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Related Words:
give way
collapse
end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
related words >
abandon hope
,
accommodate
,
adjust
,
aye
,
back down
,
beat down
,
become suicidal
,
bend
,
break
,
break off combat
,
break open
,
break up
,
burst
,
carry away
,
catch a crab
,
cave
,
cave in
,
cease resistance
,
cheapen
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come off
,
come undone
,
come unstuck
,
compose
,
compound
,
compromise
,
conk out
,
cop out
,
crack
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
cut
,
cut a crab
,
cut prices
,
decline
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
despair
,
despair of
,
despond
,
devaluate
,
disintegrate
,
dive
,
droop
,
drop
,
duck responsibility
,
evade responsibility
,
fade
,
fail
,
faint
,
fall
,
fall in price
,
fall off
,
fall to pieces
,
falter
,
feather
,
feather an oar
,
fissure
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
flop
,
flop down
,
flump
,
flump down
,
fly apart
,
founder
,
fracture
,
get loose
,
give
,
give and take
,
give away
,
give ground
,
give in
,
give out
,
give up
,
give up hope
,
go down
,
go downhill
,
go fifty-fifty
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
hit rock bottom
,
hit the skids
,
jew down
,
languish
,
lapse
,
lose heart
,
lose hope
,
lower
,
make a deal
,
make an adjustment
,
make concessions
,
mark down
,
meet halfway
,
nose-dive
,
pace
,
paddle
,
pare
,
peel off
,
peg out
,
peter out
,
pine
,
play politics
,
plop
,
plop down
,
plumb the depths
,
plummet
,
plump
,
plunge
,
ply the oar
,
poop out
,
pull
,
punt
,
quit the field
,
reach a compromise
,
reach the depths
,
reduce
,
relax
,
relent
,
row
,
row away
,
row dry
,
rupture
,
sag
,
scull
,
set
,
settle
,
settle down
,
shave
,
ship oars
,
shoot
,
sink
,
sink down
,
sink into despair
,
sky an oar
,
slash
,
slouch
,
slump
,
slump down
,
snap
,
split
,
split the difference
,
spring a leak
,
spring apart
,
start
,
strike a balance
,
strike a bargain
,
submerge
,
submit
,
subside
,
surrender
,
swag
,
take the mean
,
touch bottom
,
trim
,
unbend
,
unravel
,
weaken
,
wear away
,
wear thin
,
wilt
,
yield
,
yield to despair
emit
collapse
expel (gases or odors)
give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"
related words >
aerate
,
aerify
,
articulate
,
atomize
,
bleed
,
blow
,
breathe
,
breathe out
,
bring out
,
carbonate
,
chime
,
chlorinate
,
chorus
,
come out with
,
communicate
,
convey
,
deliver
,
discharge
,
disclose
,
disembogue
,
distill
,
drip
,
effuse
,
egest
,
eject
,
eliminate
,
emanate
,
enunciate
,
etherify
,
etherize
,
evacuate
,
evaporate
,
excrete
,
exfiltrate
,
exhale
,
exhaust
,
expel
,
expire
,
express
,
extravasate
,
extrude
,
exudate
,
exude
,
filter
,
filtrate
,
fling off
,
flow
,
fluidize
,
formulate
,
fractionate
,
fume
,
fumigate
,
gasify
,
get off
,
get out
,
give
,
give expression
,
give forth
,
give off
,
give out
,
give out with
,
give tongue
,
give utterance
,
give vent to
,
give voice
,
hydrogenate
,
impart
,
issue
,
leach
,
let out
,
lip
,
lixiviate
,
loose
,
ooze
,
open the floodgates
,
open the sluices
,
out with
,
oxygenate
,
pass
,
pass off
,
percolate
,
perfume
,
phonate
,
phrase
,
pour
,
pour forth
,
pour out
,
present
,
pronounce
,
puff
,
put forth
,
put in words
,
put out
,
radiate
,
raise
,
reek
,
release
,
say
,
secrete
,
seep
,
send forth
,
send out
,
set forth
,
smoke
,
sound
,
spray
,
steam
,
strain
,
sublimate
,
sublime
,
tell
,
throw off
,
transpire
,
transude
,
utter
,
vapor
,
vaporize
,
vent
,
verbalize
,
vocalize
,
voice
,
void
,
volatilize
,
weep
,
whisper
,
word
apprise
collapse
related words >
acquaint
,
advertise
,
advertise of
,
advise
,
announce
,
brief
,
bring word
,
clue
,
communicate
,
declare
,
disclose
,
discover
,
divulge
,
enlighten
,
familiarize
,
fill in
,
give notice
,
give the facts
,
give word
,
inform
,
instruct
,
leave word
,
let know
,
mention to
,
notify
,
post
,
proclaim
,
publish
,
report
,
reveal
,
send word
