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pet peeve collapse: an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed; "grammatical mistakes are his pet peeve"

bone of contention collapse: the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"

grudge collapse: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"; accept or admit unwillingly

tender spot collapse

peeve collapse: an annoyed or irritated mood; cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful

spite collapse

pinch bar collapse: a lever with a pointed projection that serves as a fulcrum; used to roll heavy wheels

jimmy collapse: a short crowbar; "in England they call a jimmy and jemmy"

grub up collapse: dig up; "grub up roots and tree stumps"

gloat over collapse

rip out collapse: burst out with a violent or profane utterance; "ripped out a vicious oath"; "ripped out with an oath"

exult collapse: feel extreme happiness or elation

crowbar collapse: a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

treadle collapse: operate (machinery) by a treadle; tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones"

gloat collapse: malicious satisfaction; dwell on with satisfaction; gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy

tear out collapse

jubilate collapse: celebrate a jubilee

unearth collapse: bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"

extricate collapse: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

uproot collapse: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

sexism collapse: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

dig up collapse

male chauvinism collapse: activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women

lever collapse: a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum; a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock; a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

excavate collapse: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"; form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"; find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"; lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"

red baiting collapse

dredge up collapse

take out collapse: buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"; remove something from a container or an enclosed space; obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license"; "take out a patent"; purchase prepared food to be eaten at home; cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

weed out collapse: remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

pedal collapse: a lever that is operated with the foot; of or relating to the feet; "the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'"; operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument

hardihood collapse

draw out collapse: cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"; make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"

anti Semitism collapse

pull up collapse

racism collapse: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race; the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races

chauvinism collapse: fanatical patriotism

eradicate collapse

twang collapse: exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects); a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string); pronounce with a nasal twang; pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow"; twitch or throb with pain; sound with a twang; "the bowstring was twanging"; cause to sound with a twang; "He twanged the guitar string"

Jim Crow collapse: a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails

apartheid collapse: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

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