Deal
Deal verb - To carry on the business of buying and selling goods or other property.
Enact
Enact verb - To put into effect through legislative or authoritative action.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| blow | deal blow | enact blow |
| kind | deal kind | enact kind |
| sort | deal sort | enact sort |
| time | deal time | enact time |
| Other words: punishment. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- She believes Rumplestiltskin won't remember the deal he made with her to enact the curse, despite the fact that he created the curse so could easily make a loophole.
Source: Villain Ball -
In this case Jason and Marcus did know their vines but decided it was better to deal with the poison ivy than be caught by Peter (who seems in the mood to re-enact The Shining).
Source: Know Your Vines - They just don't understand that calling in Breach to deal with a case is akin to summoning God to enact divine retribution upon a wrongdoer - or, at least, that's how the two cities see it.
Source: Literature / The City & the City
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