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rearward
collapse
direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"
directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"
related words >
a rebours
,
a reculons
,
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
against the grain
,
anticlockwise
,
arear
,
ass-backwards
,
astern
,
away
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backward
,
backwards
,
behind
,
breech
,
counterclockwise
,
fro
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
hindward
,
hindwards
,
in reverse
,
occiput
,
posterior
,
posteriorly
,
postern
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearwards
,
retrad
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
stern
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
tailward
,
tailwards
,
to the rear
,
widdershins
back stairs
collapse
related words >
back door
,
back road
,
back street
,
back way
,
bolt-hole
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
companion
,
companionway
,
covert way
,
detour
,
escalier
,
escalier derobe
,
escape hatch
,
escape route
,
fire escape
,
flight of steps
,
incline
,
landing
,
landing stage
,
perron
,
ramp
,
roundabout way
,
secret exit
,
secret passage
,
secret staircase
,
side door
,
side road
,
side street
,
spiral staircase
,
staircase
,
stairs
,
stairway
,
stepping-stones
,
steps
,
stile
,
treads and risers
,
underground
,
underground railroad
,
underground route
send away
collapse
related words >
air-express
,
airfreight
,
airmail
,
ban
,
banish
,
beat back
,
blackball
,
bow out
,
brush off
,
bundle
,
bundle off
,
cast out
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
consign
,
cut
,
deport
,
disfellowship
,
dismiss
,
dispatch
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
drop a letter
,
embark
,
exclude
,
excommunicate
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expedite
,
expel
,
export
,
express
,
extradite
,
fend off
,
forward
,
freight
,
fugitate
,
give the air
,
give the gate
,
hold off
,
hustle out
,
keep off
,
mail
,
ostracize
,
outlaw
,
pack off
,
post
,
proscribe
,
push back
,
put back
,
rebuff
,
refuse
,
relegate
,
remit
,
repel
,
repulse
,
rusticate
,
send
,
send down
,
send forth
,
send off
,
send packing
,
send to Coventry
,
ship
,
show the door
,
show the gate
,
snub
,
spurn
,
thrust back
,
thrust out
,
transmit
,
transport
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
turn off
,
ward off
lose ground
collapse
related words >
arrest
,
backpedal
,
backslide
,
backwater
,
be found wanting
,
brake
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
cock
,
collapse
,
come short
,
curb
,
decelerate
,
decline
,
delay
,
detain
,
draw rein
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
fail
,
fall astern
,
fall away
,
fall behind
,
fall short
,
get behind
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
jerk back
,
keep back
,
lack
,
lag
,
lapse
,
let down
,
let up
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
moderate
,
not answer
,
not hack it
,
not make it
,
not make out
,
not measure up
,
not stretch
,
not suffice
,
obstruct
,
pull back
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
reef
,
regress
,
rein in
,
relapse
,
relax
,
retard
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
run short
,
set back
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slip back
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
slump
,
stay
,
stop short
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
want
stick up for
collapse
related words >
advocate
,
allege in support
,
answer
,
argue for
,
assert
,
back
,
back up
,
champion
,
contend for
,
counter
,
defend
,
espouse
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
plead for
,
rebut
,
refute
,
reply
,
respond
,
riposte
,
run interference for
,
say in defense
,
second
,
side with
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand by
,
stand up for
,
stick by
,
support
,
sustain
,
take sides with
,
uphold
,
urge reasons for
swerve
collapse
the act of turning aside suddenly
turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
related words >
L
,
aberrancy
,
aberration
,
about ship
,
about the bush
,
alter
,
ameliorate
,
angle
,
angle off
,
apex
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
be changed
,
be converted into
,
be renewed
