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let it go collapse: not act; "He thought of a reply but let it go"

sneeze at collapse

abdicate collapse: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

hulking collapse: of great size and bulk; "a hulking figure of a man"; "three hulking battleships"

feckless collapse: generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"; not fit to assume responsibility

behindhand collapse: behind schedule; "was behindhand with the rent"

leave behind collapse: depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"

shirk collapse: avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"

forsake collapse

leave off collapse: stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here"; come to an end, stop or cease; "the road leaves off at the edge of the forest"; "leave off where you started"

abscond collapse: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

come to terms collapse

concede collapse: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"; admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"; acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose"; give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

scraggly collapse: lacking neatness or order; "the old man's scraggly beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door"

bedraggled collapse: limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; "the beggar's bedraggled clothes"; "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts"; in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

part with collapse

brush aside collapse

belay collapse: something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured; fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat; turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him

forgetful collapse: failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"

unreserve collapse

do without collapse

dispense with collapse: forgo; do or go without

degage collapse: showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"; free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson

precipitous collapse: characterized by precipices; "a precipitous bluff"

unsolicitous collapse

cast away collapse

bow out collapse: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

maladroit collapse: not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

blunderheaded collapse

depravation collapse

unreasoning collapse

hurried collapse: moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"

uncritical collapse: not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors; "a devoted and almost uncritical admirer"; marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures; "news sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number of juvenile addicts"

grubby collapse: small sculpin of the coast of New England; infested with grubs

bury collapse: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the stolen goods"; embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"; cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"; place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

blithe collapse: carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"; lacking or showing a lack of due concern; "spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation"

depravity collapse: a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society"

beg off collapse

uninvolved collapse: not involved; "being uninvolved he remained objective"

messy collapse: dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits"

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