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Mad Ade's Autoantonyms #4
In this Teaser Mad Ade has created a sentence using Autoantonym, which are words that have two opposing meanings.
For example :
"Despite securing the ----, the horses still managed to ---- free"
In this case the answer would be "Bolt" one meaning to secure and fasten, the other to mean to break free.
Can you work out the Autoantonym for these two sentences?
1, "Suddenly as the train pulled away Mad Ade realised that he had ---- his luggage in the hotel he had just ----."
2, "Mad Ade fastened the ------ of his safety harness, but his sheer weight still managed to ------ the steel clasp."
For example :
"Despite securing the ----, the horses still managed to ---- free"
In this case the answer would be "Bolt" one meaning to secure and fasten, the other to mean to break free.
Can you work out the Autoantonym for these two sentences?
1, "Suddenly as the train pulled away Mad Ade realised that he had ---- his luggage in the hotel he had just ----."
2, "Mad Ade fastened the ------ of his safety harness, but his sheer weight still managed to ------ the steel clasp."
Answer
1,Left = Leave behind/ remain.
Left = depart from.
2,
Buckle = to fasten /secure
Buckle = to give way/ collapse
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