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recidivate collapse

revert collapse: undergo reversion, as in a mutation; go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

backslide collapse

slip back collapse

return to collapse

fall from grace collapse: revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior; "The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert"

fall behind collapse

slide back collapse

sink back collapse

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

lag behind collapse

retrocede collapse

recede collapse: become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"; move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

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

retrogress collapse

relapse collapse: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

fall through collapse: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

give ground collapse

lose ground collapse

regress collapse: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence; get worse or fall back to a previous condition; go back to a statistical means

give back collapse

draw back collapse

fall flat collapse

retrograde collapse: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth; going from better to worse; go back over; "retrograde arguments"; move back; "The glacier retrogrades"; move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"; move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

hang back collapse

fall in collapse: to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"

back down collapse

fall short collapse: fail to meet (expectations or standards)

back out collapse: move out of a space backwards; "He backed out of the driveway"

alight upon collapse

pull back collapse: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

sheer off collapse

light upon collapse

take to collapse: develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation; "She took to drink"; "Men take to the military trades"

blench collapse

back up collapse: make a copy of (a computer file) especially for storage in another place as a security copy; "You'd better back up these files!"; move backwards from a certain position; "The bully had to back down"

flinch collapse: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

run across collapse

avoid collapse: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"; refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

come up against collapse

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