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

brood collapse: the young of an animal cared for at one time; sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"; think moodily or anxiously about something; hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

moonlight collapse: the light of the moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the moon was bright enough to read by"; work a second job, usually after hours; "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver"

catch up collapse: learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened; "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology"; reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework"

transshipment collapse: the transfer from one conveyance to another for shipment

plug away collapse: work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation"

persist collapse: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

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

credit collapse: used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit";; recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours; an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work; arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow; an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items; have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of; give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"; accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100"

cart collapse: a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal; transport something in a cart

overspend collapse: spend at a high rate; spend more than available of (a budget)

steer collapse: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling; direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him"

featherweight collapse: a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds; weighs 126-139 pounds; an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds

beef collapse: cattle that are reared for their meat; meat from an adult domestic bovine

martyr collapse: one who suffers for the sake of principle; one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion; torture and torment like a martyr; kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred"

dominance collapse: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

adulterate collapse: mixed with impurities; corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

seize collapse: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"; take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"; take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"; hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"

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