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Exact Match:

balk: an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base; the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"

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dissatisfy collapse: fail to satisfy

false move collapse

false step collapse

begrudge collapse: wish ill or allow unwillingly

slip of the tongue collapse: an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking

thwarting collapse

misstep collapse

slipup collapse

dashed hope collapse

fiasco collapse

bevue collapse

rafter collapse: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof; provide (a ceiling) with rafters

not budge collapse

stonewall collapse: engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"; obstruct or hinder any discussion; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls"

disappoint collapse: fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"

die hard collapse

prevent collapse: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"; keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

draw the line collapse: reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"

stand pat collapse: refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief

grudge collapse: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"; accept or admit unwillingly

tantalize collapse

disillusionment collapse

discountenance collapse: show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"; look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"

persevere collapse: be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

stand in the way collapse

elude collapse: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"; be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

avert collapse: turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

buffalo collapse: meat from an American bison; a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls); intimidate or overawe

bafflement collapse

bilk collapse: evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"; cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

miscue collapse: a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball

stickle collapse: dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

inadvertence collapse

disrupt collapse: throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process"

conquer collapse: overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

disillusion collapse

frustration collapse: an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts; a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized; "her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration"; the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

back down collapse

stand out collapse: be stubborn in resolution or resistance; steer away from shore, of ships

countermand collapse: a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

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