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back door
Related Words:
get back
collapse
related words >
ransom
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
regain
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
take back
repossess
collapse
related words >
get back
,
ransom
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
regain
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
take back
respond
collapse
respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
related words >
acknowledge
,
act
,
advocate
,
allege in support
,
alternate
,
answer
,
answer back
,
antiphon
,
apprehend
,
argue for
,
assert
,
bandy
,
be affected
,
be aware of
,
be conscious of
,
be in tune
,
be inspired
,
be involved
,
be moved
,
be quits with
,
be sensible of
,
behave
,
care about
,
catch the flame
,
catch the infection
,
champion
,
change
,
change color
,
color with emotion
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come in
,
commute
,
compensate
,
contend for
,
cooperate
,
counter
,
counterchange
,
defend
,
dig
,
echo
,
empathize with
,
espouse
,
exchange
,
experience
,
feel
,
feel for
,
flash back
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
hear
,
identify with
,
interchange
,
logroll
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
pay back
,
perceive
,
permute
,
pity
,
plead for
,
react
,
rebut
,
reciprocate
,
reecho
,
refute
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
relate to emotionally
,
reply
,
requite
,
respond to
,
respond to stimuli
,
response
,
retaliate
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
return the compliment
,
reverberate
,
riposte
,
say
,
say in defense
,
say in reply
,
see
,
sense
,
share
,
shoot back
,
smell
,
snap back
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
stand up for
,
stick up for
,
support
,
sustain
,
swap
,
switch
,
sympathize with
,
take the bait
,
talk back
,
taste
,
touch
,
trade
,
transpose
,
uphold
,
urge reasons for
on the brink
collapse
related words >
about to
,
at next hand
,
at the limit
,
at the periphery
,
at the threshold
,
bordering on
,
close to
,
close upon
,
hard on
,
marginally
,
near
,
near to
,
near upon
,
nearabout
,
next door to
,
nigh
,
nigh about
,
not far from
,
on the borderline
,
on the edge
,
on the point
,
on the verge
,
peripherally
,
verging on
,
verging upon
on the verge
collapse
related words >
about to
,
at next hand
,
at the limit
,
at the periphery
,
at the threshold
,
bordering on
,
close to
,
close upon
,
hard on
,
marginally
,
near
,
near to
,
near upon
,
nearabout
,
next door to
,
nigh
,
nigh about
,
not far from
,
on the borderline
,
on the brink
,
on the edge
,
on the point
,
peripherally
,
verging on
,
verging upon
imperialism
collapse
any instance of aggressive extension of authority
a political orientation that advocates imperial interests
a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
related words >
Eisenhower Doctrine
,
Monroe Doctrine
,
Nazism
,
Nixon Doctrine
,
Truman Doctrine
,
appeasement
,
balance of power
,
brinkmanship
,
caliphate
,
centralism
,
coexistence
,
collectivism
,
colonialism
,
communism
,
compromise
,
constitutionalism
,
containment
,
czardom
,
democratism
,
detente
,
deterrence
,
diplomacy
,
diplomatic
,
diplomatics
,
dollar diplomacy
,
dollar imperialism
,
emperorship
,
empery
,
empire
,
expansionism
,
fascism
,
federalism
,
feudalism
,
feudality
,
foreign affairs
,
foreign policy
,
good-neighbor policy
,
governmentalism
,
internationalism
,
isolationism
,
kaiserdom
,
kaisership
,
kinghood
,
kingship
,
majesty
,
manifest destiny
,
militarism
,
monarchism
,
national socialism
,
nationalism
,
neocolonialism
,
neofascism
,
neutralism
,
nonresistance
,
open door
,
open-door policy
,
parliamentarianism
,
parliamentarism
,
peace offensive
,
peaceful coexistence
,
pluralism
,
political principles
,
preparedness
,
queenhood
,
queenship
,
rajaship
,
regnancy
,
republicanism
,
royalism
,
royalty
,
shirt-sleeve diplomacy
,
shuttle diplomacy
,
socialism
,
sovereignty
,
spheres of influence
,
statism
,
sultanate
,
sultanship
,
the big stick
,
the crown
,
the throne
,
tough policy
,
world politics
preparedness
collapse
related words >
Eisenhower Doctrine
,
Monroe Doctrine
,
Nixon Doctrine
,
TLC
,
Truman Doctrine
,
ability
,
alertness
,
anticipation
,
appeasement
,
attention
,
balance of power
,
brinkmanship
,
capability
,
care
,
carefulness
,
caution
,
circumspection
,
circumspectness
,
