EXAMPLE: Send away pariah from the South (5) [1]
NOTE: The verbs on this list in present tense (RETURNS) also work as indicators in the past (RETURNED) and present participle (IS RETURNING) tenses.
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ABOUT
AFTER A U-TURN
ALL ABOUT
ALL OVER
ALL-AROUND
ALL-OVER
ARISES
AROUND
ASCENDANT
ASCENDS
ASCENT
BACK
BACK TO WHERE IT ALL STARTED
BACK-TO-FRONT
BACKS
BACKSLIDES
BACKTRACKS
BACKWARD
BACKWARDS
BEATS BACK
BEATS OFF
BLOWBACK?
BLOWS BACK
BOOMERANGS
BOOSTS
BOUNCES BACK
BRINGS ABOUT
BRINGS UP
CAPSIZES
CASTS UP
CLIMBS
COMES AROUND
COMES AROUND TO
COMES BACK
COMES OVER
COMES UP
CONTRARY
CONTRARYWISE
CONVERSE
CONVERSELY
COUNTER (as a noun)
COUNTERS
DOES A 180
DOUBLES BACK
DRIVES BACK
ELEVATED
ELEVATES
ERECTS
FIGHTS BACK
FLIPS
FORCES INTO RETREAT
FROM BELOW
FROM DEEP DOWN
FROM THE BOTTOM
FROM THE SOUTH
GET-UP
GETS A RAISE
GETS UP
GOES AROUND
GOES BACK
GOES BACK TO BEGINNING
GOES NORTH
GOES THE OTHER WAY
GOES UP
GOES UP IN MY ESTIMATION
GOING AROUND (like a disease)
HAULS UP
HEADS BACK
HEADS NORTH
HEADS OVER
HEADS UP (as in “leading”)
TO THE HEAVENS
HEAVENWARD
HIGHER-PROFILE
HIKEs
HOISTs
IN UPHEAVAL
INVERSION
INVERTS
INVERTED
LIFTS
LIFTS OFF
LOOKS BACK
LOOKS OVER
LOOKS UP (as in “from your work”)
LOOKS UP (as in “in the dictionary”)
MAKES A COMEBACK
MAKES A U-TURN
MOUNTS
MOVES UP
MOVIN’ ON UP
NORTHBOUND
ON THE REBOUND
ON THE RISE
ON THE UPSWING
OVER
OVERALL
OVERTHROWS
OVERTURNS
PUTS BACK
RAISES
REARE
REBOUNDS
REBUTS
RECEDES
RECOILS
REDIRECTS
REFLECTS
REFLECTION
REGRESSES
REGRESSION
REJECTS
REPELS
REPULSES
REPULSION
REPULSIVE
RETIRES
RETRACTS
RETRACTION
RETREAT (as a noun)
RETREATS
RETRO
RETROGRADE
RETROSPECTIVE
RETURNS
REVERSAL
REVERSES
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTIONARY
REVOLVES
REVULSION
ON THE RISE
RISES
RISES UP
ROCKETS
ROCKETING UPWARD
ROLLS BACK
ROTATES
ROUNDS ON
RUNS CONTRARY TO
SENDS BACK
SENDS OVER
SEND-UP?
SENDS UP
SETBACK
SHOOTS BACK
SHOWS UP
SKYWARD
SPINS
SURGES
TAKEN ABACK
TAKES BACK
TAKES FLIGHT
TAKES OFF
THROWBACK
THROWS BACK
TO THE HEAVENS
TO THE SKY
TO THE STARS
TURNAROUND
TURNS
TURNS AROUND
TURNS AWAY
TURNS BACK
TURNS OVER
TURNOVER
TURNS UP
TURNED ON HIS HEELS
TWIRLS
UP
UPENDS
UPGRADES
UPHEAVAL
UPLIFTING
UPLIFTS
UPON MY RETURN
UPON RETURNING
UPS
UPRIGHT
UPRISES
UPSET
UPSETS
UPSTREAM
UPSURGES
UPSWEEPS
UPSWINGS
UPTICK
UPTURN
UPWARD BOUND
UPWARDLY MOBILE
UPWARDS
ON THE WAY UP
WELLS UP
WHAT GOES AROUND
WHEELS
WHEN THINGS ARE LOOKING UP
WITHDRAWS
WORKS ITS WAY UPWARDS
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[1] REPEL (R)
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