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bend
,
bent
,
bias
,
bifurcate
,
bifurcation
,
bight
,
blench
,
blink
,
bottom out
,
box off
,
branch
,
branch off
,
branching off
,
break
,
bring about
,
bring round
,
cant
,
cant round
,
career
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change
,
change course
,
change the bearing
,
change the heading
,
checker
,
chevron
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
circuitousness
,
coin
,
come about
,
come around
,
come round
,
corner
,
crank
,
cringe
,
crook
,
crotchet
,
curve
,
declination
,
deflect
,
deflection
,
degenerate
,
depart
,
depart from
,
departure
,
deteriorate
,
detour
,
deviance
,
deviancy
,
deviate
,
deviation
,
deviousness
,
digress
,
digression
,
dip
,
discursion
,
divagate
,
divagation
,
divaricate
,
divarication
,
diverge
,
divergence
,
diversify
,
diversion
,
dodge
,
dogleg
,
double
,
double a point
,
draw back
,
drift
,
drifting
,
duck
,
elbow
,
ell
,
equivocate
,
err
,
errantry
,
evade
,
excursion
,
excursus
,
exorbitation
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
fetch about
,
flinch
,
flop
,
fork
,
furcate
,
furcation
,
go about
,
gybe
,
hairpin
,
hang back
,
haul around
,
heave round
,
hedge
,
heel
,
hem and haw
,
hook
,
improve
,
indirection
,
inflection
,
jib
,
jibe
,
jibe all standing
,
knee
,
lurch
,
meliorate
,
miss stays
,
mitigate
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
nook
,
oblique
,
obliquity
,
parry
,
pererration
,
ply
,
point
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put about
,
put back
,
put off
,
quail
,
quoin
,
rambling
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
revive
,
round a point
,
sheer
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shifting
,
shifting course
,
shifting path
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
skew
,
slant
,
slew
,
slue
,
start aside
,
start back
,
step aside
,
stray
,
straying
,
sway
,
sweep
,
swerving
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
swinging
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
throw about
,
trend
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
turning
,
twist
,
undergo a change
,
variation
,
vary
,
veer
,
vertex
,
wander
,
wandering
,
ward off
,
warp
,
waver
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
wind
,
worsen
,
yaw
,
zag
,
zig
,
zigzag
quail
collapse
small gallinaceous game birds
flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
related words >
Cornish hen
,
avoid
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
broiler
,
caille
,
canard
,
caneton
,
capon
,
chapon
,
chicken
,
cower
,
cringe
,
crouch
,
damsel
,
demur
,
dindon
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
duckling
,
evade
,
fade
,
faisan
,
fall back
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
fowl
,
fryer
,
funk
,
gal
,
goose
,
grouse
,
guinea hen
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
jib
,
lass
,
lassie
,
maid
,
maiden
,
make bones about
,
miss
,
missy
,
oie
,
partridge
,
pause
,
pheasant
,
pigeon
,
pigeonneau
,
poulet
,
pull back
,
quiff
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
roaster
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
skulk
,
slink
,
sneak
,
squab
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stewing chicken
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
swerve
,
turkey
,
turn aside
,
volaille
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wild duck
,
wince
resound
collapse
ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
related words >
awake the dead
,
be reflected
,
be sent back
,
blast
,
blast the ear
,
bless
,
boom
,
bounce back
,
celebrate
,
come again
,
come up again
,
crash
,
crescendo
,
cry up
,
deafen
,
din
,
echo
,
echo back
,
emit a sound
,
eulogize
,
extol
,
fill the air
,
glorify
,
go back
,
hymn
,
keep coming
,
laud
,
magnify
,
make a noise
,
make a sound
,
noise
,
peal
,
pulsate
,
rattle the windows
,
reappear
,
rebound
,
recur
,
reecho
,
rend the air
,
rend the ears
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
resonate
,
resume
,
return
,
reverberate
,
revert
,
ring
,
ring out
,
rise
,
rock the sky
,
roll
,
rumble
,
send back
,
sound
,
speak
,
split the eardrums
,
split the ears
,
startle the echoes
,
stun
,
surge
,
swell
,
thunder
breech
collapse
opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded
