to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
prise
Verb
make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
point the way
Verb
indicate the right path or direction
pin down
Verb
attach with or as if with a pin
pin down
Verb
place in a confining or embarrassing position
pin down
Verb
define clearly
proselytize
Verb
convert to another faith or religion
proselytise
Verb
convert to another faith or religion
provoke
Verb
provide the needed stimulus for
provoke
Verb
evoke or provoke to appear or occur
provoke
Verb
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
provoke
Verb
annoy continually or chronically
put off
Verb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
put off
Verb
cause to feel embarrassment
put off
Verb
cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
put off
Verb
take away the enthusiasm of
put off
Verb
hold back to a later time
pettifog
Verb
argue over petty things
polemize
Verb
engage in a controversy
polemise
Verb
engage in a controversy
prohibit
Verb
to command against
polemicize
Verb
engage in a controversy
polemicise
Verb
engage in a controversy
proscribe
Verb
command against
pooh-pooh
Verb
reject with contempt
pooh-pooh
Verb
express contempt about
pray
Verb
call upon in supplication
pray
Verb
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship
plead
Verb
appeal or request earnestly
plead
Verb
enter a plea, as in courts of law
plead
Verb
offer as an excuse or plea
plead
Verb
make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
prevail
Verb
use persuasion successfully
prevail
Verb
prove superior
prevail
Verb
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
prevail
Verb
continue to exist
prevail
Verb
be valid, applicable, or true
pull back
Verb
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
pull back
Verb
stretch back a bowstring on an archer's bow
pull back
Verb
move to a rearward position
pull back
Verb
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)