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CONTRONYMS THAT HAVE THEIR OPPOSITES

Added on: 10th Sep 2016

 

GO

Go

To go usually means to proceed but if something goes it can

also mean to give out (That piece of machinery is really starting to go).

 

 

CONTINUE

Continue

Like the word “go”, continue usually means to persist in doing

something but in a legal context it can mean to stop a proceeding.

 

 

FLOG

Flog

To flog someone typically means to punish them by whipping.

However, it can also mean to promote something (flog a new book).

 

 

FIX

Fix

To fix something can either mean to repair it (in the case of

furniture) or to castrate it (in the case of an animal).

 

 

HOLD UP

Hold up

To hold up can either mean to support or it can mean to impede.

 

 

BUCKLE

Buckle

To buckle something can mean to clip it or fasten it, but if

something buckles then it collapses.

 

 

BOLT

Bolt

To bolt something means to secure it, but if someone

bolts then they are fleeing.

 

 

APOLOGY

Apology

An apology can either be a statement of contrition for an

action, or it can be a defence of an action.

 


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