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come around
collapse
happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again"
related words >
acquiesce
,
agree
,
agree on
,
agree with
,
alter
,
alternate
,
ameliorate
,
be changed
,
be converted into
,
be here again
,
be persuaded
,
be renewed
,
bottom out
,
bounce back
,
break
,
change
,
checker
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
circle
,
come about
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around to
,
come back
,
come over
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come sick
,
come to
,
come to terms
,
come up again
,
come up smiling
,
comply
,
comply with
,
covenant
,
cycle
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
deviate
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
fall in with
,
flop
,
get about
,
get over
,
get together
,
get well
,
haul around
,
improve
,
intermit
,
jibe
,
make a comeback
,
meliorate
,
menstruate
,
mitigate
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
oscillate
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
pulsate
,
pulse
,
rally
,
reappear
,
recover
,
recur
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
return
,
revive
,
revolve
,
roll around
,
rotate
,
shake hands on
,
shake on it
,
shift
,
strike a bargain
,
submit
,
survive
,
swerve
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
undergo a change
,
undulate
,
vary
,
veer
,
warp
,
weather the storm
,
wheel
,
wheel around
,
worsen
deteriorate
collapse
become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"
related words >
agent provocateur
,
aggravate
,
alter
,
ameliorate
,
amplify
,
annoy
,
augment
,
be changed
,
be converted into
,
be renewed
,
bottom out
,
break
,
build up
,
change
,
checker
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
come about
,
come around
,
come down
,
come round
,
crumble
,
damage
,
debilitate
,
decay
,
decline
,
decompose
,
deepen
,
degenerate
,
degrade
,
depreciate
,
descend
,
deviate
,
dilapidate
,
disimprove
,
disintegrate
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
embitter
,
endamage
,
enhance
,
enlarge
,
erode
,
exacerbate
,
exasperate
,
fade
,
fall back
,
flag
,
flop
,
get worse
,
go downhill
,
go to pot
,
grow worse
,
harm
,
haul around
,
have a comedown
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hit rock bottom
,
hot up
,
hurt
,
impair
,
improve
,
increase
,
injure
,
intensify
,
irritate
,
jibe
,
languish
,
lessen
,
let down
,
magnify
,
make acute
,
make worse
,
mar
,
meliorate
,
mitigate
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
provoke
,
put back
,
reach the depths
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
revive
,
rot
,
sharpen
,
shift
,
sicken
,
sink
,
slacken
,
slide
,
slip
,
slip back
,
sour
,
spoil
,
swerve
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
touch bottom
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
undergo a change
,
undermine
,
vary
,
veer
,
warp
,
weaken
,
worsen
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
jump in
collapse
related words >
admit
,
back
,
barge in
,
be admitted
,
bestraddle
,
bestride
,
board
,
break in
,
breeze in
,
buckle down
,
burst in
,
bust in
,
climb on
,
come barging in
,
come breezing in
,
come busting in
,
come in
,
creep in
,
cross the threshold
,
crowd in
,
drop in
,
edge in
,
enter
,
fall
,
gain admittance
,
get in
,
get on
,
go aboard
,
go in
,
go into
,
go on board
,
have an entree
,
have an in
,
hop in
,
insert
,
intrude
,
irrupt
,
jam in
,
look in
,
mount
,
pack in
,
pile in
,
pop in
,
press in
,
push in
,
put in
,
set foot in
,
slip in
,
squeeze in
,
step in
,
take in
,
thrust in
,
visit
,
wedge in
,
work in
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
give in
collapse
related words >
back down
,
bow to
,
break off combat
,
cave in
,
cease resistance
,
circulate
,
come across with
,
deliver
,
deliver over
,
distribute
,
fork over
,
forward
,
give ground
,
give out
,
give over
,
give up
,
give way
,
hand
,
hand in
,
hand it to
,
hand out
,
hand over
,
lose face
,
pass
,
pass out
,
pass over
,
quit the field
,
reach
,
render
,
resign
,
surrender
,
transfer
,
turn over
,
yield
,
yield the palm
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