,
serve notice
,
speak
,
tell
,
verse
,
warn
vocalize
collapse
utter speech sounds
pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized"
sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel
related words >
anthem
,
articulate
,
ballad
,
breathe
,
carol
,
chant
,
chatty
,
chime
,
chirp
,
chirrup
,
choir
,
chorus
,
come out with
,
communicate
,
convey
,
croon
,
deliver
,
descant
,
disclose
,
do-re-mi
,
emit
,
enunciate
,
express
,
fling off
,
formulate
,
garrulous
,
give
,
give expression
,
give out with
,
give tongue
,
give utterance
,
give voice
,
hum
,
hung
,
hymn
,
impart
,
intonate
,
intone
,
let out
,
lilt
,
lip
,
loquacious
,
minstrel
,
out with
,
phonate
,
phrase
,
pipe
,
pour forth
,
present
,
pronounce
,
psalm
,
put forth
,
put in words
,
quaver
,
raise
,
roulade
,
say
,
serenade
,
set forth
,
shake
,
silver-tongued
,
sing
,
sing in chorus
,
slick
,
smooth
,
sol-fa
,
solmizate
,
sound
,
talk
,
talkative
,
tell
,
throw off
,
tremolo
,
trill
,
troll
,
tune
,
tweedle
,
tweedledee
,
twit
,
twitter
,
utter
,
verbalize
,
voice
,
voluble
,
warble
,
well
,
whisper
,
whistle
,
windy
,
word
,
yodel
enclave
collapse
an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
related words >
arena
,
block
,
cincture
,
clos
,
close
,
confine
,
container
,
coop
,
court
,
courtyard
,
croft
,
curtilage
,
delimited field
,
enclosure
,
field
,
fold
,
forty
,
ground
,
kraal
,
list
,
lot
,
pale
,
paling
,
parcel of land
,
park
,
patch
,
pen
,
plat
,
plot
,
plot of ground
,
quad
,
quadrangle
,
real estate
,
section
,
square
,
theater
,
toft
,
tract
,
yard
retaliate
collapse
make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"
related words >
alternate
,
atone
,
avenge
,
bandy
,
be quits with
,
change
,
come back at
,
commute
,
compensate
,
cooperate
,
counter
,
counterchange
,
cover
,
do penance
,
even the score
,
exchange
,
expiate
,
fill up
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
give
,
give and take
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
hit back at
,
indemnify
,
interchange
,
launch a vendetta
,
logroll
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make up for
,
pay back
,
permute
,
reciprocate
,
recompense
,
rectify
,
repay
,
requite
,
respond
,
retort
,
return
,
return the compliment
,
revenge
,
set right
,
strike back
,
swap
,
switch
,
take revenge
,
trade
,
transpose
carpet
collapse
cover with a carpet; "carpet the floors of the house"
cover completely, as if with a carpet; "flowers carpeted the meadows"
form a carpet-like cover (over)
related words >
Axminster
,
Brussels carpet
,
Caucasian rug
,
Chinese rug
,
East Indian rug
,
Indian rug
,
Oriental rug
,
Persian rug
,
Savonnerie
,
Turkish rug
,
Wilton
,
asphalt
,
berate
,
blacktop
,
body Brussels
,
broadloom
,
carpeting
,
causeway
,
cement
,
cobblestone
,
concrete
,
cover
,
deck
,
doormat
,
drop cloth
,
drugget
,
duckboards
,
earth
,
flag
,
floor
,
floor covering
,
floorboards
,
flooring
,
ground
,
ground cloth
,
ground-sheet
,
ingrain
,
lash
,
mat
,
metal
,
moquette
,
namda
,
nammad
,
parquet
,
pave
,
pavement
,
paving
,
pebble
,
rail
,
rate
,
rug
,
rugs
,
surfacing
,
take to task
,
tar
,
tell off
,
terra firma
,
throw rug
,
tiling
,
upbraid
,
vituperate
,
welcome mat
,
wig
fairway
collapse
the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short
a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement
the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters
related words >
Astroturf
,
airstrip
,
approaches
,
apron
,
archery ground
,
artificial turf
,
athletic field
,
badminton court
,
baseball field
,
basketball court
,
billiard parlor
,
bowling alley
,
bowling green
,
channel
,
clearway
,
common
,
course
,
court
,
cricket ground
,
croquet ground
,
croquet lawn
,
diamond
,
field
,
flight deck
,
football field
,
glaciarium
,
golf course
,
golf links
,
grassplot
,
green
,
greenyard
,
gridiron
,
grounds
,
gym
,
gymnasium
,
ice rink
,
infield
,
landing deck
,
landing strip
,
lawn
,
links
,
outfield
,
oval
,
park
,
