make a shift
41shift — 01. Be careful when you re driving the truck so that the load doesn t [shift]. 02. You should [shift] your weight onto your front leg as you follow through on your slapshot. 03. Public opinion regarding the rights of homosexuals has [shifted] a… …
42shift — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sciftan to divide, arrange; akin to Old Norse skipa to arrange, assign Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to exchange for or replace by another ; change 2. a. to change the place, position,… …
43make out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To understand] Syn. perceive, recognize, see; see understand 1 . 2. [To succeed] Syn. accomplish, achieve, prosper; see succeed 1 . 3. [*To kiss] Syn. neck, fondle, pet; see kiss . 4. [To see] Syn. discern, perceive, detect; …
44shift — [ʃɪft] verb 1》 move or change or cause to move or change from one position to another. ↘move one s body slightly due to discomfort. 2》 change the emphasis, direction, or focus of: she s shifting the blame on to me. 3》 Brit. informal move… …
45shift — v 1. change direction, Naut. tack; move from one person to another, pass; move around, swerve around, get by, get around, outmaneuver. 2.Usu. shift for manage by oneself, make it on one s own, stand on one s own two feet, paddle one s own canoe,… …
46make — Synonyms and related words: Platonic form, Platonic idea, abide by, abscond, accomplish, achieve, acquire, act, add up to, adhere to, administer, aesthetic form, affect, affirm, aftermath, aggressive, agree to, alter, amount to, anatomy, animus,… …
47shift gears — phrasal 1. : to change the gear rotating the transmission shaft of an automobile 2. : to make a change from one method, tempo, or approach to another shifted gears in the middle of his speech * * * shift gears phrase to start thinking or acting… …
48shift — [OE] Old English sciftan meant ‘arrange’ (it came from a prehistoric Germanic base *skip , 453 shiver which also produced German schichten ‘arrange in layers, pile up’, and traces of its original meaning survive in make shift [16], denoting… …
49shift — [OE] Old English sciftan meant ‘arrange’ (it came from a prehistoric Germanic base *skip , which also produced German schichten ‘arrange in layers, pile up’, and traces of its original meaning survive in make shift [16], denoting something… …
50make do — Synonyms and related words: beget, breed, bring forth, bring into being, call into being, change, change for, coin, commute, compound for, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, cope, design, develop, devise, discover, do with, dream up, dub in,… …