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bring about: cause to move into the opposite direction; "they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching"

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wreak collapse

bring on collapse: cause to appear; "bring on the birthday cake"

visit upon collapse

pull off collapse: cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"; be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

elicit collapse: derive by reason; "elicit a solution"

incur collapse: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"

give birth to collapse

industrialize collapse: develop industry; become industrial; "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West"; organize the production of into an industry; "The Chinese industrialized textile production"

bring off collapse

perpetrate collapse: perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

convince collapse

trot out collapse: bring out and show for inspection and admiration; "His novel trots out a rich heiress"; "always able to trot out some new excuse"

put across collapse

win over collapse

bring to pass collapse

inflict collapse: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

litigate collapse: engage in legal proceedings

roll out collapse: flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"; straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"

fulfil collapse

talk into collapse: persuade somebody to do something

gestate collapse: have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

beget collapse: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

sue collapse: French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)

evince collapse

propound collapse: put forward, as of an idea

detract from collapse

persuade collapse: cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"

brandish collapse: move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"; exhibit aggressively; "brandish a sword"

prevail upon collapse

chase after collapse

divulge collapse

procure collapse: get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"

wangle collapse: an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery; achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

engender collapse: call forth

educe collapse: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

outtalk collapse

effectuate collapse

put over collapse

give birth collapse: cause_to_be_born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"; create or produce an idea; "Marx and Engels gave birth to communism"

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