playground
,
playing field
,
playroom
,
polo ground
,
pool hall
,
poolroom
,
putting green
,
racecourse
,
racket court
,
rink
,
road
,
runway
,
sea lane
,
seaway
,
ship route
,
skating rink
,
soccer field
,
squash court
,
steamer track
,
stretch
,
strip
,
tennis court
,
track
,
turf
,
village green
,
waterway
cry havoc
collapse
related words >
admonish
,
advise
,
alarm
,
alert
,
arouse
,
caution
,
cry wolf
,
fly storm warnings
,
frighten
,
give fair warning
,
give notice
,
give warning
,
issue an ultimatum
,
notify
,
sound the alarm
,
sound the tocsin
,
startle
,
threaten
,
tip
,
tip off
,
utter a caveat
,
warn
,
warn against
bring to pass
collapse
related words >
accomplish
,
achieve
,
author
,
bear
,
beget
,
breed
,
bring about
,
bring forth
,
bring off
,
bring to effect
,
carry into execution
,
carry off
,
carry out
,
carry through
,
cause
,
come through with
,
commit
,
conceive
,
create
,
do
,
do to
,
effect
,
effectuate
,
engender
,
establish
,
father
,
found
,
generate
,
gestate
,
get through
,
give birth to
,
give occasion to
,
give origin to
,
give rise to
,
go and do
,
implement
,
inaugurate
,
inflict
,
institute
,
make
,
occasion
,
originate
,
pay
,
perpetrate
,
produce
,
pull off
,
put across
,
put over
,
put through
,
realize
,
render
,
set afloat
,
set on foot
,
set up
,
sire
,
take and do
,
up and do
,
work
,
wreak
go back
collapse
belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"
related words >
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
back up
,
beat a retreat
,
break back
,
bring back
,
bring to mind
,
call back
,
call to mind
,
call up
,
change back
,
come after
,
come again
,
come back
,
come home
,
come last
,
come up again
,
conjure up
,
cry back
,
disengage
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
double
,
double back
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
echo
,
evoke
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
flip-flop
,
follow
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back over
,
go backwards
,
go home
,
hark back
,
keep coming
,
lag behind
,
look back
,
mind
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
put back
,
reappear
,
recall
,
recall to mind
,
recapture
,
recollect
,
recur
,
reevoke
,
reflect
,
regress
,
remember
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
resound
,
resume
,
retire
,
retrace
,
retreat
,
retrogress
,
retrospect
,
return
,
reverberate
,
revert
,
review
,
review in retrospect
,
revive
,
run back
,
see in retrospect
,
stand back
,
summon up
,
think back
,
think of
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn back
,
use hindsight
,
withdraw
purlieu
collapse
related words >
agora
,
amphitheater
,
arena
,
athletic field
,
auditorium
,
background
,
baths
,
bear garden
,
boundary
,
bounds
,
bowl
,
boxing ring
,
bull ring
,
campus
,
canvas
,
casino
,
circus
,
club
,
clubhouse
,
cockpit
,
coliseum
,
colosseum
,
compass
,
confines
,
course
,
field
,
floor
,
forum
,
gambling house
,
gathering place
,
ground
,
gym
,
gymnasium
,
hall
,
hangout
,
haunt
,
health resort
,
hippodrome
,
limits
,
lists
,
locale
,
marketplace
,
mat
,
meeting place
,
milieu
,
open forum
,
outskirts
,
palaestra
,
parade ground
,
pit
,
place
,
platform
,
precinct
,
precincts
,
prize ring
,
public square
,
rallying point
,
range
,
rendezvous
,
resort
,
ring
,
scene
,
scene of action
,
scenery
,
setting
,
site
,
spa
,
sphere
,
springs
,
squared circle
,
stadium
,
stage
,
stage set
,
stage setting
,
stamping ground
,
suburbs
,
terrain
,
theater
,
tilting ground
,
tiltyard
,
walk
,
watering place
,
wrestling ring
give notice
collapse
related words >
acquaint
,
admonish
,
advertise
,
advertise of
,
advise
,
affirm
,
alert
,
announce
,
annunciate
,
apprise
,
brief
,
bring word
,
caution
,
communicate
,
cry havoc
,
declare
,
declare roundly
,
disclose
,
enlighten
,
enunciate
,
familiarize
,
forerun
,
give fair warning
,
give the facts
,
give warning
,
give word
,
harbinger
,
herald
,
inform
,
instruct
,
issue a manifesto
,
