Dropped
Proceeded
Dropped and proceeded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dropped" instead a verb "Proceeded".
Nearby Word: proceeding
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Loophole Abuse: For the 2015 season, the crew of Complete Control found that the "No entanglements" rule seemed to have been dropped and proceeded to bring in a box filled with fishing net in its fight against Ghost Raptor.
Source: Series / BattleBots -
Doctor Doom dropped out of school after his Freak Lab Accident and then proceeded to learn magic and take over a country.
Source: Not That Kind of Doctor -
When she finally found a friend in Madoka, she was so happy that she dropped her guard in fighting a sandworm-like Witch, which then proceeded to chomp her head.
Source: I Just Want to Have Friends
Cite this Source
Proceeded and Dropped. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dropped/proceeded
Dropped & Proceeded. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dropped/proceeded>.
Proceeded or Dropped. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dropped/proceeded.
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