ARROW Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

arrow

verb

Definition of arrow

as in to catch up

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Recent Examples of arrow The Launch's default look is subdued, but the board comes with blue and red Esc and arrow keys for extra pop. — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2022 Kate came to the bow and arrow on her own, though Clint's years of experience are still a benefit. — Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2021 In Bears Ears -- named for the twin buttes that rise above the landscape -- tourists and looters routinely steal ceramic shards, arrow heads and other remnants of the settlements of the Ancestral Puebloan Indians who lived in the area. — Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2021 According to the researchers, the embryo does not attach to the mother’s uterus and continue growth until the mother switches to arrow bamboo leaves, at which point the calcium intake is the highest. — Brenda Poppy, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2014 See All Example Sentences for arrow

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Some government officials attribute Moonshot's ability to catch up so quickly to distillation, describing it as theft of American intellectual property, specifically by incorporating Anthropic's frontier Fable model.

— Kif Leswing,Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 25 July 2026
The real story isn’t one generation lagging behind or catching up.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Definition of catch up

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In the $200,000 San Clemente Handicap 35-1 longshot Somerset West (Armando Ayuso) outran nine other 3-year-old fillies, including three formidable challengers who shipped in from the east.

— Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
In the semifinal, however, they were outclassed, outrun, and left stunned by a Spanish team that had mastered the art of moving the ball with pace and accuracy.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 18 July 2026

Definition of outrun

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On July 17, Apple overtook Nvidia to become the world’s most valuable company.

— Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
For the first time, the continent has overtaken Asia as the region with the largest number of hungry people, and nearly 60% of the world’s chronically undernourished people could live there by 2030.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of overtake

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Population growth in and around the city accelerated in the 2010s and surged during the COVID-19 pandemic.

— William Cogswell, Time, 24 July 2026
The partners are exploring how Video-Action Models can reduce engineering effort, accelerate robot deployment, and expand automation across manufacturing and logistics operations.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026

Definition of accelerate

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The Current never stepped out to pressure and let the Wave control the ball off a free kick that was taken short.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Though agents responded as they were trained and quickly thwarted the gunman’s plot, some guests who had stepped out of the ballroom to use the bathroom — including CNN’s Wolf Blitzer — found themselves in the midst of the gunfire.

— Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of step out

Verb

And Clark didn’t let up, darting around the backcourt like a pest as the opposition brought the ball up the United Center floor, not doing too much as much as trying to do something.

— Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Hamilton was on course for a record-extending 105th pole position, and first in a full grand prix since Hungary in 2023, before Norris darted through to take it away.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

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