Achieve
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The protagonists use historical forces to achieve victory, instead of direct combat.
Source: To Win Without Fighting - They still carry out plots against each other to achieve their goals, but try to avoid the use of direct violence.
Source: Truce Zone -
Every car will, in fact, be slower in an overdrive gear than in direct drive or underdrive as the engine will be at a mechanical disadvantage and have to work harder to achieve the same acceleration.
Source: Over Drive
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Direct and Achieve. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/achieve/direct
Achieve & Direct. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/achieve/direct>.
Direct or Achieve. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/achieve/direct.
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