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agree collapse: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"; be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"; achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"; be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"; show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English"

time collapse: the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past; a person's experience on a particular occasion; "he had a time holding back the tears"; "they had a good time together"; an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"; an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"; a suitable moment; "it is time to go"; a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"; adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time; "The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely"; regulate or set the time of; "time the clock"; assign a time for an activity or event; "The candidate carefully timed his appearance at the disaster scene"; set the speed, duration, or execution of; "we time the process to manufacture our cars very precisely"

get to collapse: arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"

in the long run collapse: after a very lengthy period of time; "she will succeed in the long run"

pull in collapse: move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"

hold off collapse: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

dawdler collapse: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

linger collapse: take one's time; proceed slowly; remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

interlude collapse: a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance; an intervening period or episode; perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"

convenience collapse: the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan"; the state of being suitable or opportune; "chairs arranged for his own convenience"

letup collapse: a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"

quickening collapse: the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"; the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus

picnic collapse: any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion; eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"

arrival collapse: accomplishment of an objective; the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival"; someone who arrives (or has arrived)

funnel collapse: (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship); a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth; a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends; move or pour through a funnel; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle"

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