coexistence
,
colonialism
,
competence
,
competency
,
compromise
,
concern
,
condition
,
consideration
,
containment
,
detente
,
deterrence
,
diplomacy
,
diplomatic
,
diplomatics
,
dollar diplomacy
,
dollar imperialism
,
expansionism
,
fitness
,
fittedness
,
foreign affairs
,
foreign policy
,
forethought
,
good-neighbor policy
,
heed
,
heedfulness
,
imperialism
,
internationalism
,
isolationism
,
loving care
,
manifest destiny
,
mastery
,
maturity
,
militarism
,
mindfulness
,
nationalism
,
neocolonialism
,
neutralism
,
nonresistance
,
open door
,
open-door policy
,
peace offensive
,
peaceful coexistence
,
proficiency
,
qualification
,
readiness
,
regard
,
regardfulness
,
ripeness
,
seasoning
,
shirt-sleeve diplomacy
,
shuttle diplomacy
,
solicitude
,
spheres of influence
,
suitability
,
suitableness
,
suitedness
,
tempering
,
tender loving care
,
the big stick
,
thoughtfulness
,
tough policy
,
trim
,
vigilance
,
world politics
sneaky
collapse
marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
related words >
Machiavellian
,
Machiavellic
,
acute
,
arch
,
artful
,
astute
,
back-door
,
backstairs
,
cagey
,
calculating
,
canny
,
chiseling
,
clandestine
,
clever
,
collusive
,
covert
,
covinous
,
cowering
,
crafty
,
cringing
,
cunning
,
cute
,
deceitful
,
deep
,
deep-laid
,
designing
,
devious
,
diplomatic
,
dishonest
,
disingenuous
,
duplicitous
,
false
,
falsehearted
,
feline
,
finagling
,
foxy
,
fraudulent
,
furtive
,
guileful
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
indirect
,
ingenious
,
insidious
,
inventive
,
knowing
,
pawky
,
politic
,
privy
,
quailing
,
quiet
,
ready
,
resourceful
,
scheming
,
serpentine
,
sharp
,
shifty
,
shrewd
,
skulking
,
slick
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
slippery
,
sly
,
smooth
,
snaky
,
sneaking
,
sophistical
,
stealthy
,
strategic
,
subtile
,
subtle
,
supple
,
surreptitious
,
tactical
,
treacherous
,
trickish
,
tricksy
,
tricky
,
two-faced
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
,
unscrupulous
,
vulpine
,
wary
,
wily
carom
collapse
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
make a carom
rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"
related words >
appulse
,
backfire
,
backlash
,
backlashing
,
bang
,
bang into
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bounce back
,
bound
,
bound back
,
brunt
,
bulldozing
,
bulling
,
bump
,
bump into
,
cannon
,
cannon off
,
carambole
,
carom into
,
clash
,
collide
,
collision
,
come into collision
,
concuss
,
concussion
,
confront each other
,
contrecoup
,
crack up
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
crash into
,
crump
,
crunch
,
dap
,
dash into
,
encounter
,
fall foul of
,
fly back
,
foul
,
glance
,
graze
,
hammering
,
have repercussions
,
hit
,
hit against
,
hurt
,
hurtle
,
impact
,
impinge
,
impingement
,
kick
,
kick back
,
kickback
,
knock
,
knock against
,
lash back
,
mauling
,
meet
,
meeting
,
onslaught
,
percuss
,
percussion
,
ramming
,
rebound
,
rebuff
,
recalcitrate
,
recalcitration
,
recoil
,
repercuss
,
repercussion
,
repulse
,
resile
,
resilience
,
ricochet
,
run into
,
shock
,
sideswipe
,
skim
,
skip
,
slam into
,
sledgehammering
,
smack into
,
smash
,
smash into
,
smash up
,
smash-up
,
smashing
,
snap back
,
spring
,
spring back
,
strike
,
strike against
,
thrusting
,
whomp
think twice
collapse
consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
be careful
,
be cautious
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dither
,
falter
,
fear
,
go on tiptoe
,
hang back
,
hang in doubt
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make haste slowly
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
take it easy
,
think twice about
,
tiptoe
,
vacillate
,
walk on eggshells
,
withdraw
,
yield
disengage
collapse
become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
related words >
abrupt
,
abstract
,
alienate
,
back down
,
back out
,
beat a retreat
,
break loose
,
break out
,
break with
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
clear
,
cut adrift
,
cut loose
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
delete
,
depart
,
detach
,
disarticulate
,
disburden
,
disconnect
,
disembarrass
,
disembroil
,
disencumber
,
disentangle
,
disinvolve
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dislodge
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
doff
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
eject
,
estrange
,
expel
,
extricate
