3
plug(verb, push, use, informal, struggle)
3
practise
2
act(verb, move, take, go, work)
2
assert
2
avail oneself of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, control)
2
break(verb, set, develop, improve, prepare)
2
budge(verb, move, force, drive, shift)
2
bust a gut(expression, idiom)
2
carry out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, work, practice)
2
conduct(verb, move, take, control, go)
2
defend
2
dig(verb, move, force, drive, use)
2
do(verb, take, make, go, work)
2
do with(expression, control, work, accept, run)
2
drill(verb, break, develop, improve, prepare)
2
drive(verb, move, go, work, force)
2
effort
2
energize
2
excite
2
force(noun, verb, move, drive, shift)
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