5
sorrow(verb, informal, grieve, wail, mourn)
5
vie(verb, oppose, play, fight, dispute)
4
adjoin(verb, appropriate, seize, attach, capture)
4
affix(verb, appropriate, seize, attach, capture)
4
agonize(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
4
bleed(verb, trouble, bother, worry, fuss)
4
book(secure, use, engage, contract, retain)
4
brave(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
4
chafe(verb, upset, calm, trouble, bother)
4
charge(verb, state, take, attack, maintain)
4
dare(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
4
defy(verb, support, take, force, meet)
4
engage in(verb, expression, support, move, act)
4
essay(verb, work, attack, accept, determine)
4
fuss(verb, calm, trouble, bother, worry)
4
get(verb, oppose, join, transport, admit)
4
get under way(expression, idiom)
4
get with it(expression, idiom, move, act, make)
4
give a fling(expression, idiom, try, pursue, blast)
4
give a go(expression, idiom)
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