,
fall back
,
free
,
free up
,
get away from
,
get out
,
get out of
,
get rid of
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
isolate
,
leave
,
liberate
,
loose
,
loosen
,
move back
,
part
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
release
,
remove
,
retire
,
retreat
,
run back
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set free
,
shake off
,
shut off
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
step aside
,
subtract
,
take off
,
tear loose
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
unbar
,
unbind
,
unbolt
,
unbuckle
,
unbutton
,
unchain
,
unclasp
,
unclutter
,
uncouple
,
undo
,
unfasten
,
unfetter
,
unglue
,
unhook
,
unknot
,
unlace
,
unlatch
,
unleash
,
unlock
,
unloose
,
unloosen
,
unravel
,
unscramble
,
unsnarl
,
unstick
,
unstrap
,
untangle
,
untie
,
unyoke
,
weigh anchor
,
withdraw
turn back
collapse
turn inside out or upside down
related words >
about ship
,
assimilate to
,
avert
,
back and fill
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
beat back
,
become
,
box off
,
break
,
break back
,
bring about
,
bring round
,
bring to
,
brush off
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change
,
change back
,
change course
,
change into
,
change over
,
change the heading
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
come about
,
come again
,
come back
,
come home
,
come up again
,
convert
,
cry back
,
cut
,
dismiss
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
do over
,
double
,
double a point
,
double back
,
draw aside
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
ease off
,
echo
,
edge off
,
fend off
,
fetch about
,
flip-flop
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go about
,
go back
,
go home
,
go off
,
gybe
,
hark back
,
haw
,
head off
,
heave round
,
hold off
,
jib
,
jibe
,
jibe all standing
,
keep coming
,
keep off
,
make
,
make over
,
make way for
,
miss stays
,
move aside
,
naturalize
,
pack off
,
ply
,
push back
,
put about
,
put back
,
react
,
reappear
,
rebuff
,
reconvert
,
recur
,
reduce to
,
refuse
,
render
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
repel
,
repulse
,
resolve into
,
resound
,
resume
,
return
,
reverberate
,
reverse
,
revert
,
round a point
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
sheer
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shove aside
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
slew
,
snub
,
spurn
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
switch
,
switch over
,
tack
,
throw about
,
thrust back
,
transform
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn into
,
veer
,
veer off
,
ward off
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
wind
,
yaw
reenact
collapse
enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"
enact again; "Congress reenacted the law"
related words >
give back
,
place in
,
put back
,
reactivate
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
replace
,
replenish
,
restore
,
return
,
revest
neighborliness
collapse
a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
related words >
amiability
,
amiableness
,
amicability
,
amicableness
,
amity
,
bonhomie
,
congeniality
,
cordiality
,
friendliness
,
friendship
,
generosity
,
geniality
,
graciousness
,
heartiness
,
hospitableness
,
hospitality
,
kindness
,
liberality
,
love
,
neighborlikeness
,
open door
,
openheartedness
,
peaceableness
,
receptiveness
,
sociability
,
unhostility
,
warmheartedness
,
warmness
,
warmth
,
well-affectedness
turn about
collapse
related words >
alternately
,
au pair
,
break back
,
by turns
,
change back
,
come about
,
consecutively
,
convert
,
cry back
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
even
,
evert
,
every other
,
exchangeably
,
fetch about
,
flip-flop
,
go about
,
go back
,
hand running
,
hark back
,
heel
,
in Indian file
,
in a chain
,
in a line
,
in a row
,
in a series
,
in column
,
in exchange
,
in file
,
in return
,
in rotation
,
in single file
,
in succession
,
in turn
,
in turns
,
introvert
,
intussuscept
,
invaginate
,
inverse
,
invert
,
make and break
,
mutually
,
off and on
,
pivot
,
pivot about
,
progressively
,
pronate
,
put about
,
reciprocally
,
resupinate
,
reverse
,
revolve
,
rotate
,
round
,
round and round
,
running
,
sequentially
,
serially
,
seriatim
,
spin
,
step by step
,
successively
,
supinate
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swivel
,
to and fro
,
transpose
,
turn
,
turn around
