Contract and Spread out

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Contract

Contract verb - Become smaller or draw together.
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Spread out is an antonym for contract.
Nearby Words: contracted, contraction, contracting, contractual, contractor

Spread out

Spread out verb - To arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area.
Usage example: let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got
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Contract is an antonym for spread out in topics: extend, effect, open up, longer.
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  • It's repeatedly said (usually in Watch books) that Ankh-Morpork exists in a perpetual state of "proto-mob": it's spread out like an amoeba that can instantly contract around a trouble spot, or wherever there's some impromptu street theater.
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