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await collapse

bide collapse: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

keep quiet collapse: refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information; "Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!"

perdure collapse

stick out collapse: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"

spar collapse: making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer; a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging; any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable; fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"; box lightly; fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"; furnish with spars

be still collapse

burn the midnight oil collapse

dillydally collapse

tide over collapse: suffice for a period between two points; "This money will keep us going for another year"

hold fast collapse

drag on collapse: last unnecessarily long

hold out collapse: wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses"

oversleep collapse: sleep longer than intended

freeze to collapse

head off collapse

linger collapse: take one's time; proceed slowly; remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

moratorium collapse: suspension of an ongoing activity; a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

take time collapse

keep on collapse

tarry collapse: leave slowly and hesitantly

hold on collapse: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

jog on collapse

live on collapse

hang on collapse: hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder"

stand by collapse: be available or ready for a certain function or service; be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"; not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"

hug collapse: a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"; fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips"

clasp collapse: the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"; a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together; hold firmly and tightly; grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands"

dwell collapse: inhabit or live in; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

ballooning collapse: flying in a balloon

hang around collapse

bear up collapse: endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"

wait collapse: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"; serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"; stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"; wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

congeal collapse

sit up collapse: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"

time lag collapse

think twice collapse: consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"

haw collapse: the nictitating membrane of a horse; utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed"

red tape collapse

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