Social life

Synonyms for scrub

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineSocial life

postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

We had to scrub our vacation plans.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

scratch

Same sentence, swapped: We had to scratch our vacation plans.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for scrub as it is used in the sentence above.

scour
suspend
reprieve

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Closest first: other social life words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

hackverbcutbe able to manage or manage successfullyTreelineHas a reason line haltnoun, verbfreezean interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movementTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line heednoun, verbregardpaying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)Treeline2 sensesHas a reason line masternoun, verbmaestroan artist of consummate skillTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line plasticadjectiveshapingforming or capable of forming or molding or fashioningRidgeline2 senses preemptverbdisplacetake the place of or have precedence overHigh CampHas a reason line prejudicedadjectivediscriminatorybeing biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehandHigh Camp neighborhoodnounregionthe approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of')TreelineHas a reason line

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