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rivet


rivet

verb

Definition of RIVET

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective <everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage>
Related Words aim, direct, home (in on), hone in (on), level, nail, point, set, zero (in on); attend, heed, mind; fixate (on), obsess (over); refocus

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