Synonyms for lever
ˈlɛv ər, ˈli vərlever

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1. levernoun

   a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

   Synonyms:
   lever tumbler

2. levernoun

   a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

   Synonyms:
   lever tumbler

3. lever, lever tumblerverb

   a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock

   Synonyms:
   lever tumbler

4. pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmyverb

   to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

   "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

   Synonyms:
   prize, poke, intrude, treasure, nose, pry, esteem, respect, appreciate, horn in, value, jimmy, prise

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1. • Bar
   • Machine

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1. levernoun

   Synonyms:
   pry

   Associated words:
   fulcrum, purchase, prize, prizing

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1. List of paraphrases for "lever":

   prybar, gear, leverage, crowbar, levers, pry, leveraged, toggle

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1. Kurt Ribisl:

   Raising taxes is probably the gold standard for tobacco control policy, it’s the thing that reduces tobacco smoking more than any other policy lever that can be pulled.

2. Eugene Gholz:

   The Chinese have wanted to cultivate that dependence and use The Chinese as a lever, and so I don't think The Chinese's any surprise that they are considering using The Chinese more dramatically.

3. Pete Gaynor:

   If it comes to a point we have to pull the lever, we will.

4. George Nethercutt:

   People were mad at incumbents. The House bank scandal had just happened, it takes a lot to get someone who has the habit of voting one way and get them to pull the lever for someone else.

5. Von Spakovsky:

   They are using federal housing money intended to improve the bad housing of poor Americans as the lever to force compliance with these new regulations, but that money is most needed in blighted, inner city urban neighborhoods, where there are a large number of African Americans. This federal utopian vision will divert that needed federal money into suburbs where it is not needed, leaving poor Americans living in substandard, terrible housing.