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| VERB: | 1. To cause to move forward or upward, as toward a goal: advance, further, promote. See FORWARD, HELP. 2. To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination: address, consign, dispatch, route, send, ship, transmit. See MOVE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Ahead of current trends or customs: advanced, precocious, progressive. See PRECEDE. 2. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal : brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. Slang : wise1. See ATTITUDE, COURTESY.
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