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go out collapse: become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark"; leave the house to go somewhere; "We never went out when our children were small"; take the field; "The soldiers went out on missions"; go out of fashion; become unfashionable

rhapsodize collapse: say (something) with great enthusiasm; recite a rhapsody

knock out collapse: destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out"; empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out; "knocked out a pipe"; eliminate; "knock out a target"; overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm"

loot collapse: goods or money obtained illegally; take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"

slog collapse: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

enact collapse: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

snap up collapse: get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"

reach collapse: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out; be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"; move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people"; reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"; reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"; reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"; to extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall"

continue collapse: exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"; continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"; keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"; continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"; continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"; do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"

peel off collapse: take off, as with some difficulty; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt"; come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"; peel off the outer layer of something; leave a formation

succeed collapse: be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"; attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

wallop collapse: a severe blow; defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"

signify collapse: convey or express a meaning; "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"; make known with a word or signal; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal"

brood collapse: the young of an animal cared for at one time; sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"; think moodily or anxiously about something; hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long"

breed collapse: a lineage or race of people; a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"; a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"; have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs"; copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse covers the mare"

yaw collapse: an erratic deflection from an intended course; swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"; deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship"

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