Contract and Duck

Contract

Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).

Duck is an antonym for contract.

Duck

Duck verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work

Contract is an antonym for duck.

Nearby Words: ducked, ducking, ducky, duckling

Common collocations

marriage contract marriage duck marriage
name contract name duck name

Both words in one sentence

  • As Duck Phillips discovers to his dismay, even if Don were fired, he could always go straight to another ad agency because he has no contract, and therefore no "non-compete" clause.
  • Read the Fine Print Subverted in a episode of Darkwing Duck; the studio claims something they want DW to do is in his contract; Darkwing points out he read the whole thing, including the fine print.
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