Gopher and Sink

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Gopher noun - Any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops.

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Sink and gopher are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sink" instead a verb "Gopher".

Nearby Word: gophering

Sink verb - To become worse or of less value.

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Gopher and sink are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gopher" instead a verb "Sink".

Nearby Words: sinking, sinker

Obviously played for laughs in Caddyshack when the gopher steals Rodney Dangerfield's golfball as he's trying to sink a putt.

Source: I Am Not Weasel
His attempts to kill the gopher are seen as just a funny subplot - until the explosives he sets off at the end cause tremors that allow Danny's final putt to sink in.

Source: Chekhovs Gun / Film

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