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suppress collapse: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"; put out of one's consciousness

unbend collapse: release from mental strain, tension, or formality; "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information"; free from flexure; "unbend a bow"; unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay

black eye collapse: a bad reputation; "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye"

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"

replenish collapse: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"

deficit collapse: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"; an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"; (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing; a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"

apex collapse: the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

retard collapse: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"; be delayed

cut back collapse: return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"

sicken collapse: get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"; make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"; upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the diners"

listen collapse: hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"; listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"

thaw collapse: a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"; warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw"; the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"

withhold collapse: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"; retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

impede collapse: be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"

reversion collapse: turning in the opposite direction; a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation); (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

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

set back collapse: slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"; cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

canton collapse: a small administrative division of a country; divide into cantons, of a country

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

bring round collapse: cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school"

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