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commute collapse: a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"; exchange a penalty for a less severe one; move from one side of an equation to the other side without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other"; travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

undulate collapse: having a wavy margin and rippled surface; increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"

oscillate collapse: move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

intermit collapse

time off collapse: a time period when you are not required to work; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral"

personnel collapse

delegate collapse: a person appointed or elected to represent others; give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person); transfer power to someone

ringer collapse: (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg; a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses; a person who is almost identical to another

pinch hitter collapse: (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter

enlist collapse: join the military; engage somebody to enter the army

procurator collapse: (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes

circling collapse

third string collapse

teeter totter collapse

attorney collapse

requite collapse: make repayment for or return something

swap collapse: move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

come around collapse: happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again"

bandy collapse: have legs that curve outward at the knees; discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions"; exchange blows; toss or strike a ball back and forth

teeter collapse: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

surrogate collapse: someone who takes the place of another person

come round collapse: change one's position or opinion; "He came around to our point of view"

equivocate collapse

comparison collapse: examining resemblances or differences; qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"; relation based on similarities and differences

hesitate collapse: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"; interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

back and fill collapse

amicus curiae collapse: an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest

fill in collapse: supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments"

vice president collapse: an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances

intermittent collapse: stopping and starting at irregular intervals; "intermittent rain showers"; stopping and starting at regular intervals

stand in collapse

shuttle collapse: bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads; public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that plies back and forth between two points; travel back and forth between two points

pleader collapse

replacement collapse: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"

periodic collapse: recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic feelings of anxiety"; happening or recurring at regular intervals; recurring at regular intervals

rotary collapse: relating to or characterized by rotation; "rotary dial"

rotate collapse: plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"; perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"; cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"; exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"

recurrent collapse

transpose collapse: a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix; change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"; put (a piece of music) into another key; transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality

waver collapse: the act of moving back and forth; someone who communicates by waving; sway to and fro

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