Book and Tarry

Book

Book verb - To arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use.

Tarry is an antonym for book.

Nearby Words: booked, bookish, booklet, booking, bookie

Tarry

Tarry verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Usage example: upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain

Book is an antonym for tarry.

Nearby Words: tarred, tarried, tarrying

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The Hobbit In the book he is reluctant to fight the dwarves ( "Long may I tarry, ere I begin a war for gold,"), while in the movie, he is eager to fight.
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