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false opposites:

undercoat = paint
overcoat = clothing

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So can you give your overcoat a new undercoat?

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Indeed.

Another pseudo-pair is upright/downright.

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Pick up/put down... as in: He picked up the dog and put it down.

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Look over/Overlook


----please, draw me a sheep----
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Oversight/oversight.

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