habituate
collapse
make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"
related words >
acclimate
,
acclimatize
,
accommodate
,
accustom
,
adapt
,
addict
,
adjust
,
bear
,
break
,
break in
,
case harden
,
condition
,
confirm
,
domesticate
,
domesticize
,
endure
,
establish
,
familiarize
,
fix
,
gentle
,
harden
,
housebreak
,
inure
,
naturalize
,
orient
,
orientate
,
season
,
support
,
take to
,
tame
,
tolerate
,
train
,
use
,
wont
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
inure
collapse
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
related words >
acclimate
,
acclimatize
,
accommodate
,
accustom
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
break
,
break in
,
brutalize
,
callous
,
case harden
,
condition
,
confirm
,
discipline
,
domesticate
,
domesticize
,
establish
,
familiarize
,
fix
,
gentle
,
habituate
,
harden
,
housebreak
,
indurate
,
naturalize
,
orient
,
orientate
,
ossify
,
season
,
steel
,
tame
,
train
,
use
,
wont
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
come round
collapse
change one's position or opinion; "He came around to our point of view"
related words >
acquiesce
,
alter
,
alternate
,
ameliorate
,
be changed
,
be converted into
,
be here again
,
be persuaded
,
be renewed
,
bottom out
,
bounce back
,
break
,
change
,
checker
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
circle
,
come about
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around
,
come back
,
come over
,
come round again
,
come to
,
come to terms
,
come together
,
come up again
,
come up smiling
,
comply
,
comply with
,
cycle
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
deviate
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
fall in with
,
flop
,
forgive and forget
,
gain strength
,
get about
,
get over
,
get well
,
haul around
,
have second thoughts
,
improve
,
intermit
,
jibe
,
make a comeback
,
make matters up
,
make up
,
meliorate
,
mitigate
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
oscillate
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
pulsate
,
pulse
,
rally
,
reappear
,
recover
,
recuperate
,
recur
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
return
,
revive
,
revolve
,
roll around
,
rotate
,
shake hands
,
shift
,
submit
,
survive
,
swerve
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
tergiversate
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
undergo a change
,
undulate
,
vary
,
veer
,
warp
,
weather the storm
,
wheel
,
wheel around
,
worsen
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
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
part company
collapse
related words >
agree to disagree
,
break up
,
break with
,
deactivate
,
debrief
,
demob
,
demobilize
,
detach
,
disband
,
discharge
,
disintegrate
,
dismiss
,
disorganize
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissolve
,
diverge
,
divide
,
fall out
,
go separate ways
,
have a falling-out
,
let go
,
muster out
,
part
,
release
,
scatter
,
separate
,
split
,
split up
come to
collapse
return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"
attain; "The horse finally struck a pace"
related words >
accomplish
,
achieve
,
acquiesce
,
add up to
,
afford
,
aggregate
,
aggregate to
,
amount to
,
appear
,
approach
,
arrive
,
arrive at
,
arrive in
,
assister
,
attain
,
attain to
,
attend
,
awake
,
awaken
,
balance
,
be at
,
be begotten
,
be born
,
be incarnated
,
be persuaded
,
be present at
,
be received
,
blow in
,
bob up
,
bounce back
,
break even
,
bring
,
bring in
,
carry to
,
catch
,
check in
,
clock in
,
come
,
come alive
,
come around
,
come back
,
come in
,
come into being
,
come into existence
,
come over
,
come round
,
come to hand
,
come to life
,
come up smiling
,
come up to
,
comply
,
comply with
,
comprise
,
contain
,
correspond
,
cost
,
ditto
,
do
,
draw
,
equal
,
even
,
even off
,
extend to
,
fall in with
,
fetch
,
fetch up at
,
find
,
gain
,
get about
,
get in
,
get over
,
get there
,
get to
,
get well
,
go to
,
hit
,
hit town
,
keep pace with
,
knot
,
lead to
,
live again
,
look on
,
make
,
make a comeback
,
make it
,
match
,
match up with
,
measure up to
,
mount up to
,
number
,
parallel
,
pop up
,
pull in
