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side with, sympathize with, go with, chime in with, fall in with; come round; be<br />

pacified &c 723; assent &c 488; empathize with, enter into the ideas of, enter into the<br />

feelings of; reciprocate.<br />

hurler avec les loups [Fr.]; go with the stream, swim with the stream.<br />

keep in good humor, render accordant, put in tune; come to an understanding, meet<br />

halfway; keep the peace, remain at peace.<br />

Adj. concordant, congenial; agreeing &c v.; in accord &c n.; harmonious, united,<br />

cemented; banded together &c 712; allied; friendly &c 888; fraternal; conciliatory; at one<br />

with; of one mind &c (assent) 488.<br />

at peace, in still water; tranquil &c (pacific) 721.<br />

Adv. with one voice &c (assent) 488; in concert with, hand in hand; on one's side.<br />

Phr. commune periculum concordiam parit [Lat.].<br />

715. Defiance -- N. defiance; daring &c v.; dare; challenge, cartel † ; threat &c 909; war<br />

cry, war whoop.<br />

chest-beating, chest-thumping; saber rattling.<br />

V. defy, dare, beard; brave &c (courage) 861; bid defiance to; set at defiance, set at<br />

naught; hurl defiance at; dance the war dance, beat the war drums; snap the fingers at,<br />

laugh to scorn; disobey &c 742.<br />

show fight, show one's teeth, show a bold front; bluster, look big, stand akimbo, beat<br />

one's chest; double the fist, shake the fist; threaten &c 909.<br />

challenge, call out; throw down the gauntlet, fling down the gauntlet, fling down the<br />

gage, fling down the glove, throw down the glove.<br />

Adj. defiant; defying &c v.. with 'with arms akimbo'.<br />

Adv. in defiance of, in the teeth of; under one's very nose.<br />

Int. do your worst!, come if you dare!, come on!, marry come up!, hoity toity! † ,<br />

Phr. noli me tangere [Lat.]; nemo me impune lacessit [Lat.]; don't tread on me; don't you<br />

dare; don't even think of it; Go ahead, make my day! [Dirty Harry].<br />

716. Attack -- N. attack; assault, assault and battery; onset, onslaught, charge.<br />

aggression, offense; incursion, inroad, invasion; irruption; outbreak; estrapade † ,<br />

ruade † ; coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade † , raid, foray; run at, run against; dead set at.<br />

storm, storming; boarding, escalade † ; siege, investment, obsession † , bombardment,<br />

cannonade.<br />

fire, volley; platoon fire, file fire; fusillade; sharpshooting, broadside; raking fire,<br />

cross fire; volley of grapeshot, whiff of the grape, feu d'enfer [Fr.].<br />

cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado † , carte and tierce [Fr.], home thrust; coupe de bec<br />

[Fr.]; kick, punch &c (impulse) 276.<br />

battue † , razzia † , Jacquerie, dragonnade † ; devastation &c 162; eboulement [Fr.].<br />

assailant, aggressor, invader.<br />

base of operations, point of attack; echelon.<br />

V. attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge, impugn, break a lance with,<br />

enter the lists.<br />

assume the offensive, take the offensive; be the aggressor, become the aggressor;<br />

strike the first blow, draw first blood, throw the first stone at; lift a hand against, draw the

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