related words >
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backside
,
bed
,
bedrock
,
behind
,
belly
,
bottom
,
bottom side
,
buttocks
,
derriere
,
downside
,
fanny
,
fundament
,
hardpan
,
heel
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hindhead
,
lower side
,
lowest layer
,
lowest level
,
nether side
,
nethermost level
,
occiput
,
posterior
,
postern
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearward
,
reverse
,
rock bottom
,
rump
,
stern
,
substratum
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
underbelly
,
underlayer
,
underneath
,
underside
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
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
side door
collapse
an exterior door at one side of a building
related words >
French door
,
archway
,
back door
,
back road
,
back stairs
,
back street
,
back way
,
barway
,
bolt-hole
,
bulkhead
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
covert way
,
detour
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
escalier derobe
,
escape hatch
,
escape route
,
front door
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
lintel
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
postern
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
roundabout way
,
scuttle
,
secret exit
,
secret passage
,
secret staircase
,
side road
,
side street
,
stile
,
storm door
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
,
underground
,
underground railroad
,
underground route
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
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
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
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
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
trend
collapse
related words >
Brownian movement
,
Zeitgeist
,
advance
,
affluence
,
afflux
,
affluxion
,
aim
,
angular motion
,
ascending
,
ascent
,
axial motion
,
azimuth
,
backflowing
,
backing
,
backward motion
,
bear
,
bear off
,
bearing
,
bend
,
bend to
,
bent
,
bias
,
bon ton
,
branch off
,
career
,
change the bearing
,
climbing
,
concourse
,
conduce
,
confluence
,
conflux
,
contribute
,
convention
,
course
,
craze
,
crosscurrent
,
cry
,
current
,
curve
,
custom
,
defluxion
,
depart from
,
descending
,
descent
,
detour
,
deviate
,
digress
,
direction
,
direction line
,
dispose
,
divagate
,
divaricate
,
diverge
,
downflow
,
downpour
,
downward motion
,
drift
,
driftage
,
ebb
,
ebbing
,
fad
,
fashion
,
flight
,
flood
,
flow
,
flow back
,
flow in
,
flow out
,
flowing
,
fluency
,
flush
,
flux
,
forward motion
,
furore
,
glacial movement
,
go
,
gush
,
haute couture
,
have a tendency
,
head
,
heading
,
heel
,
helmsmanship
,
high fashion
,
hold a heading
,
inclination
,
incline
,
inflow
,
issue
,
lay
,
lead
,
lean
,
leaning
,
lie
,
line
,
line of direction
,
line of march
,
look
,
look to
,
main current
,
mainstream
,
make
,
mill run
,
millrace
,
mode
,
motion
,
mounting
,
movement
,
navigation
,
oblique motion
,
ongoing
,
onrush
,
onward course
,
orientation
,
outflow
,
passage
,
piloting
,
plunging
,
point
,
point to
,
pour
,
prevailing taste
,
progress
,
progression
,
proper thing
,
quarter
,
race
,
radial motion
,
rage
,
random motion
,
range
,
redound to
,
reflowing
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regression
,
regurgitate
,
retrogression
,
rising
,
run
,
rush
,
serve
,
set
,
set toward
,
sheer
,
shift
,
show a tendency
,
sideward motion
,
sinking
,
soaring
,
spate
,
steer
,
steerage
,
steering
,
sternway
,
stream
,
stream of fashion
,
style
,
subsiding
,
surge
,
surge back
,
swerve
,
swim
,
swing
,
tack
,
tend
,
tend to go
,
tendency
,
tenor
,
the general tendency
,
the main course
,
thing
,
tide
,
time spirit
,
tone
,
track
,
traject
,
trajet
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
undercurrent
,
undertow
,
upward motion
,
vary
,
veer
,
verge
,
vogue
,
warp
,
water flow
,
way
,
wind
,
work toward
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
yaw
collapse
an erratic deflection from an intended course
swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"
deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship"
related words >
aberrancy
,
aberration
,
about ship
,
back and fill
,
bank
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
bend
,
bias
,