,
turn back
,
turn down
,
turn in
,
turn inside out
,
turn out
,
turn over
,
turn round
,
turn tail
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn upside down
,
up and down
,
veer
,
veer around
,
wheel
,
wheel about
,
whirl
sidestep
collapse
a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
avert
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bear off
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
burke
,
bypass
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
circumvent
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge
,
edge off
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go crabwise
,
go off
,
go sideways
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lateral
,
lateralize
,
make leeway
,
make way for
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
move aside
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shirk
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shun
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
side
,
sideslip
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
skew
,
skid
,
skirt
,
split hairs
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
switch
,
tergiversate
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer
,
veer off
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
alfresco
collapse
in the open air; "an alfresco lunch"; "an open-air theater"
related words >
abroad
,
aerial
,
aeriform
,
aery
,
airish
,
airlike
,
airy
,
atmospheric
,
breezy
,
en plein air
,
ethereal
,
exposed
,
in the open
,
light
,
open-air
,
out of doors
,
out-of-door
,
out-of-doors
,
outdoor
,
outdoors
,
outside
,
pneumatic
,
roomy
,
tropospheric
appeasement
collapse
the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
related words >
Eisenhower Doctrine
,
Monroe Doctrine
,
Nixon Doctrine
,
Truman Doctrine
,
United Nations troops
,
abatement
,
allayment
,
alleviation
,
analgesia
,
anesthesia
,
anesthetizing
,
assuagement
,
atonement
,
balance of power
,
brinkmanship
,
calming
,
coexistence
,
colonialism
,
compromise
,
conciliation
,
containment
,
deadening
,
detente
,
deterrence
,
diminishment
,
diminution
,
diplomacy
,
diplomatic
,
diplomatics
,
dollar diplomacy
,
dollar imperialism
,
dulcification
,
dulling
,
ease
,
easement
,
easing
,
easing of relations
,
expansionism
,
foreign affairs
,
foreign policy
,
good-neighbor policy
,
imperialism
,
internationalism
,
isolationism
,
lessening
,
lulling
,
manifest destiny
,
mediation
,
militarism
,
mitigation
,
mollification
,
nationalism
,
neocolonialism
,
neutralism
,
nonresistance
,
numbing
,
open door
,
open-door policy
,
pacification
,
palliation
,
peace offensive
,
peace-keeping force
,
peaceful coexistence
,
peacemaking
,
peacemongering
,
placability
,
placation
,
preparedness
,
propitiation
,
reduction
,
relaxation of tension
,
relief
,
remedy
,
salving
,
shirt-sleeve diplomacy
,
shuttle diplomacy
,
softening
,
soothing
,
spheres of influence
,
subduement
,
the big stick
,
tough policy
,
tranquilization
,
world politics
pull back
collapse
pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
related words >
about the bush
,
abrupt
,
alienate
,
avoid
,
back down
,
back out
,
backslide
,
balance
,
beat a retreat
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cock
,
cringe
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
debate
,
delete
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
depart
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
duck
,
eject
,
equivocate
,
estrange
,
evade
,
expel
,
fade
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
get behind
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
isolate
,
jerk back
,
jib
,
lapse
,
leave
,
lose ground
,
make bones about
,
move back
,
parry
,
part
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull away
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
run back
,
scruple
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shut off
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
slip back
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
subtract
,
swerve
,
think twice about
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
turn aside
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
ward off
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
stick at
collapse
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
blench
,
boggle
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
think twice about