issue a statement
,
issue an ultimatum
,
leave word
,
let know
,
make a statement
,
make an announcement
,
mention to
,
notify
,
preannounce
,
proclaim
,
pronounce
,
publish a manifesto
,
report
,
run before
,
send word
,
serve notice
,
sound the alarm
,
speak
,
state
,
tell
,
threaten
,
tip
,
tip off
,
utter a caveat
,
verse
,
warn
,
warn against
give a lift
collapse
related words >
abet
,
aid
,
animate
,
assist
,
avail
,
bail out
,
bear a hand
,
befriend
,
benefit
,
boost
,
brighten
,
buoy up
,
cheer
,
comfort
,
do good
,
doctor
,
ease
,
encourage
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
favor
,
give a boost
,
give a hand
,
give help
,
gladden
,
hearten
,
help
,
help up
,
horse
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
lend a hand
,
lend one aid
,
liven
,
mount
,
pick up
,
proffer aid
,
protect
,
put on
,
rally
,
reclaim
,
redeem
,
rejoice
,
rejoice the heart
,
relieve
,
remedy
,
render assistance
,
rescue
,
restore
,
resuscitate
,
revive
,
save
,
set up
,
succor
,
take in tow
,
vitalize
beach
collapse
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port"
related words >
bank
,
berm
,
careen
,
cast away
,
coast
,
coastland
,
coastline
,
embankment
,
foreshore
,
ground
,
ironbound coast
,
lido
,
littoral
,
margin
,
pile up
,
plage
,
playa
,
riverside
,
riviera
,
rockbound coast
,
run aground
,
sands
,
sea margin
,
seabank
,
seabeach
,
seaboard
,
seacliff
,
seacoast
,
seashore
,
seaside
,
shingle
,
shipwreck
,
shore
,
shoreline
,
strand
,
submerged coast
,
take the ground
,
tidewater
,
waterfront
,
waterside
,
wreck
attend to
collapse
get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please"
related words >
abide by
,
act up to
,
adhere to
,
advert to
,
attend
,
auscultate
,
baby-sit
,
be all ears
,
be aware of
,
be engrossed in
,
be faithful to
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
care for
,
chaperon
,
cherish
,
cock the ears
,
come down on
,
comply with
,
conform to
,
conserve
,
do for
,
do justice to
,
drink in
,
eavesdrop
,
examine by ear
,
fill
,
fix
,
follow
,
foster
,
fulfill
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
give heed to
,
give it to
,
give mind to
,
give thought to
,
hark
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
heed
,
hold by
,
intercept
,
keep
,
keep faith with
,
keep watch over
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
live up to
,
look after
,
look out for
,
look to
,
make good
,
matronize
,
meet
,
mind
,
minister to
,
mother
,
not forget
,
nurse
,
nurture
,
observe
,
pay
,
pay attention to
,
pay out
,
pay regard to
,
preserve
,
protege
,
provide for
,
regard
,
respect
,
ride herd on
,
satisfy
,
see after
,
see to
,
serve one out
,
settle
,
settle the score
,
shepherd
,
sit in on
,
support
,
take care of
,
take charge of
,
tap
,
tend
,
turn to
,
watch
,
watch out for
,
watch over
,
wiretap
campus
collapse
a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
related words >
agora
,
amphitheater
,
arena
,
athletic field
,
auditorium
,
background
,
bear garden
,
bowl
,
boxing ring
,
bull ring
,
canvas
,
circus
,
classroom building
,
cockpit
,
coliseum
,
colosseum
,
course
,
field
,
floor
,
forum
,
ground
,
gym
,
gymnasium
,
hall
,
hippodrome
,
lists
,
little red schoolhouse
,
locale
,
marketplace
,
mat
,
milieu
,
open forum
,
palaestra
,
parade ground
,
pit
,
place
,
platform
,
precinct
,
prize ring
,
public square
,
purlieu
,
range
,
ring
,
scene
,
scene of action
,
scenery
,
school building
,
schoolhouse
,
setting
,
site
,
sphere
,
squared circle
,
stadium
,
stage
,
stage set
,
stage setting
,
terrain
,
theater
,
tilting ground
,
tiltyard
,
walk
,
wrestling ring
hearken
collapse
related words >
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
cock the ears
,
eavesdrop
,
examine by ear
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
hark
,
hear
,
hear out
,
heed
,
intercept
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
sit in on
,
tap
,
wiretap
undersign
collapse
sign at the bottom of (a document)
