Begin and Shrink

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Begin

Begin verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
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Shrink is an antonym for begin in come into being topic.
Nearby Word: beginning

Shrink

Shrink verb - To become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter.
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Begin is an antonym for shrink.
Nearby Words: shrinking, shrinkage
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Common collocations

way begin way shrink way
rise begin rise shrink rise

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Blackout The Shrink Snuff Film: The reason why the headless body was in your apartment to begin with has to do with a mob film production of such a movie.
    Source: Video Game / Blackout
  • Series / Honey, I Shrunk the Kids The solution was for the Szalinskis to use the Shrink Ray and bring Quark back down to a smaller size to begin with, making him look more like his movie counterpart.
    Source: Series / Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
  • Our Giants Are Bigger When they begin integrating with human society, most of them shrink themselves to a regular human size, but there are some communities that prefer to remain giants (which results in some interesting mixed-size accommodations in the later series).
    Source: Our Giants Are Bigger
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