Cup and Due

Cup

Cup noun - A round vessel equipped with a handle and designed for drinking.

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Due and cup are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Due" instead a noun "Cup".

Nearby Words: cupping, cupful

Due noun - That which is deserved or owed.

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Cup and due are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cup" instead a noun "Due".

full	full cup	full due
best	best cup	best due
ordinary	ordinary cup	ordinary due
standard	standard cup	standard due
Other adjectives: proper, single, bad.

When Westley doesn't hesitate to drink, Vizzini figures that Westley thought that he was reaching for the "safe" cup, but due to Vizzini switching the cups, now Vizzini has the safe cup.

Source: Out-Gambitted aka: Out Gambit
The scene in Love Actually where Aurelia removes the cup holding down a portion of the book Jamie is working on had to be redubbed due to the noise of the large fan sitting off camera.

Source: Looping Lines
She asks him if Jen even knows who he is, and he says that she hasn't forgiven him due to an incident involving a pudding cup in the 5th grade.

Source: Literature / Origami Yoda

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