JIMMIED Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

jimmied

verb

past tense of jimmy

as in pried

to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever let's try to jimmy the door lock with my credit card

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Someone pried open the rear cover to a truck and stole a set of golf clubs for a loss of about $3,000.

— Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
But maybe pried his focus and joy and freedom away just a little bit going into the year.

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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Abu Dhabi’s Etihad is taking the same muscular approach, adding more than 20 aircraft and new routes to Europe, Africa, and China as other long-haul carriers have pulled back.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Later, detectives produced three male DNA profiles from evidence collected at the scene, including some pulled from beer bottles and cigarette butts, but none were ever matched to anyone until recently.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

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