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strive collapse: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"

reciprocate collapse: alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine reciprocates the propeller"; act, feel, or give mutually or in return; "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"

spank collapse: a slap with the flat of the hand; give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

hustler collapse: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

research collapse: systematic investigation to establish facts; inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"; attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner; "The student researched the history of that word"

languish collapse: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

cause collapse: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"; events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"; give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

examine collapse: question closely; observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

noise collapse: incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"; the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"; a loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"; sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"; electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

get around collapse: move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?"

clarify collapse: make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"; make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

demonstrate collapse: march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"

poop out collapse: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

turn over collapse: do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"

jockey collapse: someone employed to ride horses in horse races; an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; "he's a truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey"; ride a racehorse as a professional jockey; compete (for an advantage or a position)

dybbuk collapse: (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior

accept collapse: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"; consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"; be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"; react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"; give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"; receive (a report) officially, as from a committee; receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"; admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"; be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"

get over collapse: to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"

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