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horse around collapse: indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

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"

cull collapse: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality; remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd"

elliptic collapse: characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor; of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse

retrench collapse: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

sequester collapse: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"; undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"; requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

exterminate collapse: kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

sock collapse: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee; hit hard

deflate collapse: become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"; reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"; produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"; reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"; release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"; collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"

impinge collapse: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

shorten collapse: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"; make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"; make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

checkmate collapse: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king; complete victory; place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

hightail collapse: leave as fast as possible; "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in"

tear collapse: the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"; a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"; fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"; to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"; separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"; move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

premium collapse: payment for insurance; the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value; "they paid a premium for access to water"; having or reflecting superior quality or value; "premium gasoline at a premium price"

interrupt collapse: a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out; terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"; destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"; interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"; make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

rule out collapse: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"; include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules

estrange collapse: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"; remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"

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