Abandon
Abandon verb - To give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly.
Read
Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
How words are described
| emotional | emotional abandon | emotional read |
| perfect | perfect abandon | perfect read |
| great | great abandon | great read |
| bad | bad abandon | bad read |
| Other adjectives: dark. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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This can be read as basically saying that you shouldn't let other people, even those you like, sway you to abandon your convictions.
Source: Comic Book / Chick Tracts - Suffice it to say that Green Arrow fans who have read that book find it hard to believe that the man Oliver is at the end of the story would ever abandon a child in need, much less his own son.
Source: Continuity Snarl / Comic Books -
In the end, the masses rebuke and abandon him - and it is then that Tommy, broken, alone, and possibly dying, finds God.Being something that delivers plot through music, you have to make some allowances, and read into it in some places.
Source: Music / Tommy
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