| Apply for ___ (seek assistance) | 31 |
| Apply force | 11 |
| Apply force in police jargon | 29 |
| Apply fresh asphalt | 19 |
| Apply frosting to | 17 |
| Apply gently | 12 |
| Apply gingerly, with "on" | 35 |
| Apply gold leaf | 15 |
| Apply gold leaf to | 18 |
| Apply graffiti | 14 |
| Apply haphazardly | 17 |
| Apply haphazardly, as paint | 27 |
| Apply hastily | 13 |
| Apply hastily, as paint | 23 |
| Apply heat to | 13 |
| Apply heavily | 13 |
| Apply holy oil | 14 |
| Apply holy oil to | 17 |
| Apply hurriedly | 15 |
| Apply improperly | 16 |
| Apply in a slapdash way | 23 |
| Apply incorrectly | 17 |
| Apply jam | 9 |
| Apply knuckles | 14 |
| Apply knuckles to wood | 22 |
| Apply less pressure (with ''up'') | 49 |
| Apply less pressure (with "up") | 41 |
| Apply less pressure, with "up" | 40 |
| Apply leverage to | 17 |
| Apply liberally | 15 |
| Apply liberally and carelessly | 30 |
| Apply liberally, as jelly | 25 |
| Apply lightly | 13 |
| Apply lightly, with "on" | 34 |
| Apply lipstick poorly | 21 |
| Apply lipstick unsteadily | 25 |
| Apply macadam to | 16 |
| Apply makeup | 12 |
| Apply makeup gingerly | 21 |
| Apply medicine to | 17 |
| Apply messily | 13 |
| Apply more epoxy to | 19 |
| Apply more frosting to | 22 |
| Apply more grease to the skids | 30 |
| Apply more paint to | 19 |
| Apply more pitch to | 19 |
| Apply more varnish to | 21 |
| Apply more WD-40 | 16 |
| Apply mousse | 12 |
| Apply muscle power | 18 |
| Apply non-lethal force to, supposedly | 37 |
| Apply Novocain to | 17 |
| Apply Novocain, e.g. | 20 |
| Apply novocaine to | 18 |
| Apply oil | 9 |
| Apply oil in consecration | 25 |
| Apply oil ritually | 18 |
| Apply oil to | 12 |
| Apply ointment | 14 |
| Apply one's John Hancock | 28 |
| Apply oneself | 13 |
| Apply oneself (to) | 18 |
| Apply oneself earnestly | 23 |
| Apply oneself to | 16 |
| Apply oneself to a task | 23 |
| Apply oneself vigorously | 24 |
| Apply oneself with determination | 32 |
| Apply paint | 11 |
| Apply paint anew | 16 |
| Apply paint crudely | 19 |
| Apply paint hastily | 19 |
| Apply palm grease | 17 |
| Apply pediculicide | 18 |
| Apply plaster | 13 |
| Apply polish | 12 |
| Apply pressure | 14 |
| Apply pressure to | 17 |
| Apply pressure to, with "on" | 38 |
| Apply quickly | 13 |
| Apply quickly, as brakes | 24 |
| Apply quotas | 12 |
| Apply restraint | 15 |
| Apply roughly | 13 |
| Apply scissors | 14 |
| Apply sequins to | 16 |
| Apply sloppily | 14 |
| Apply some muscle | 17 |
| Apply sparingly | 15 |
| Apply spin | 10 |
| Apply spin to | 13 |
| Apply strenuously | 17 |
| Apply strongly, as to start braking | 35 |
| Apply the brake | 15 |
| Apply the brakes | 16 |
| Apply the final detail, perhaps | 31 |
| Apply the paddle | 16 |
| Apply the sponge | 16 |
| Apply thickly | 13 |
| Apply thoroughly, as lotion | 27 |
| Apply tissue to fresh lipstick, perhaps | 39 |