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hark back collapse: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

turnaround collapse: act or process of unloading and loading and servicing a vessel or aircraft for a return trip; an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around; time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip

turn around collapse: get better; "Her performance in school picked up"; cause to get better; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"

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

switch over collapse: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

palpitate collapse: beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"; cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"

feedback collapse: response to an inquiry or experiment; the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output

come round collapse: change one's position or opinion; "He came around to our point of view"

degeneration collapse: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form; the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

reinstatement collapse: the act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel"; the condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly"

printed circuit collapse: computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered

alchemy collapse: a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

afterthought collapse: an addition that was not included in the original plan; "the garage was an afterthought"

naturalization collapse: changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words"; the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous; the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship; the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

rehabilitation collapse: the restoration of someone to a useful place in society; the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises; vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation

header collapse: a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery"; (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head; a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon; a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters; brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall; horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

flip collapse: a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water; the act of flipping a coin; hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg; go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"; turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"; move with a flick or light motion; throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"; lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"; cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic"; toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air

gutter collapse: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater; a tool for gutting fish; a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.); misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"; provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings"; wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil"; flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"; burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"

throb collapse: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"; a deep pulsating type of pain; pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"

betterment collapse: an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility

amelioration collapse: the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

alteration collapse: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

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