verb
deny any responsibility or support for.
the union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence
deny,disclaim,disown,wash one’s hands of,reject,repudiate,contradict,rebut,abjure,renounce,forswear,eschew
verb
deny any responsibility or support for.
the union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence
deny,disclaim,disown,wash one’s hands of,reject,repudiate,contradict,rebut,abjure,renounce,forswear,eschew
verb
deny any responsibility or support for.
the union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence
deny,disclaim,disown,wash one’s hands of,reject,repudiate,contradict,rebut,abjure,renounce,forswear,eschew
verb
deny any responsibility or support for.
the union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence
deny,disclaim,disown,wash one’s hands of,reject,repudiate,contradict,rebut,abjure,renounce,forswear,eschew
verb
stop doing something; cease or abstain.
each pledged to desist from acts of sabotage
abstain,refrain,forbear,hold back,keep,stop,cease,discontinue,suspend,give up,quit,break off,leave off,conclude,call a halt/stop to,forgo,drop,dispense with,eschew,have done with,wash one’s hands of,lay off,give over,pack in,pack up,belay
verb
stop doing something; cease or abstain.
each pledged to desist from acts of sabotage
abstain,refrain,forbear,hold back,keep,stop,cease,discontinue,suspend,give up,quit,break off,leave off,conclude,call a halt/stop to,forgo,drop,dispense with,eschew,have done with,wash one’s hands of,lay off,give over,pack in,pack up,belay
verb
stop doing something; cease or abstain.
each pledged to desist from acts of sabotage
abstain,refrain,forbear,hold back,keep,stop,cease,discontinue,suspend,give up,quit,break off,leave off,conclude,call a halt/stop to,forgo,drop,dispense with,eschew,have done with,wash one’s hands of,lay off,give over,pack in,pack up,belay
verb
stop doing something; cease or abstain.
each pledged to desist from acts of sabotage
abstain,refrain,forbear,hold back,keep,stop,cease,discontinue,suspend,give up,quit,break off,leave off,conclude,call a halt/stop to,forgo,drop,dispense with,eschew,have done with,wash one’s hands of,lay off,give over,pack in,pack up,belay
verb
Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
he balked at such a drastic solution
eschew,resist,refuse to,be unwilling to,draw the line at,be reluctant to,draw back from,flinch from,shrink from,shy from,recoil from,quail at,demur from,hesitate over,scruple to,take exception to,not like to,hate to,jib at
noun
A roughly squared timber beam.
a balk of timber
joist,purlin,girder,spar,support,strut,stay,brace,scantling,batten,transom,lintel,stringer,balk,board,timber,plank,lath,rafter
verb
Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
he balked at such a drastic solution
eschew,resist,refuse to,be unwilling to,draw the line at,be reluctant to,draw back from,flinch from,shrink from,shy from,recoil from,quail at,demur from,hesitate over,scruple to,take exception to,not like to,hate to,jib at
noun
A roughly squared timber beam.
a balk of timber
joist,purlin,girder,spar,support,strut,stay,brace,scantling,batten,transom,lintel,stringer,balk,board,timber,plank,lath,rafter
verb
Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
he balked at such a drastic solution
eschew,resist,refuse to,be unwilling to,draw the line at,be reluctant to,draw back from,flinch from,shrink from,shy from,recoil from,quail at,demur from,hesitate over,scruple to,take exception to,not like to,hate to,jib at
noun
A roughly squared timber beam.
a balk of timber
joist,purlin,girder,spar,support,strut,stay,brace,scantling,batten,transom,lintel,stringer,balk,board,timber,plank,lath,rafter
verb
Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
he balked at such a drastic solution
eschew,resist,refuse to,be unwilling to,draw the line at,be reluctant to,draw back from,flinch from,shrink from,shy from,recoil from,quail at,demur from,hesitate over,scruple to,take exception to,not like to,hate to,jib at
noun
A roughly squared timber beam.
a balk of timber
joist,purlin,girder,spar,support,strut,stay,brace,scantling,batten,transom,lintel,stringer,balk,board,timber,plank,lath,rafter
verb
Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
he balked at such a drastic solution
eschew,resist,refuse to,be unwilling to,draw the line at,be reluctant to,draw back from,flinch from,shrink from,shy from,recoil from,quail at,demur from,hesitate over,scruple to,take exception to,not like to,hate to,jib at
noun
A roughly squared timber beam.
a balk of timber
joist,purlin,girder,spar,support,strut,stay,brace,scantling,batten,transom,lintel,stringer,balk,board,timber,plank,lath,rafter
verb
Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
he balked at such a drastic solution
eschew,resist,refuse to,be unwilling to,draw the line at,be reluctant to,draw back from,flinch from,shrink from,shy from,recoil from,quail at,demur from,hesitate over,scruple to,take exception to,not like to,hate to,jib at
noun
A roughly squared timber beam.
a balk of timber
joist,purlin,girder,spar,support,strut,stay,brace,scantling,batten,transom,lintel,stringer,balk,board,timber,plank,lath,rafter
intransitive verb
Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
any gardener will at first balk at enclosing the garden
eschew,resist,refuse to,be unwilling to,draw the line at,be reluctant to,draw back from,flinch from,shrink from,shy from,recoil from,quail at,demur from,hesitate over,scruple to,take exception to,not like to,hate to,jib at
noun
An illegal motion made by a pitcher that may deceive a base runner.
Because of the balk, both runners advanced one base, giving the Twins a 5-4 victory.
