gone by - ago, antiquated, antique, back, back when, backward, blown over, by, bygone, dated, dead, dead and buried, deceased, defunct, departed,
incur costs - budget, cost, disburse, expend, fork out, go through, invest, lay out, outlay, pay, pay out, put out, run through, schedule, shell out,
make allowances for - allow for, bear, bear with, blink at, condone, connive at, disregard, endure, forgive, ignore, let it go, make allowance for, overlook, pass over, take,
hand guard - aegis, backstop, buffer, bulwark, bumper, contraceptive, copyright, cushion, dodger, fender, fuse, goggles, governor, guard, guardrail,
signatory - endorser, guarantor, insurer, notary, party, subscriber, underwriter, upholder ,
old dog - Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, centenarian, dotard, elder, gaffer, geezer, grandfather, greybeard, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old man, older, patriarch,
great - Cyclopean, Establishment, OK, VIP, able, absolute, abundant, accomplished, ace, ace-high, active, acute, adept, adroit, aggrandized,
thinker - Nestor, authority, casuist, cosmologist, doctor, egghead, elder, elder statesman, expert, great soul, guru, highbrow, illuminate, intellect, intellectual,
thick-coming - alive, bristling, bursting, common, continuous, crawling, crowded, cyclic, cyclical, everyday, frequent, habitual, haunting, incessant, jammed,
correlate - ally, alter ego, analogue, apply, associate, bind, bracket, brother, close copy, close match, cognate, companion, complement, connect, coordinate,
incur costs - budget, cost, disburse, expend, fork out, go through, invest, lay out, outlay, pay, pay out, put out, run through, schedule, shell out,
make allowances for - allow for, bear, bear with, blink at, condone, connive at, disregard, endure, forgive, ignore, let it go, make allowance for, overlook, pass over, take,
hand guard - aegis, backstop, buffer, bulwark, bumper, contraceptive, copyright, cushion, dodger, fender, fuse, goggles, governor, guard, guardrail,
signatory - endorser, guarantor, insurer, notary, party, subscriber, underwriter, upholder ,
old dog - Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, centenarian, dotard, elder, gaffer, geezer, grandfather, greybeard, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old man, older, patriarch,
great - Cyclopean, Establishment, OK, VIP, able, absolute, abundant, accomplished, ace, ace-high, active, acute, adept, adroit, aggrandized,
thinker - Nestor, authority, casuist, cosmologist, doctor, egghead, elder, elder statesman, expert, great soul, guru, highbrow, illuminate, intellect, intellectual,
thick-coming - alive, bristling, bursting, common, continuous, crawling, crowded, cyclic, cyclical, everyday, frequent, habitual, haunting, incessant, jammed,
correlate - ally, alter ego, analogue, apply, associate, bind, bracket, brother, close copy, close match, cognate, companion, complement, connect, coordinate,