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apologize collapse: acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes"; defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

request collapse: a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority; the verbal act of requesting; express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"; ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"; inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary"

drop out collapse: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"; leave school or an educational program prematurely; "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"

crave collapse: plead or ask for earnestly; have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

take back collapse: cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"; move text to the previous line; in printing; regain possession of something; resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

ask collapse: make a request or demand for something to somebody; "She asked him for a loan"; consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"; inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"; direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question"; address a question to and expect an answer from; "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"; require or ask for as a price or condition; "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"

proconsul collapse: an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul; a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire; an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power

disagree collapse: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"; be different from one another

supplicate collapse: ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency"; ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; "supplicate God's blessing"; make a humble, earnest petition; "supplicate for permission"

viceroy collapse: showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller; governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign

evade collapse: use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"; practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"

secede collapse: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

bey collapse: the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire; (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt; "he introduced me to Ahmet Bey"

leave behind collapse: depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"

beat around the bush collapse: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

solicit collapse: make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to solicit"; incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"; make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

please collapse: used in polite request; "please pay attention"; give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"; give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"; be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased"

turn down collapse: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"; take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

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