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

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

fall flat collapse

hang back collapse

hang off collapse

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

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!"

blench collapse

sheer off collapse

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

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

shrink collapse: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"; become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"; reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

alight upon collapse

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"

light upon collapse

fight shy collapse

backslide collapse

recidivate collapse

quail collapse: small gallinaceous game birds; flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

run across collapse

unpossessed of collapse

bare of 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"

stick at collapse

empty of collapse

beg the question collapse

slip back collapse

come up against collapse

go off collapse: be discharged or activated; "the explosive devices went off"; happen in a particular manner; "how did your talk go over?"; stop running, functioning, or operating; "Our power went off during the hurricane"

beat around the bush collapse: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

come upon collapse

capsize collapse: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

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

short of collapse

head off collapse

steer clear of collapse

crystallize collapse: cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts"; assume crystalline form; become crystallized; cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals"

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"

slide back collapse

sink back collapse

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