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take five collapse: take a break for five minutes; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal"

call it a day collapse

intermit collapse

send for collapse

bid come collapse

muster up collapse

convene collapse: meet formally; "The council convened last week"

hesitate collapse: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"; interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

drag out collapse

subpoena collapse: a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court; serve or summon with a subpoena; "The witness and her records were subpoenaed"

long distance collapse: a telephone call made outside the local calling area; "I talked to her by long distance"

bugle call collapse: a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle

recruitment collapse: the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)

conscription collapse: compulsory military service

banzai collapse: a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph

Geronimo collapse: Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)

let up collapse

birdcall collapse: a device for imitating a birdcall; the characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"

conjure up collapse

call in collapse: make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick"; summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in"; summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient"; take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player

summons collapse: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant; an order to appear in person at a given place and time

intervene collapse: occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"; be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

hold over collapse: intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him"; continue a term of office past the normal period of time; keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time

conjure collapse

numerate collapse: able to understand and use numbers; read out loud as words written numbers

watchword collapse

reveille collapse: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise; (military) signal to wake up

gung ho collapse: very enthusiastic and dedicated

invoke collapse: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"

hang up collapse: interrupt a telephone conversation; put a telephone receiver back in its cradle

sleep on collapse

lay off collapse

recess collapse: an enclosure that is set back or indented; a small concavity; make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"; put into a recess; "recess lights"

rallying cry collapse

adjourn collapse: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"; break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

postpone collapse: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"

slogan collapse

call out collapse: challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"; call out loudly, as of names or numbers

selective service collapse: an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service

battle cry collapse

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