| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A sudden involuntary drop to the ground: dive, fall, nosedive, pitch, plunge, tumble. Informal : header. See RISE. | | VERB: | 1. Informal. To disclose in a breach of confidence: betray, blab, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, tell, uncover, unveil. Archaic : discover. Idioms: let slip, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans, tell all. See SHOW. 2. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily: drop, fall, go down, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, topple, tumble. Idioms: take a fall (or header) (or plunge) (or spill) (or tumble) . See RISE. 3. To grow or spread in a disorderly or planless fashion: sprawl, straggle. See ORDER.
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