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
punch in
,
quicken
,
rally
,
reach
,
reach to
,
reanimate
,
reckon up to
,
recover
,
resurge
,
resuscitate
,
return to life
,
revive
,
ring in
,
rise again
,
rival
,
roll in
,
run abreast
,
run into
,
run to
,
see
,
see the light
,
sell for
,
set one back
,
show up
,
sign in
,
sit in
,
stack up with
,
stretch away to
,
stretch to
,
submit
,
survive
,
take in
,
tie
,
time in
,
tot up to
,
total
,
total up to
,
tote up to
,
touch
,
turn up
,
unitize
,
visit
,
watch
,
weather the storm
,
witness
pause
collapse
temporary inactivity
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
related words >
abeyance
,
accent
,
accent mark
,
afterthought
,
back down
,
balance
,
bar
,
bashfulness
,
bind
,
blench
,
block
,
blockage
,
boggle
,
boggling
,
boundary
,
breach
,
break
,
breath
,
breathe
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
breve rest
,
bureaucratic delay
,
caesura
,
call a break
,
call a recess
,
call time
,
cancel
,
cease-fire
,
cessation
,
character
,
cigarette break
,
clause boundary
,
clause terminal
,
close juncture
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
colon
,
comma
,
compunction
,
custos
,
day off
,
debate
,
declare a recess
,
delay
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
demurral
,
detention
,
diffidence
,
direct
,
discontinuance
,
discontinuation
,
discontinue
,
discontinuity
,
dot
,
double take
,
downtime
,
dragging
,
drop
,
eighth rest
,
enforced respite
,
expression mark
,
falling terminal
,
falter
,
faltering
,
fear
,
fermata
,
fight shy of
,
fissure
,
flinch
,
gap
,
half rest
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
hang-up
,
happy hour
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitance
,
hesitancy
,
hesitate
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hindrance
,
hold
,
hold off
,
hold up
,
hold-up
,
holdup
,
holiday
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermit
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interrupt
,
interruption
,
interval
,
intervene
,
jam
,
jib
,
juncture
,
key signature
,
knock off
,
lacuna
,
lag
,
lagging
,
lapse
,
lay off
,
layoff
,
lead
,
let up
,
letup
,
ligature
,
logjam
,
lull
,
make bones about
,
mark
,
mark time
,
measure
,
metronomic mark
,
minim
,
modesty
,
moratorium
,
notation
,
objection
,
obstruction
,
off-time
,
open juncture
,
paperasserie
,
period
,
plateau
,
point
,
point of repose
,
ponder
,
presa
,
protest
,
pull back
,
quail
,
qualm
,
qualm of conscience
,
qualmishness
,
quarter rest
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
recoil
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
relief
,
remission
,
reprieve
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retardance
,
retardation
,
retreat
,
rising terminal
,
sandhi
,
scruple
,
scrupulosity
,
scrupulousness
,
segno
,
semicolon
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shyness
,
sign
,
signature
,
sixteenth rest
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowness
,
slur
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stickling
,
stop
,
stop for breath
,
stop to consider
,
stoppage
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
surcease
,
suspend
,
suspension
,
swell
,
symbol
,
take a break
,
take a recess
,
take a rest
,
take five
,
take ten
,
take time out
,
tea break
,
tempo mark
,
terminal
,
think twice about
,
tie
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
time off
,
time out
,
time signature
,
truce
,
vacation
,
vinculum
,
wait
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
word boundary
,
yield
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
disembarrass
collapse
related words >
break loose
,
break out
,
clear
,
cut loose
,
disburden
,
disembroil
,
disencumber
,
disengage
,
disentangle
,
disinvolve
,
dislodge
,
extricate
,
free
,
free up
,
get out
,
liberate
,
lighten
,
release
,
rid
,
set at ease
,
tear loose
,
unburden
,
unclutter
,
unfreight
,
unknot
,
unload
,
unravel
,
unscramble
,
unsnarl
,
untangle
,
untie
,
untwine
round and round
collapse
related words >
alternately
,
anticlockwise
,
around
,
back and forth
,
backward and forward
,
backwards and forwards
,
by turns
,
capriciously
,