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
sly
collapse
related words >
Byzantine
,
Machiavellian
,
Machiavellic
,
acute
,
adroit
,
arch
,
artful
,
astute
,
back-door
,
backstairs
,
cagey
,
calculating
,
canny
,
clandestine
,
clever
,
covert
,
crafty
,
creep
,
crooked
,
cunning
,
cute
,
deceitful
,
deep
,
deep-laid
,
designing
,
devious
,
dexterous
,
diplomatic
,
dishonest
,
disingenuous
,
downy
,
feline
,
foxy
,
furtive
,
guileful
,
gumshoe
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
ingenious
,
insidious
,
inventive
,
knowing
,
lurk
,
masterful
,
pawky
,
politic
,
predatory
,
privy
,
quiet
,
ready
,
resourceful
,
scheming
,
serpentine
,
shady
,
sharp
,
shifty
,
shrewd
,
skulk
,
skulking
,
slick
,
slide
,
slim
,
slink
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
slippery
,
smart
,
smooth
,
snake
,
snaky
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
snook
,
sophistical
,
steal
,
stealthy
,
strategic
,
subtile
,
subtle
,
supple
,
surreptitious
,
tactical
,
trickish
,
tricksy
,
tricky
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unfrank
,
unobtrusive
,
unscrupulous
,
vulpine
,
wary
,
wily
get well
collapse
improve in health; "He got well fast"
related words >
bounce back
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
get about
,
get over
,
make a comeback
,
mend
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
recover
,
recuperate
,
revive
,
survive
,
weather the storm
disavow
collapse
refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
related words >
abjure
,
assert the contrary
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
belie
,
climb down
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
crawfish out
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
impugn
,
join issue upon
,
negate
,
negative
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
retract
,
revoke
,
swallow
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
unsay
,
withdraw
privy
collapse
hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
related words >
WC
,
alive to
,
anonymous
,
appreciative of
,
apprised of
,
awake to
,
aware of
,
back-door
,
backhouse
,
backstairs
,
basement
,
bathroom
,
behind the curtain
,
behind the scenes
,
bog
,
buried
,
can
,
clandestine
,
closet
,
cognizant of
,
comfort station
,
concealed
,
conscious of
,
convenience
,
covert
,
crapper
,
earth closet
,
feline
,
furtive
,
head
,
hep to
,
hidden
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
in the know
,
in the secret
,
incognito
,
informed of
,
inmost
,
innermost
,
interior
,
intimate
,
inward
,
isolated
,
jakes
,
john
,
johnny
,
johnny house
,
latrine
,
lavatory
,
let into
,
loo
,
mindful of
,
necessary
,
no stranger to
,
obscured
,
office
,
on to
,
outhouse
,
personal
,
powder room
,
private
,
privileged
,
privy to
,
quiet
,
rest room
,
retired
,
secluded
,
secret
,
seized of
,
sensible of
,
sensible to
,
sequestered
,
shifty
,
shrouded
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
streetwise
,
surreptitious
,
toilet
,
toilet room
,
undeceived
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
,
urinal
,
washroom
,
water closet
,
wise to
,
withdrawn
stealthy
collapse
related words >
Machiavellian
,
Machiavellic
,
acute
,
arch
,
artful
,
astute
,
back-door
,
backstairs
,
cagey
,
canny
,
catlike
,
catty
,
clandestine
,
clever
,
closet
,
covert
,
crafty
,
cunning
,
cute
,
deceitful
,
deep
,
deep-laid
,
designing
,
diplomatic
,
doggo
,
feline
,
foxy
,
furtive
,
guileful
,
hidden out
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
hush-hush
,
in ambush
,
in hiding
,
in the wings
,
ingenious
,
insidious
,
inventive
,
knowing
,
lurking
,
noiseless
,
on tiptoe
,
pawky
,
politic
,
privy
,
prowling
,
pussyfoot
,
pussyfooted
,
quiet
,
ready
,
resourceful
,
scheming
,
secret
,
secretive
,
serpentine
,
sharp
,
shifty
,
shrewd
,
silent
,
skulking
,
slick
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
slippery
,
sly
,
smooth
,
snaky
,
sneak
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
sophistical
,
stealing
,
stealthful
,
strategic
,
subtile
,
subtle
,
supple
,
surreptitious
,
tactical
,
trickish
,
tricksy
,
tricky
,
under cover
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
,
vulpine
,
waiting concealed
,
wary
,
wily
hold off
collapse
resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"
related words >
abstain
,
adjourn
,
be dilatory
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