related words >
OK
,
accept
,
accredit
,
affirm
,
amen
,
approve
,
assure
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
authorize
,
autograph
,
back
,
be sponsor for
,
bond
,
certify
,
confirm
,
cosign
,
countersecure
,
countersign
,
endorse
,
ensure
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the imprimatur
,
give thumbs up
,
guarantee
,
guaranty
,
initial
,
insure
,
notarize
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass upon
,
permit
,
ratify
,
rubber stamp
,
sanction
,
say amen to
,
seal
,
second
,
secure
,
sign
,
sign and seal
,
sign for
,
sponsor
,
stand behind
,
stand up for
,
subscribe to
,
support
,
swear and affirm
,
swear to
,
underwrite
,
validate
,
visa
,
vise
,
warrant
eavesdrop
collapse
related words >
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
cock the ears
,
examine by ear
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
hark
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
heed
,
intercept
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen in
,
listen to
,
overhear
,
pry
,
sit in on
,
snoop
,
spy
,
tap
,
wiretap
substructure
collapse
related words >
base
,
basement
,
basis
,
bearing wall
,
bed
,
bedding
,
bedrock
,
bottom
,
floor
,
flooring
,
fond
,
footing
,
foundation
,
fundament
,
fundamental
,
ground
,
grounds
,
groundwork
,
hardpan
,
infrastructure
,
pavement
,
principle
,
radical
,
riprap
,
rock bottom
,
rudiment
,
seat
,
sill
,
solid ground
,
solid rock
,
stereobate
,
stylobate
,
substratum
,
substruction
,
terra firma
,
underbuilding
,
undercarriage
,
undergirding
,
underpinning
,
understruction
,
understructure
understructure
collapse
related words >
base
,
basement
,
basis
,
bearing wall
,
bed
,
bedding
,
bedrock
,
bottom
,
floor
,
flooring
,
fond
,
footing
,
foundation
,
fundament
,
fundamental
,
ground
,
grounds
,
groundwork
,
hardpan
,
infrastructure
,
pavement
,
principle
,
radical
,
riprap
,
rock bottom
,
rudiment
,
seat
,
sill
,
solid ground
,
solid rock
,
stereobate
,
stylobate
,
substratum
,
substruction
,
substructure
,
terra firma
,
underbuilding
,
undercarriage
,
undergirding
,
underpinning
,
understruction
listen in
collapse
listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation
listen without the speaker's knowledge; "the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife's conversations"
related words >
attend
,
attend to
,
auscultate
,
be all ears
,
bend an ear
,
bug
,
buzz
,
call
,
call up
,
cock the ears
,
dial
,
eavesdrop
,
examine by ear
,
give a ring
,
give attention
,
give audience to
,
give ear
,
hang up
,
hark
,
hear
,
hear out
,
hearken
,
heed
,
hold the phone
,
intercept
,
lend an ear
,
listen
,
listen at
,
listen to
,
make a call
,
phone
,
ring
,
ring off
,
ring up
,
sit in on
,
tap
,
telephone
,
tune down
,
tune in
,
tune up
,
wiretap
ream
collapse
a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"
enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"
remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"
squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges"
related words >
auger
,
bawl out
,
beat
,
bilk
,
bite
,
bore
,
broach
,
bugger
,
cardboard
,
chew
,
chew ass
,
chew out
,
chisel
,
countersink
,
cozen
,
cuss out
,
diddle
,
do
,
drill
,
empierce
,
fellate
,
fix
,
give a going-over
,
give hail Columbia
,
give hell
,
give the deuce
,
give what-for
,
gobs
,
gore
,
gouge
,
gouge out
,
gyp
,
heap
,
hole
,
honeycomb
,
impale
,
jack up
,
lambaste
,
lance
,
leaf
,
loads
,
mace
,
masturbate
,
needle
,
oodles
,
open up
,
page
,
paper
,
penetrate
,
perforate
,
pierce
,
pink
,
prick
,
punch
,
puncture
,
quantities
,
quire
,
ream ass
,
ream out
,
riddle
,
run through
,
screw
,
sheet
,
sit on
,
skewer
,
slew
,
sodomize
,
spear
,
spike
,
spit
,
stab
,
stationery
,
stick
,
tap
,
transfix
,
transpierce
,
trepan
,
trephine
,
wads
pull back
collapse
pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
related words >
about the bush
,
abrupt
,
alienate
,
avoid
,
back down
,
back out
,
backslide
,
balance
,