changeably
,
clockwise
,
counterclockwise
,
desultorily
,
erratically
,
every other
,
head over heels
,
heels over head
,
hitch and hike
,
in a circle
,
in a spin
,
in a whirl
,
in and out
,
in circles
,
in rotation
,
in turns
,
inconstantly
,
make and break
,
meanderingly
,
meandrously
,
off and on
,
on and off
,
reciprocally
,
ride and tie
,
round
,
round about
,
seesaw
,
serpentinely
,
shuttlewise
,
sinuously
,
to and fro
,
tortuously
,
turn about
,
twistingly
,
uncertainly
,
unsteadfastly
,
unsteadily
,
up and down
,
variably
,
waveringly
,
widdershins
,
windingly
jibe
collapse
shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
related words >
about ship
,
accord
,
agree
,
alter
,
ameliorate
,
answer to
,
assent
,
assort with
,
back and fill
,
be changed
,
be consistent
,
be converted into
,
be of one
,
be renewed
,
be uniform with
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
bottom out
,
box off
,
break
,
bring about
,
bring round
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change
,
change course
,
change the heading
,
check
,
checker
,
chime
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
cohere
,
coincide
,
come about
,
come around
,
come round
,
concur
,
conform
,
conform with
,
consist with
,
cooperate
,
correspond
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
deviate
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
double a point
,
dovetail
,
fall in together
,
fetch about
,
fit in
,
fit together
,
flop
,
go
,
go about
,
go together
,
go with
,
gybe
,
hang together
,
harmonize
,
haul around
,
heave round
,
hit
,
hold together
,
improve
,
interlock
,
intersect
,
jibe all standing
,
lock
,
match
,
meliorate
,
miss stays
,
mitigate
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
overlap
,
parallel
,
ply
,
put about
,
put back
,
register
,
register with
,
respond to
,
revive
,
round a point
,
sheer
,
shift
,
sing in chorus
,
slew
,
sort with
,
square
,
square with
,
stand together
,
swerve
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
tally
,
throw about
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
undergo a change
,
vary
,
veer
,
warp
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
wind
,
worsen
,
yaw
housebreak
collapse
train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
related words >
acclimate
,
acclimatize
,
accommodate
,
accustom
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
apprentice
,
break
,
break in
,
break to harness
,
breed
,
bring up
,
bust
,
case harden
,
condition
,
confirm
,
cultivate
,
develop
,
discipline
,
domesticate
,
domesticize
,
drill
,
establish
,
exercise
,
familiarize
,
fetch up
,
fit
,
fix
,
form
,
foster
,
gentle
,
groom
,
habituate
,
harden
,
house-train
,
improve
,
inure
,
knock over
,
lick into shape
,
naturalize
,
nurse
,
nurture
,
orient
,
orientate
,
practice
,
prepare
,
put in tune
,
put to school
,
raise
,
ransack
,
ready
,
rear
,
rehearse
,
rifle
,
rob
,
season
,
send to school
,
take in hand
,
tame
,
train
,
wont
deflate
collapse
become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"
produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"
reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"
collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"
related words >
abridge
,
beat down
,
belie
,
blow sky-high
,
blow up
,
break
,
cave
,
cave in
,
cheapen
,
collapse
,
compress
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut prices
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
devaluate
,
diminish
,
disarm
,
disconfirm
,
discredit
,
disgrace
,
disprove
,
dive
,
downgrade
,
embarrass
,
enchain
,
explode
,
expose
,
fall
,
fall in
,
fall in price
,
fold
,
fold up
,
gag
,
give way
,
hamstring
,
handcuff
,
hobble
,
hog-tie
,
humble
,
humiliate
,
implode
,
invalidate
,
jew down
,
knock out
,
lessen
,
let down
,
lower
,
manacle
,
mark down
,
mortify
,
muzzle
,
negate
,
negative
,
nose-dive
,
paralyze
,
pare
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
prostrate
,
prove the contrary
,
puncture
,
put out
,
put to shame
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
sag
,
scale down
,
shame
,
shave
,
shorten
,
show up
,
silence
,
simplify
,
slash
,
slump
,
step down
