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fiction collapse: a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

signature collapse: a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book; your name written in your own handwriting; a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

inside out collapse: with the inside facing outward; "she turned the shirt inside out"; thoroughly; from every perspective; "she knows this town inside out"

marginal collapse: being close to a lower limit or or of lower class; "marginal abilities"; producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries"; "marginal land"

doorway collapse: the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway"

scout collapse: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory; someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports); a Boy Scout or Girl Scout; explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody

across collapse: transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across"; to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet across"

matter collapse: (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"; a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"; a problem; "is anything the matter?"; written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"

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

unimportant collapse: not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"

entity collapse: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

take the cake collapse: rank first; used often in a negative context; "He takes the cake for chutzpah!"

subscript collapse: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character; written or printed below and to one side of another character

follow through collapse: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"; carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball

makeup collapse: cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance; an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event; "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later"

ancestor collapse: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

tail collapse: the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body; the rear part of an aircraft; (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head; a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements; any projection that resembles the tail of an animal; remove the stalk of fruits or berries

book collapse: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"; a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps"; a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah"; a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"; a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here"; a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game; engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"; record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"; register in a hotel booker

anterior collapse: earlier in time; of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body

urine collapse: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"

air pocket collapse: a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

essay collapse: a tentative attempt; an analytic or interpretive literary composition

asteroid collapse: any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter); shaped like a star

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