Consummate
Consummate verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.
Start
Common collocations
| romance | consummate romance | start romance |
| relationship | consummate relationship | start relationship |
| affair | consummate affair | start affair |
Both words in one sentence
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Consummate Professional: Charlie, Rachel and Faye start out as this, while Dan and Big Bo, in contrast, are more laid back and contemptuous of authority.
Source: Video Game / Binary Domain -
Raptors are consummate Combat Pragmatists who do not seek personal glory in combat and accept that they will eventually die in battle, but they start to see this in increasingly fatalistic ways.
Source: Tabletop Game / Deathwatch -
Consummate Liar: One of the most infamous running story gags in all of wrestling is how Flair's natural charisma would start to win over Sting's trust before Flair would, of course, screw Sting over in some dastardly way.
Source: Wrestling / Ric Flair
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