Assert
Assert verb - To state clearly and strongly.
Like
Like verb - To wish to have.
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Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Hal Sparks, post Queer as Folk, seems like he has to assert that he is heterosexual in real life at every opportunity by talking about women he'd like to have sex with as much as possible.
- SN would like to assert that episode 28 is not an example, because its pun is not lame.
Source: Lets Play / Sorceror Nobody -
This occurs in the movie Avatar, when Jake Sully stands his ground against a titanothere - a massive, armored rhino-like herbivore - trying to assert dominance.
Source: Scared of What's Behind You
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Like and Assert. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/like
Assert & Like. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/like>.
Like or Assert. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/like.
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