box off
,
branching off
,
break
,
bring about
,
bring round
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change course
,
change the heading
,
circuitousness
,
come about
,
corner
,
crab
,
crook
,
curve
,
declination
,
deflection
,
departure
,
detour
,
deviance
,
deviancy
,
deviation
,
deviousness
,
digression
,
dip
,
discursion
,
divagation
,
divarication
,
divergence
,
diversion
,
dogleg
,
double
,
double a point
,
drift
,
drift off course
,
drifting
,
drive
,
errantry
,
excursion
,
excursus
,
exorbitation
,
fall down
,
feather
,
fetch about
,
fetch away
,
fishtail
,
flounder
,
gape
,
go about
,
gybe
,
hairpin
,
heave
,
heave round
,
hobbyhorse
,
horizontal axis
,
indirection
,
jibe
,
jibe all standing
,
loop
,
lurch
,
make heavy weather
,
make leeway
,
miss stays
,
obliquity
,
pay off
,
pererration
,
pitch
,
pitch and toss
,
plow
,
plunge
,
ply
,
porpoise
,
pound
,
pull out
,
pull up
,
push down
,
put about
,
put back
,
rambling
,
rear
,
reel
,
rock
,
roll
,
round a point
,
sag
,
scend
,
sheer
,
shift
,
shifting
,
shifting course
,
shifting path
,
sideslip
,
skew
,
skid
,
slant
,
slew
,
spin
,
spiral
,
straying
,
stunt
,
swag
,
sway
,
sweep
,
swerve
,
swerving
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
swinging
,
tack
,
throw about
,
tilt
,
tilter
,
toss
,
toss and tumble
,
tumble
,
turn
,
turn back
,
turning
,
twist
,
undulate
,
variation
,
veer
,
wallow
,
wandering
,
warp
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
welter
,
wind
,
yaw off
,
zigzag
posterior
collapse
at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
appendant
,
arse
,
ass
,
attendant
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backside
,
backward
,
behind
,
bottom
,
breech
,
bum
,
butt
,
buttocks
,
cadet
,
consecutive
,
consequent
,
croup
,
crupper
,
derriere
,
ensuing
,
flack
,
following
,
haunches
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
junior
,
later
,
latter
,
lineal
,
nates
,
next
,
occiput
,
postern
,
postpositional
,
postpositive
,
proximate
,
puisne
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retral
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
rump
,
seat
,
sequacious
,
sequent
,
sequential
,
stern
,
subsequent
,
succeeding
,
successive
,
suffixed
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
tuchis
,
younger
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
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
look to
collapse
turn one's interests or expectations towards; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings"
related words >
advert to
,
attend to
,
baby-sit
,
be aware of
,
be engrossed in
,
bend to
,
bias
,
bring into play
,
calculate on
,
care for
,
chaperon
,
cherish
,
conduce
,
conserve
,
contribute
,
convert to use
,
count on
,
dispose
,
drink in
,
enlist into service
,
fall back upon
,
forestall
,
foster
,
give heed to
,
give mind to
,
give thought to
,
go
,
have a tendency
,
have recourse to
,
head
,
impress
,
incline
,
keep watch over
,
lead
,
lean
,
look after
,
look for
,
look forward to
,
look out for
,
matronize
,
mind
,
minister to
,
mother
,
not forget
,
nurse
,
nurture
,
pay attention to
,
pay regard to
,
point
,
point to
,
preserve
,
protege
,
provide for
,
put in requisition
,
reckon on
,
recur to
,
redound to
,
refer to
,
resort to
,
revert to
,
ride herd on
,
see after
,
see to
,
serve
,
set
,
set toward
,
shepherd
,
show a tendency
,
support
,
take care of
,
take charge of
,
take to
,
tend
,
trend
,
turn
,
turn to
,
turn to use
,
verge
,
warp
,
watch
,
watch out for
,
watch over
,
work toward
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
postern
collapse
a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
related words >
French door
,
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backward
,
barway
,
behind
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
front door
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
scuttle
,
side door
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
predispose
collapse
make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight"
related words >
affect
,
bend
,
bias
,
color
,
dispose
,
impress
,
incline
,
induce
,
influence
,
lead
,
move
,
persuade
,
prompt
,
soften up
,
strike
,
sway
,
tinge
,
tone
,
wear down
,
weigh with
,
work
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