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bring off collapse

litigate collapse: engage in legal proceedings

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

wreak collapse

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

carry out collapse

prosecute collapse: carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"; bring a criminal action against (in a trial); "The State of California prosecuted O.J. Simpson"; conduct a prosecution in a court of law

visit upon collapse

carry through collapse: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

motivate collapse: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

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"

put through collapse: connect by telephone; "the operator put a call through to Rio"

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

come through collapse

cause collapse: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"; events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"; give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

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

get through collapse: finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"; succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"

energize collapse

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"

carry 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

subplot collapse

local color collapse

win over collapse

bring to pass collapse

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

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

perform collapse: carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"; give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"; perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

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

fulfill collapse

deploy collapse: place troops or weapons in battle formation; to distribute systematically or strategically; "The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East"

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

implement collapse: instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end; apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure"

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