beat a retreat
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cock
,
cringe
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
debate
,
delete
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
depart
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
duck
,
eject
,
equivocate
,
estrange
,
evade
,
expel
,
fade
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
get behind
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
isolate
,
jerk back
,
jib
,
lapse
,
leave
,
lose ground
,
make bones about
,
move back
,
parry
,
part
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull away
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
run back
,
scruple
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shut off
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
slip back
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
subtract
,
swerve
,
think twice about
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
turn aside
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
ward off
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
confide
collapse
reveal in private; tell confidentially
related words >
air
,
alert
,
aspire to
,
assign
,
bank on
,
bestow
,
break it to
,
break the news
,
breathe
,
buzz
,
come out with
,
commend
,
commit
,
confide to
,
consign
,
count on
,
delegate
,
desire
,
divulgate
,
divulge
,
enfeoff
,
entrust
,
entrust with information
,
evulgate
,
expect
,
feel confident
,
give confidential information
,
give in charge
,
give in trust
,
give out
,
give vent to
,
hand over
,
harbor the hope
,
hint
,
hope
,
hope against hope
,
hope and pray
,
hope for
,
hope in
,
hope to God
,
infeudate
,
insinuate
,
intimate
,
lean upon
,
let get around
,
let in on
,
let next to
,
let out
,
live in hopes
,
make known
,
mention privately
,
nurture the hope
,
out with
,
present
,
presume
,
publish
,
put hep
,
put next to
,
relegate
,
rely on
,
remand
,
remit
,
rest assured
,
reveal
,
suggest
,
tell
,
tip
,
tip off
,
trust
,
turn over
,
utter
,
vent
,
ventilate
,
whisper
invent
collapse
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
related words >
beget
,
break ground
,
break the ice
,
breed
,
bring forth
,
bring into being
,
call into being
,
coin
,
conceit
,
conceive
,
conceptualize
,
concoct
,
contrive
,
cook up
,
counterfeit
,
create
,
design
,
determine
,
develop
,
devise
,
discover
,
dream up
,
engender
,
envision
,
evolve
,
experience imaginatively
,
fabricate
,
fake
,
fancy
,
fantasize
,
fictionalize
,
find
,
find out
,
forge
,
formulate
,
frame
,
fudge
,
generate
,
get
,
give being to
,
give rise to
,
hatch
,
hatch up
,
head
,
head up
,
hit
,
hit upon
,
hoke up
,
hunt down
,
ideate
,
imagine
,
improvise
,
inaugurate
,
initiate
,
innovate
,
introduce
,
introduce new blood
,
lead
,
lead off
,
lead the way
,
locate
,
make do with
,
make innovations
,
make up
,
manufacture
,
mature
,
mint
,
mold
,
neologize
,
neoterize
,
originate
,
pioneer
,
plan
,
precede
,
procreate
,
produce
,
rediscover
,
renew
,
renovate
,
revolutionize
,
run down
,
run to earth
,
shape
,
spawn
,
stand first
,
strike
,
strike out
,
suppose
,
take the initiative
,
take the lead
,
take the plunge
,
think out
,
think up
,
trace
,
trace down
,
track down
,
trump up
,
turn out
,
vamp up
armed force
collapse
related words >
armed service
,
army
,
array
,
career soldiers
,
fighting machine
,
forces
,
ground forces
,
ground troops
,
host
,
legions
,
military establishment
,
occupation force
,
paratroops
,
rank and file
,
ranks
,
regular army
,
regulars
,
ski troops
,
soldiery
,
standing army
,
storm troops
,
the line
,
the military
,
troops
soldiery
collapse
related words >
armed force
,
armed service
,
army
,
array
,
career soldiers
,
fighting machine
,
forces
,
ground forces
,
ground troops
,
host
,
legions
,
military establishment
,
occupation force
,
paratroops
,
rank and file
,
ranks
,
regular army
,
regulars
,
ski troops
,
standing army
,
storm troops
,
the line
,
the military
,
troops
instance
collapse
