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Synonyms for crutch
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crutchnoun

    a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking

  2. crutchnoun

    anything that serves as an expedient

    "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch"

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  1. List of paraphrases for "crutch":

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How to use crutch in a sentence?

  1. Wagner Said:

    It sends the wrong message. Maybe you're using it as a crutch during a hard month ... you're not going to see changes from that beyond Christmas.

  2. Conor McGregor:

    Just out of the surgery room, everything went to plan, everything went perfect and I'm feeling tremendous. We've got six weeks on a crutch now and then we begin to build back.

  3. John F. Kennedy:

    We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.

  4. James Baldwin:

    Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.

  5. Daniel Lubetzky:

    Your social mission can’t be a crutch.


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