blench
,
block
,
boggle
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
continue
,
counter
,
cut
,
defer
,
delay
,
demur
,
dismiss
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
drag out
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
extend
,
falter
,
fend
,
fend off
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
gain time
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
hang up
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
keep at bay
,
keep back
,
keep in hand
,
keep off
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
let alone
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
pause
,
pigeonhole
,
play for time
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull back
,
push aside
,
push back
,
put
,
put aside
,
put back
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
quail
,
rebuff
,
rebut
,
recess
,
recoil
,
refrain
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
reserve
,
save
,
scruple
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sleep on
,
snub
,
spare
,
spurn
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop
,
strain
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
waive
,
ward off
,
waver
,
wince
side with
collapse
related words >
accord
,
act with
,
advocate
,
agree
,
agree in opinion
,
agree with
,
align with
,
back
,
back up
,
backstop
,
champion
,
chime in with
,
close with
,
coincide
,
concur
,
conform to
,
ditto
,
echo
,
fall in with
,
flock to
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
get together with
,
go along with
,
go in with
,
go with
,
join
,
join hands with
,
join up with
,
join with
,
line up with
,
meet
,
rally round
,
range with
,
run interference for
,
second
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand by
,
stand in with
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
strike in with
,
string along with
,
swing in with
,
take part with
,
take sides with
,
team up with
,
throw in with
,
unite with
,
uphold
deduct
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
allow
,
bate
,
charge off
,
collect
,
compress
,
conclude
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduce
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derive
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disparage
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
gather
,
impair
,
judge
,
kick back
,
knock off
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make
,
make allowance
,
make out
,
pare
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
take
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
corroborate
collapse
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
document
,
fortify
,
justify
,
probate
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
hold out on
collapse
related words >
bosom
,
classify
,
conceal
,
file and forget
,
hold back
,
in petto
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep between us
,
keep buttoned up
,
keep close
,
keep dark
,
keep from
,
keep in ignorance
,
keep mum
,
keep secret
,
keep snug
,
keep under wraps
,
make no sign
,
never let on
,
not give away
,
not tell
,
play dumb
,
secrete
,
veil
,
withhold
regain
collapse
related words >
achieve
,
attain
,
compass
,
gain
,
get back
,
ransom
,
reach
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
save
,
take back
back to back
collapse
related words >
as one
,
as one man
,
at opposite extremes
,
behind
,
behind the scenes
,
coactively
,
coefficiently
,
collectively
,
combinedly
,
communally
,
concertedly
,
concordantly
,
concurrently
,
conjointly
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
cooperatingly
,
cooperatively
,
counter
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
face to face
,
hand in glove
,
hand in hand
,
harmoniously
,
in back of
,
in chorus
,
in concert with
,
in the background
,
in the rear
,
in unison
,
jointly
,
just opposite
,
nose to nose
,
opposite
,
poles apart
,
shoulder to shoulder
,
tandem
,
together
,
unanimously
,
vis-a-vis
,
with one voice
bonhomie
collapse
related words >
affability
,
amiability
,
ardency
,
cordiality
,
friendliness
,
generosity
,
geniality
,
gentleness
,
good disposition
,
good humor
,
good nature
,
good temper
,
goodnaturedness
,
goodtemperedness
,
graciousness
,
heartiness
,
hospitableness
,
hospitality
,
lenity
,
liberality
,
mildness
,
neighborliness
,
open door
,
openheartedness
,
receptiveness
,
sweetness
,
warmheartedness
,
