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to use a purgative―take a cathartic―purge the bowels―evacuate the bowels―open the bowels―loosen the bowels

to censure―denounce

cut down

press down

to decide that somebody has not passed an examination

the act of calling a person by name without any honorific title

to go to ruin

to abandon the attempt―give up the attempt―give up all hope of success―give up a man as hopeless

to move down―carry down

to distort the meaning of something

wear away

to slice off something

cut the noise

cause to fall off

to memorize musical scores

to pick something

cut open

let off the hook

downward

go down

turn the tide

let out a holler

let down the hem

take the wraps off

pull the trigger

pull the trigger

pass down

call off the strike

blow a whistle

blow a whistle