| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Two items of the same kind together: couple, couplet, doublet, duet, duo, match, pair, two, twosome, yoke. See GROUP, SAME. 2. A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure: buttress, crutch, prop, shore, stay2, support, underpinning. See SUPPORT. | | VERB: | To prepare (oneself) for action: forearm, fortify, gird, ready, steel, strengthen. Idioms: gird (or gird up) one's loins. See PREPARED.
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