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endear collapse: make attractive or lovable; "This behavior endeared her to me"

close in collapse: advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

condense collapse: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"; compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"; develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material"; become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed"; cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam"; remove water from; "condense the milk"

wince collapse: a reflex response to sudden pain; the facial expression of sudden pain; make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

call out collapse: challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"; call out loudly, as of names or numbers

predict collapse: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

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

rattlebrained collapse: lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott

compress collapse: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever); squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"; make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

consolidate collapse: make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"; make or form into a solid or hardened mass; "consolidate fibers into boards"; form into a solid mass or whole; "The mud had consolidated overnight"; unite into one; "The companies consolidated"; bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and county schools are being consolidated"

compare collapse: examine and note the similarities or differences of; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"; consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"; to form the comparative or superlative form on an adjective or adverb; be comparable; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"

copyright collapse: a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work; secure a copyright on a written work; "did you copyright your manuscript?"

assonance collapse: the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words

alliteration collapse: use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"

squarely collapse: with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues"; firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"; in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"; directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point"; in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"

break even collapse: attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport; make neither profit nor loss

incur collapse: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"

bleed collapse: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"; drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"; get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"

wrinkle collapse: a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different); a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"; make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"

strike out collapse: set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own"; put out or be put out by a strikeout; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning"; make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body; be unsuccessful in an endeavor; "The candidate struck out with his health care plan"

inspire collapse: supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"; heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

adduction collapse: (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body

let collapse: a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again; leave unchanged; "let it be"; actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested"; make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off"

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