2
jab(verb, force, push, stick, sink)
2
jostle(verb, move, force, drive, push)
2
knock(beat, hit, strike)
2
knock oneself out(expression, idiom, work, attack, struggle)
2
labor(verb, work, attack, drive, push)
2
labor the point(expression, idiom, charge, mark, maintain)
2
lean on it(expression, idiom, run, direct, start)
2
limelight(verb, charge, mark, maintain, hit)
2
lower(verb, upset, trouble, dull, reduce)
2
lunge(verb, force, push, stick, sink)
2
make a point(expression, idiom, charge, mark, maintain)
2
make clear(expression, charge, mark, maintain, hit)
2
make emphatic(expression, charge, mark, maintain, hit)
2
make much of(expression, idiom, charge, mark, maintain)
2
mark(verb, charge, maintain, hit, assert)
2
move(verb, hold, order, make, force)
2
nudge(verb, move, force, drive, push)
2
overrun(verb, upset, control, beat, check)
2
overthrow(verb, upset, beat, defeat, crush)
2
overwhelm(verb, upset, beat, ruin, defeat)
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