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bell the cat collapse: take a risk; perform a daring act; "Who is going to bell the cat?"

court collapse: respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"; an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"; a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance"; a room in which a lawcourt sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"; the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court"; the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state; the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince; an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business; Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947); engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years"

go for broke collapse: risk everything in one big effort; "the cyclist went for broke at the end of the race"

Band Aid collapse: hurried repair; trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters

descendant collapse: a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race; going or coming down

law collapse: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"; a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society; a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"; legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"; the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

next of kin collapse: the person who is (or persons who are) most closely related to a given person

courthouse collapse: a building that houses judicial courts; a government building that houses the offices of a county government

lineage collapse: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

town hall collapse: a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government

endorser collapse: a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security

lineal collapse: arranged in a line; in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"

lobby collapse: a group of people who try actively to influence legislation; the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest; detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors

officiate collapse: perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary"; act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?"

suds collapse: a dysphemism for beer (especially for lager that effervesces); wash in suds

cortege collapse: the group following and attending to some important person; a funeral procession

civilian collapse: a nonmilitary citizen; associated with or performed by civilians as contrasted with the military; "civilian clothing"; "civilian life"

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