warmness
,
warmth
retract
collapse
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
annul
,
assert the contrary
,
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
belie
,
cancel
,
cede
,
climb down
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cringe
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disannul
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disgorge
,
disown
,
dispense with
,
dispose of
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
do away with
,
do without
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
drop
,
duck
,
dump
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
fall back
,
flinch
,
forgo
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
get along without
,
get rid of
,
give away
,
give up
,
have done with
,
impugn
,
invalidate
,
join issue upon
,
kiss good-bye
,
make a sacrifice
,
make void
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
override
,
overrule
,
palinode
,
part with
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quitclaim
,
recall
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
relinquish
,
render up
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resign
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
sacrifice
,
set aside
,
shrink
,
shy
,
spare
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
swear off
,
take
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
throw up
,
unsay
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
write off
,
yield
snap out of it
collapse
related words >
bounce back
,
brace up
,
brighten up
,
buck up
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
get about
,
get over
,
get well
,
light up
,
make a comeback
,
perk up
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
recover
,
revive
,
survive
,
take heart
,
weather the storm
turn away
collapse
move so as not face somebody or something
related words >
abjure
,
avert
,
bear off
,
blunt
,
bow out
,
brush aside
,
bundle
,
bundle off
,
chill
,
chuck
,
chuck out
,
contemn
,
contradict
,
cool
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decline
,
deflect
,
deny
,
despise
,
deter
,
disaffect
,
disapprove
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
discount
,
discourage
,
disdain
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
dismiss
,
disown
,
disregard
,
distract
,
divert
,
draw aside
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
except
,
exclude
,
fly off
,
forswear
,
gee
,
give the air
,
give the gate
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
haw
,
head off
,
hustle out
,
ignore
,
indispose
,
jib
,
make way for
,
move aside
,
pack off
,
pass by
,
pass up
,
push aside
,
put off
,
quench
,
rebuff
,
recant
,
refuse
,
refuse to consider
,
reject
,
renounce
,
repel
,
repudiate
,
repulse
,
scout
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
sheer off
,
shove aside
,
shove away
,
show the door
,
show the gate
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
spurn
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
switch
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
turn from
,
turn off
,
turn out
,
veer off
,
waive
,
wean from
hem and haw
collapse
utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"
related words >
about the bush
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
halt
,
hang back
,
haw
,
hedge
,
hem
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
mammer
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
palter
,
parry
,
pause
,
ponder
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
stammer
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
stutter
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
withdraw
,
yield
heel
collapse
the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
the lower end of a ship's mast
the back part of the human foot
one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
put a new heel on; "heel shoes"
strike with the heel of the club; "heel a golf ball"
perform with the heels; "heel that dance"
follow at the heels of a person
related words >
SOB
,
accouter
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
appoint
,
arch
,
arm
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
balance
,
bastard
,
bear off
,
bedog
,
behind
,
bend
,
blackguard
,
bounder
,
branch off
,
breech
,
broke
,
bugger
,
cad
,
cant
,
careen
,
change the bearing
,
chase
,
clubfoot
,
come about
,
come after
,
come behind
,
counter
,
creep
