Forsake and Tarry

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Forsake verb - To cause to remain behind.

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Tarry is an antonym for forsake.

Nearby Words: forsaken, forsaking

Tarry verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

Usage example: upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain

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Forsake is an antonym for tarry.

Nearby Words: tarred, tarried, tarrying

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Tarry and Forsake. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forsake/tarry

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