Assert
Assert verb - To state clearly and strongly.
Vary
Vary verb - To be unlike; to not be the same.
Common collocations
| power | assert power | vary power |
| popularity | assert popularity | vary popularity |
| case | assert case | vary case |
| way | assert way | vary way |
| Other words: little. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Note that while the original phrase is used as a (somewhat feeble, if used by the speaker) argument to assert that a previous statement is accurate, the term "strewth" is typically used as an exclamation (particularly to communicate exasperation, though this may vary)
Source: Stock British Phrases
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Vary and Assert. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assert/vary
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