Approve and Run down

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Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Run down is an antonym for approve.

Nearby Words: approval, approbation, approving, approvingly, approvement

Run down verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.

Usage example: constantly running down the city's cultural life won't do anything to improve it

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Approve is an antonym for run down.

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