,
crust
,
curve
,
depart from
,
destitute
,
detour
,
deviate
,
digit
,
digress
,
divagate
,
divaricate
,
diverge
,
dog
,
dowdy
,
dress
,
end
,
equip
,
escape
,
extremity
,
fantail
,
fart
,
fetch about
,
fetlock
,
fit
,
fit out
,
fit up
,
flee
,
fly the coop
,
follow
,
foot
,
forefoot
,
forepaw
,
furnish
,
gear
,
go about
,
go after
,
go behind
,
harefoot
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hindhead
,
hood
,
hoof
,
hooligan
,
hound
,
impoverished
,
in straitened circumstances
,
incline
,
instep
,
jerk
,
knave
,
lay down
,
lean
,
lean over
,
leavings
,
lie along
,
list
,
louse
,
lowlife
,
man
,
meanie
,
miscreant
,
mother
,
move behind
,
munition
,
occiput
,
out at elbows
,
outfit
,
pad
,
pastern
,
patte
,
paw
,
pedal extremity
,
pedes
,
pes
,
philanderer
,
pied
,
pill
,
pivot
,
pivot about
,
poop
,
poor
,
posterior
,
postern
,
prepare
,
pug
,
pursue
,
put about
,
rascal
,
rat
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearward
,
recline
,
remainder
,
remains
,
remnant
,
residual
,
residue
,
residuum
,
rest
,
reverse
,
rig
,
rig out
,
rig up
,
rind
,
rogue
,
rotter
,
round
,
rudderpost
,
run away
,
run off
,
run-down
,
scamp
,
scoundrel
,
seedy
,
shabby
,
shadow
,
sheer
,
shift
,
shit
,
shithead
,
shitheel
,
slope
,
slovenly
,
sod
,
sole
,
spin
,
splayfoot
,
split
,
staff
,
stern
,
stinkard
,
stinker
,
strapped
,
string along
,
stump
,
swerve
,
swine
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swivel
,
tack
,
tag
,
tag after
,
tag along
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailgate
,
tailpiece
,
take flight
,
tilt
,
tip
,
toe
,
tootsy
,
trail
,
trail after
,
tread close upon
,
trend
,
trotter
,
turd
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn aside
,
turn out
,
turn round
,
turn tail
,
ungula
,
vary
,
veer
,
veer around
,
wheel
,
wheel about
,
whirl
,
worm
hassock
collapse
a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
related words >
Eames chair
,
Hitchcock chair
,
TV chair
,
armchair
,
armless chair
,
back seat
,
banquette
,
bar stool
,
barber chair
,
barrel chair
,
basket chair
,
batch
,
batwing chair
,
bed chair
,
bench
,
bicycle seat
,
boudoir chair
,
bow-back chair
,
bucket seat
,
bunch
,
camp chair
,
campaign chair
,
club chair
,
club lounge chair
,
clump
,
cluster
,
comb-back chair
,
contour chair
,
copse
,
cricket
,
cricket chair
,
crop
,
dining chair
,
draft chair
,
easy chair
,
elbowchair
,
fan-back chair
,
fauteuil
,
fender stool
,
folding chair
,
foldstool
,
form
,
garden chair
,
group
,
grouping
,
groupment
,
grove
,
growth
,
high chair
,
horse
,
knot
,
ladder-back chair
,
lot
,
mess
,
milking stool
,
ottoman
,
overstuffed chair
,
pew
,
plantation
,
planting
,
platform rocker
,
rocker
,
rocking chair
,
sedan chair
,
settle
,
shock
,
slew
,
stand
,
step stool
,
stook
,
stool
,
swing
,
taboret
,
thicket
,
throne
,
tuft
,
tussock
,
wisp
retrograde
collapse
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
going from better to worse
go back over; "retrograde arguments"
move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
atavistic
,
back
,
backslide
,
backward
,
cock
,
coming apart
,
cracking
,
crumbling
,
decadent
,
decline
,
declining
,
degenerate
,
descend
,
deteriorate
,
deteriorating
,
disimprove
,
disintegrate
,
disintegrating
,
draining
,
drooping
,
dwindling
,
ebbing
,
effete
,
fading
,
failing
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falling
,
flagging
,
fragmenting
,
get behind
,
get worse
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
going to pieces
,
grow worse
,
hind
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindmost
,
invert
,
jerk back
,
languishing
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
lose ground
,
marcescent
,
pining
,
posterior
,
postern
,
pull back
,
reactionary
,
rear
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
recede
,
recessive
,
recidivate
,
recidivist
,
recidivous
,
regress
,
regressive
,
relapse
,
retract
,
retral
,
retreat
,
retroactive
,
retrocede
,
retrocessive
,
retroflex
,
retrogress
,
retrogressive
,
retrorse
,
retroverse
,
retrovert
,
return
,
returnable
,
reverse
,
reversible
,
reversional
,
reversionary
,
revert
,
revertible
,
revulsionary
,
rot
,
shriveling
,
sicken
,
sink
,
sinking
,
slacken
,
sliding
,
slip back
,
slipping
,
slumping
,
subsiding
,
tabetic
,
tail
,
waning
,
wasting
,
wilting
,
withering
,
worsen
,
worsening
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