,
strangle
,
take from
,
throttle
,
trim
,
truss up
,
tune down
,
undercut
back and fill
collapse
related words >
about ship
,
alternate
,
battledore and shuttlecock
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
box off
,
break
,
bring about
,
bring round
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change
,
change course
,
change the heading
,
come about
,
come and go
,
dither
,
double a point
,
ebb and flow
,
equivocate
,
fetch about
,
flounder
,
fluctuate
,
go about
,
go through phases
,
gybe
,
heave round
,
hitch and hike
,
jibe
,
jibe all standing
,
miss stays
,
oscillate
,
pass and repass
,
pendulate
,
ply
,
reciprocate
,
ride and tie
,
ring the changes
,
round a point
,
seesaw
,
sheer
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
shuttle
,
shuttlecock
,
slew
,
stagger
,
sway
,
swerve
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
tack
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
tergiversate
,
throw about
,
to-and-fro
,
totter
,
turn
,
turn back
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
veer
,
waver
,
wax and wane
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
wibble-wabble
,
wigwag
,
wind
,
wobble
,
yaw
,
zigzag
disobey
collapse
refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"
related words >
break
,
break the law
,
care naught for
,
contravene
,
defy
,
disregard
,
flout
,
go counter to
,
ignore
,
infringe
,
mutiny
,
not conform
,
not heed
,
not keep
,
not listen
,
not mind
,
not observe
,
oppose
,
overstep
,
rebel
,
refuse to cooperate
,
resist
,
revolt
,
scoff at
,
set at defiance
,
set at naught
,
set naught by
,
strike
,
transgress
,
violate
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
about face
collapse
related words >
about-turn
,
accommodation
,
adaptation
,
adjustment
,
afterthoughts
,
alchemy
,
alteration
,
amelioration
,
apostasy
,
assimilation
,
assumption
,
back track
,
back trail
,
backing
,
backing off
,
backing out
,
backing up
,
backsliding
,
backup
,
becoming
,
better thoughts
,
betterment
,
break
,
change
,
change of heart
,
change of mind
,
change-over
,
changeableness
,
constructive change
,
continuity
,
conversion
,
defection
,
degeneration
,
degenerative change
,
deterioration
,
deviation
,
difference
,
discontinuity
,
disenchantment
,
divergence
,
diversification
,
diversion
,
diversity
,
do an about-face
,
face about
,
fitting
,
flip
,
flip-flop
,
gradual change
,
growth
,
improvement
,
lapse
,
mature judgment
,
melioration
,
mitigation
,
modification
,
modulation
,
naturalization
,
overthrow
,
passage
,
progress
,
qualification
,
radical change
,
re-creation
,
re-formation
,
realignment
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reclamation
,
reconversion
,
redesign
,
reduction
,
reform
,
reformation
,
regress
,
regression
,
rehabilitation
,
reinstatement
,
relapse
,
remaking
,
renewal
,
reshaping
,
resolution
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
restructuring
,
retrocession
,
retrogradation
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
return
,
returning
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
reversing
,
reversion
,
reverting
,
revival
,
revivification
,
revolution
,
revulsion
,
right-about
,
right-about-face
,
second thoughts
,
shift
,
slipping back
,
sudden change
,
swingaround
,
switch
,
switch-over
,
tergiversating
,
tergiversation
,
total change
,
transformation
,
transit
,
transition
,
turn
,
turnabout
,
turnaround
,
turning into
,
upheaval
,
variation
,
variety
,
violent change
,
volte-face
,
worsening
let in on
collapse
related words >
air
,
alert
,
awaken
,
break it to
,
break the news
,
break the spell
,
breathe
,
burst the bubble
,
buzz
,
come out with
,
confide
,
confide to
,
correct
,
debunk
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
disenchant
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
divulgate
,
divulge
,
enlighten
,
entrust with information
,
evulgate
,
expose
,
give confidential information
,
give out
,
give vent to
,
let down easy
,
let get around
,
let next to
,
let out
,
make known
,
mention privately
,
out with
,
prick the bubble
,
publish
,
put hep
,
put next to
,
put straight
,
reveal
,
set right
,
set straight
,
show up
,
