Contest
Contest verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
Pocket verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).
Usage example: meekly pocketed his wife's verbal abuse
How words are described
| musical | musical contest | musical pocket |
| particular | particular contest | particular pocket |
| single | single contest | single pocket |
| small | small contest | small pocket |
| Other adjectives: actual, big, little, secret, hot, last, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the rock crushing contest, Per squeezes the piece of cheese in his pocket, impressing the troll by squeezing "the water from a stone." In a rock throwing contest, Per grabs a bird out of a nearby bush and gives it a hurl.
Source: Guile Hero
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Pocket and Contest. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contest/pocket
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