related words >
abetment
,
adduce
,
anatomize
,
article
,
as an example
,
aspect
,
atomize
,
call to mind
,
case
,
case history
,
case in point
,
circumstantiate
,
citation
,
cite
,
cite a particular
,
count
,
cross reference
,
datum
,
demonstrate
,
demonstration
,
descend to particulars
,
detail
,
document
,
element
,
emblem
,
encouragement
,
enter into detail
,
event
,
example
,
exemplar
,
exemplification
,
exemplify
,
explanation
,
exponent
,
facet
,
fact
,
factor
,
for example
,
for instance
,
give a for-instance
,
give full particulars
,
goading
,
ground
,
illustrate
,
illustration
,
improper suggestion
,
incidental
,
indecent proposal
,
insistence
,
item
,
itemize
,
matter
,
minor detail
,
minutia
,
minutiae
,
motion
,
name
,
needling
,
object lesson
,
occurrence
,
particular
,
particularize
,
pass
,
point
,
precedent
,
pressing
,
pressure
,
pricking
,
prodding
,
proof
,
proposal
,
proposition
,
quotation
,
quote
,
reason
,
reference
,
regard
,
relevant instance
,
representative
,
request
,
resolution
,
respect
,
sample
,
sampling
,
say
,
sexual advance
,
specify
,
specimen
,
spell out
,
spurring
,
substantiate
,
suggestion
,
symbol
,
thing
,
type
,
typical example
,
urging
pay attention
collapse
related words >
address
,
advert to
,
attend to
,
attend to business
,
be alert
,
be aware of
,
be concerned
,
be engrossed in
,
be obsessed with
,
beau
,
care
,
chase
,
concentrate on
,
consider
,
court
,
drink in
,
esquire
,
fix on
,
focus on
,
follow
,
give heed
,
give heed to
,
give mind to
,
give thought to
,
heed
,
lay siege to
,
look lively
,
look out
,
look sharp
,
look to
,
make suit to
,
mind
,
miss nothing
,
not forget
,
pay attention to
,
pay court to
,
pay heed
,
pay regard to
,
pursue
,
reck
,
regard
,
scrutinize
,
see to
,
serenade
,
spark
,
squire
,
study
,
sue
,
swain
,
sweetheart
,
take an interest
,
take care
,
take heed
,
think
,
turn to
,
watch out
,
woo
while away
collapse
spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time
related words >
bestow
,
consecrate to
,
consume
,
dally away
,
dedicate to
,
devote
,
diddle away
,
dribble away
,
drivel away
,
employ
,
expend
,
fool away
,
fritter away
,
give over to
,
give to
,
idle away
,
muddle away
,
pass
,
piss away
,
potter away
,
put in
,
spend
,
trifle away
,
use up
,
while
,
wile
despond
collapse
lose confidence or hope; become dejected; "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election"
related words >
abandon hope
,
become suicidal
,
brood
,
despair
,
despair of
,
droop
,
falter
,
give up
,
give up hope
,
give way
,
hit rock bottom
,
languish
,
lose heart
,
lose hope
,
plumb the depths
,
reach the depths
,
sag
,
sink
,
sink into despair
,
touch bottom
,
yield to despair
occasion
collapse
reason; "there was no occasion for complaint"
an opportunity to do something; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
give occasion to
related words >
a leg up
,
advantage
,
adventure
,
affair
,
antecedent
,
antecedents
,
author
,
bare necessities
,
base
,
basis
,
bear
,
beget
,
break
,
breed
,
bring about
,
bring forth
,
bring on
,
bring to effect
,
bring to pass
,
call
,
call for
,
call forth
,
call up
,
causation
,
cause
,
cause and effect
,
celebration
,
ceremony
,
chance
,
circumstance
,
clear stage
,
commemoration
,
conceive
,
condition
,
conjuncture
,
contingency
,
create
,
demand
,
demand for
,
desideration
,
desideratum
,
determinant
,
determinative
,
do
,
effect
,
effectuate
,
element
,
elicit
,
engender
,
episode
,
essential
,
essentials
,
establish
,
etiology
,
event
,
eventuality
,
evoke
,
excuse
,
experience
,
fact
,
factor
,
fair field
,
fair game
,
father
,
found
,
foundation
,
function
,
gala
,
generate
,
gestate
,
give birth to
,
give occasion to
,
give origin to
,
give rise to
,
go
,
ground
,
grounds
,
hap
,
happening
,
happenstance
,
impel
,
impulse
,
inaugurate
,
incident
,
incitement
,
indispensable
,
induce
,
inducement
,
institute
,
juncture
,
justification
,
liberty
,
look-in
,
make
,
make for
,
matter of fact
,
