Pike and Tarry

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Pike noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Tarry is an antonym for pike.

Nearby Words: piked, piker

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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Pike is an antonym for tarry.

Nearby Words: tarred, tarried, tarrying

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

Pike & Tarry. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pike/tarry>.

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