jive, rag2, razz. See LAUGHTER. | | PHRASAL VERB: | ride out To exist in spite of adversity: come through, last2, persist, pull through, survive, weather. See LIVE.
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