milestone
,
moment
,
must
,
must item
,
necessaries
,
necessities
,
necessity
,
need
,
need for
,
obligation
,
observance
,
occasionally
,
occurrence
,
on occasion
,
opening
,
opportunism
,
opportunity
,
originate
,
particular
,
party
,
phenomenon
,
place
,
prerequirement
,
prerequisite
,
principle
,
produce
,
prompt
,
prompting
,
provocation
,
provoke
,
reality
,
realize
,
reason
,
requirement
,
requisite
,
requisition
,
right
,
room
,
scope
,
set afloat
,
set on foot
,
set up
,
shot
,
show
,
sire
,
squeak
,
stepping-stone
,
stimulus
,
the necessary
,
the needful
,
thing
,
time
,
turn of events
,
want
,
warrant
,
work
,
work up
middle ground
collapse
related words >
average
,
balance
,
center
,
compromise
,
fence
,
generality
,
golden mean
,
half measures
,
half-and-half measures
,
halfway measures
,
happy medium
,
juste-milieu
,
mean
,
median
,
mediocrity
,
medium
,
middle
,
middle course
,
middle point
,
middle position
,
middle state
,
middle way
,
middle-of-the-road
,
midpoint
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
neutral ground
,
norm
,
normal
,
par
,
rule
,
run
,
via media
dress down
collapse
put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression
related words >
call down
,
come down on
,
flax
,
give a dressing-down
,
give it to
,
hide
,
jump all over
,
jump on
,
larrup
,
lather
,
leather
,
lick
,
paddle
,
speak to
,
talk to
,
tan
,
tell off
,
trim
,
wallop
,
welt
,
whale
lose heart
collapse
related words >
abandon hope
,
become suicidal
,
despair
,
despair of
,
despond
,
droop
,
falter
,
give up
,
give up hope
,
give way
,
hit rock bottom
,
languish
,
lose hope
,
plumb the depths
,
reach the depths
,
sink
,
sink into despair
,
touch bottom
,
yield to despair
abet
collapse
assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
related words >
advance
,
advocate
,
aid
,
aid and abet
,
approve of
,
ask for
,
assist
,
avail
,
bail out
,
bear a hand
,
befriend
,
benefit
,
comfort
,
condone
,
countenance
,
do for
,
do good
,
doctor
,
ease
,
egg
,
egg on
,
embolden
,
encourage
,
endorse
,
exhort
,
favor
,
feed
,
foment
,
foster
,
further
,
give a boost
,
give a hand
,
give a lift
,
give encouragement
,
give help
,
go for
,
goad
,
hearten
,
help
,
help out
,
incite
,
instigate
,
invite
,
keep in countenance
,
lend a hand
,
lend one aid
,
nourish
,
nurture
,
prod
,
proffer aid
,
promote
,
protect
,
provoke
,
raise
,
rally
,
reclaim
,
redeem
,
relieve
,
remedy
,
render assistance
,
rescue
,
restore
,
resuscitate
,
revive
,
sanction
,
save
,
second
,
set
,
set on
,
set up
,
shine upon
,
smile upon
,
spur
,
stead
,
stir up
,
subscribe
,
succor
,
support
,
take in tow
,
uphold
,
urge
,
whip up
divulge
collapse
related words >
affect
,
air
,
betoken
,
betray
,
brandish
,
break it to
,
break the news
,
breathe
,
bring forth
,
bring forward
,
bring into view
,
bring out
,
bring to notice
,
broach
,
come out with
,
confide
,
confide to
,
dangle
,
demonstrate
,
develop
,
disclose
,
discover
,
display
,
divulgate
,
dramatize
,
embody
,
enact
,
evidence
,
evince
,
evulgate
,
exhibit
,
expose to view
,
express
,
flaunt
,
flourish
,
give away
,
give out
,
give sign
,
give token
,
give vent to
,
gossip
,
highlight
,
illuminate
,
incarnate
,
indicate
,
let get around
,
let in on
,
let out
,
make clear
,
make known
,
make plain
,
make public
,
manifest
,
materialize
,
mean
,
mouth
,
open up
,
out with
,
parade
,
perform
,
present
,
proclaim
,
produce
,
publish
,
put out
,
represent
,
reveal
,
roll out
,
set forth
,
show
,
show forth
,
spill
,
spotlight
,
tattle
,
tell
,
token
,
trot out
,
unfold
,
utter
,
vent
,
ventilate
,
wave
outguess
collapse
related words >
circumvent
,
deceive
,
elude
,
evade
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
get around
,
get round
,
give the runaround
,
give the slip
,
go one better
,
outfigure
,
outflank
,
outgeneral
,
outmaneuver
,
outplay
,
outreach
,
outsmart
,
outwit
,
overreach
,
pass the buck
,
stonewall
,
victimize
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