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confront collapse: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"; present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"; oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"; be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"

duplex collapse: allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously; "duplex system"; "duplex telephony"; (used technically of a device or process) having two parts; "a duplex transaction"; change into a duplex

Judas collapse: a one-way peephole in a door; someone who betrays under the guise of friendship; (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver

quickening collapse: the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"; the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus

crafty collapse: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

double time collapse: a doubled wage (for working overtime); a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog; at a faster speed; "now let's play the piece again double-quick"

artful collapse: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"

deceitful collapse: intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

goose step collapse: a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high; march in a military fashion

two collapse: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number; being one more than one; "he received two messages"

dishonest collapse: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive; lacking truthfulness; "a dishonest answer"; lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable

double agent collapse: a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries

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

geminate collapse: a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"; arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"

challenge collapse: a demand by a sentry for a password or identification; questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"; a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror; a call to engage in a contest or fight; a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"; raise a formal objection in a court of law; ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"; issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"; take exception to; "She challenged his claims"

exceed collapse: go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"; go beyond; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"

tempt collapse: try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"; dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"; give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers"; try to seduce

double entendre collapse: an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

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