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recuperate collapse: get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"; restore to good health or strength

toilet collapse: the act of dressing and preparing yourself; "he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"; a room or building equipped with one or more toilets; a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

back of beyond collapse: a very remote and inaccessible place; "you'd have to go to the back of beyond to find one of those"

tsunami collapse: a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption; "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes"

evade collapse: use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"; practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"

ground swell collapse: a broad and deep undulation of the ocean; an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment"

reimburse collapse: pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?"

turn the tables collapse: cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"

rummage collapse: a jumble of things to be given away; search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers"

stoning collapse: pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

arrears collapse: an unpaid overdue debt; the state of being behind in payments; "an account in arrears"

back up collapse: make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!"; move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"

turnaround collapse: act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip; an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around; time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip

stake collapse: instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning; the money risked on a gamble; mark with a stake; "stake out the path"; tie or fasten to a stake; "stake your goat"

pull out collapse: move out or away; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire"

rejuvenate collapse: become young again; "The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather"; make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"; develop youthful topographical features; "the land rejuvenated"; cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land

refill collapse: a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook"; a prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill"

pull in collapse: move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"

undulate collapse: having a wavy margin and rippled surface; increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"

recoil collapse: a movement back from an impact; the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

get over collapse: to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"

reflect collapse: give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student"; give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him"; to throw or bend back or reflect (from a surface); "A mirror in the sun can reflect light into a person's eyes"; "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium"; manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs"; be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"

harmoniously collapse: in a harmonious manner; "the problem of absorbing immigrants harmoniously into British society is as important to the immigrants as to the British"

garrote collapse: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation; strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

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"

parry collapse: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword; impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

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