regulate by - abate, adjust, alter, assuage, box in, circumscribe, condition, diminish, hedge, leaven, limit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate,
whipping post - crank, pillory, stocks, treadmill, triangle ,
mitigation - abatement, about-face, abridgement, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alleviation, allowance, alteration, amelioration, anaesthesia, anaesthetizing, analgesia, apostasy, appeasement,
henchman - adherent, appendage, associate, attendant, bodyguard, buddy, buff, cohort, confidant, courtier, creature, crony, dangler, dependent, disciple,
drunken carousal - bacchanal, bat, bender, binge, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, debauch, drunk, guzzle, jag, orgy, spree,
discomfort - ache, aches and pains, afflict, agitate, angst, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, bleakness, boredom, bother, burden, care, cheerlessness, depression,
swoop down upon - ambush, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bushwhack, catch at, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend on, descend upon, fall on, fall upon, fasten upon,
give the raspberry - boo, catcall, hiss, hoot, whistle ,
variety store - boutique, chain store, co-op, concession, cooperative, country store, department store, dime store, discount house, discount store, emporium, establishment, five-and-ten, general store, house,
elk - antelope, buck, camel, caribou, deer, doe, dromedary, eland, fallow deer, fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart, hind,
whipping post - crank, pillory, stocks, treadmill, triangle ,
mitigation - abatement, about-face, abridgement, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alleviation, allowance, alteration, amelioration, anaesthesia, anaesthetizing, analgesia, apostasy, appeasement,
henchman - adherent, appendage, associate, attendant, bodyguard, buddy, buff, cohort, confidant, courtier, creature, crony, dangler, dependent, disciple,
drunken carousal - bacchanal, bat, bender, binge, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, debauch, drunk, guzzle, jag, orgy, spree,
discomfort - ache, aches and pains, afflict, agitate, angst, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, bleakness, boredom, bother, burden, care, cheerlessness, depression,
swoop down upon - ambush, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bushwhack, catch at, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend on, descend upon, fall on, fall upon, fasten upon,
give the raspberry - boo, catcall, hiss, hoot, whistle ,
variety store - boutique, chain store, co-op, concession, cooperative, country store, department store, dime store, discount house, discount store, emporium, establishment, five-and-ten, general store, house,
elk - antelope, buck, camel, caribou, deer, doe, dromedary, eland, fallow deer, fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart, hind,