Manipulate
Manipulate verb - To control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means.
Pat and manipulate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pat" instead a verb "Manipulate".
Pat
Pat verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.
Manipulate and pat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Manipulate" instead a verb "Pat".
Common collocations
| someone | manipulate someone | pat someone |
| characters | manipulate characters | pat characters |
| space | manipulate space | pat space |
Both words in one sentence
- Blade is actually fairly apathetic, but has the look down pat, and is more than content to do things such as throw most of a school assignment on Terry, or manipulate a classmate to make another guy jealous.
Source: Alpha Bitch / Western Animation
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Pat and Manipulate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/manipulate/pat
Manipulate & Pat. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/manipulate/pat>.
Pat or Manipulate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/manipulate/pat.
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