Act
Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.
Veto
Veto verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.
How words are described
| successful | successful act | successful veto |
| violent | violent act | violent veto |
| cruel | cruel act | cruel veto |
| final | final act | final veto |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Lemony Narrator: If you try to act too perverted (such as trying to peek in on the girls while they're changing), the narrator will break the fourth wall to veto your actions in a rather smartassed fashion.
Source: Video Game / The PK Girl -
Wilson vetoed the Volstead Act enacted to give the federal government the power to enforce the amendment, but it was passed over his veto.
Source: Useful Notes / Woodrow Wilson - The need for this was removed by the Parliament Act 1911note Short version: the Lords can't veto a bill, only delay it for up to two years (provided the Commons keep passing it), and can't touch 'Money Bills' (ie the Budget) at all.
Source: Useful Notes / Knight Fever
Cite this Source
Veto and Act. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/veto
Act & Veto. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/veto>.
Veto or Act. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/act/veto.
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