tell
,
tell the truth
,
tip
,
tip off
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
undeceive
,
unspell
,
utter
,
vent
,
ventilate
,
wake up
,
whisper
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
retire
collapse
cause to retire; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base"
lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat"
go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"
withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
related words >
abandon
,
abdicate
,
abscond
,
amortize
,
avoid the limelight
,
back down
,
back out
,
be pensioned
,
be superannuated
,
beat a retreat
,
bed
,
bed down
,
blush unseen
,
boot
,
bounce
,
bow out
,
bowl
,
break
,
bump
,
bust
,
can
,
cashier
,
clear
,
cop out
,
count sheep
,
cup
,
decline
,
deconsecrate
,
defrock
,
degrade
,
demit
,
demote
,
depart
,
deplume
,
depose
,
deprive
,
dethrone
,
die away
,
diminish
,
disappear
,
disbar
,
discharge
,
discrown
,
disemploy
,
disengage
,
disenthrone
,
dish
,
dismiss
,
displace
,
displume
,
doss down
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
drift away
,
drop
,
drum out
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
evacuate
,
excommunicate
,
exit
,
expel
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fall back
,
fire
,
flop
,
forsake the world
,
furlough
,
get away
,
get off
,
give back
,
give ground
,
give place
,
give the ax
,
give the gate
,
give up
,
go
,
go away
,
go back
,
go beddy-bye
,
go into retirement
,
go night-night
,
go off
,
go to bed
,
go to sleep
,
hibernate
,
hit the hay
,
hit the sack
,
hollow
,
honor
,
incurve
,
junk
,
keep secret
,
kick
,
kick upstairs
,
kip
,
lay off
,
leave
,
let go
,
let out
,
lie down
,
lift
,
liquidate
,
live alone
,
live apart
,
live in retirement
,
make accounts square
,
make redundant
,
move away
,
move back
,
move off
,
oust
,
overthrow
,
pay in full
,
pay off
,
pay the bill
,
pay the shot
,
pay up
,
pension
,
pension off
,
pile in
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
purge
,
quit
,
read out of
,
recede
,
redeem
,
refuse comment
,
release
,
relinquish
,
remain incommunicado
,
remove
,
remove from office
,
renounce the throne
,
replace
,
resign
,
retire from office
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
roll in
,
run along
,
run back
,
rusticate
,
sack
,
sack out
,
satisfy
,
scrap
,
separate forcibly
,
settle
,
shrink
,
shun companionship
,
sink
,
snooze
,
square
,
square accounts
,
stand aloof
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
stand down
,
stand mute
,
stand off
,
stay at home
,
step aside
,
strike a balance
,
strip
,
strip of office
,
strip of rank
,
superannuate
,
surplus
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
take a nap
,
take forty winks
,
take it easy
,
take off
,
take the veil
,
take up
,
terminate
,
turn in
,
turn off
,
turn out
,
unchurch
,
unfrock
,
unsaddle
,
unseat
,
unthrone
,
vacate
,
vanish
,
wane
,
waste no words
,
widen the distance
,
withdraw
,
withdraw from
,
yield
putrefy
collapse
become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies"
related words >
break down
,
break up
,
canker
,
corrupt
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
decay
,
decompose
,
deteriorate
,
disintegrate
,
fall into decay
,
fall to pieces
,
fester
,
gangrene
,
go bad
,
go off
,
go to pieces
,
mildew
,
mold
,
molder
,
mortify
,
moulder
,
necrose
,
putresce
,
rankle
,
rot
,
sphacelate
,
spoil
,
suppurate
,
taint
,
turn
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
fall out
collapse
have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question"
leave (a barracks) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation; "the soldiers fell out"
related words >
agree to disagree
,
attend
,
become of
,
befall
,
betide
,
bicker
,
break
,
break with
,
caterwaul
,
chance
,
come about
,
come of
,
come off
,
come out
,
develop
,
diverge
,
divide
,
end
,
ensue
,
eventuate
,
fare
,
follow
,
go
,
have a falling-out
,
issue
,
occur
,
pan out
,
part company
,
prove
,
prove to be
,
result
,
row
,
scrap
,
separate
,
spat
,
split
,
squabble
,
terminate
,
tiff
,
transpire
,
turn out
,
unfold
,
work out
,
wrangle
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