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Synonyms for was
wʌz, wɒz; unstressed wəzwas

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  1. had been

    he was there he had been there

    Submitted by anonymous on January 17, 2021  

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.5 / 8 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "was":

    's, era, 'd, got, amounted, took, went, became, stood, constituted, came, consisted, es, 're

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD1.4 / 11 votes

  1. WAS

    Synonyms:
    Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (eczema-thrombocytopenia), THC1, IMD2, SCNX, THC, wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein, WASP, WASp, thrombocytopenia 1 (X-linked)

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