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contracted collapse: reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"

intend collapse: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night"; design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"

Doppelganger collapse: a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart

go up collapse: be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere"

unperceptive collapse: lacking sensitivity, taste, or judgment; lacking perception; "as unperceptive as a boulder"

gain collapse: the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating; increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"; increase in; "gain momentum"; "gain nerve"; obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"; earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

fore collapse: near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

bated collapse: diminished or moderated; "our bated enthusiasm"; "his bated hopes"; held back; "we watched the daring feats of the acrobats with bated breath"

blind alley collapse: (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement; "all the clues led the police into blind alleys"; "so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley"; a street with only one way in or out

obtuse collapse: lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin; of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees; of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex

apparition collapse: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"; something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"; the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"; a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

enterprising collapse: marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects; "an enterprising foreign policy"; "an enterprising young man likely to go far"

insentient collapse: devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; "insentient (or insensate) stone"

on collapse: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position"; (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night"; indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?"; in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"

above collapse: an earlier section of a written text; "for instructions refer to the above"; appearing earlier in the same text; "flaws in the above interpretation"; at an earlier place; "see above"; in or to a place that is higher

jog trot collapse: an easy gait of a horse; midway between a walk and a trot

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