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grope collapse: the act of groping; and instance of groping; fondle for sexual pleasure; "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"; feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"; search blindly or uncertainly; "His mind groped to make the connection"

sit tight collapse: maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"

fizzle out collapse

moot collapse: a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"; of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

wary collapse: marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers"

prolong collapse: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"; lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

questionable collapse: able to be refuted; subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"

stand up collapse: defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"; refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack; resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"

protract collapse

lay over collapse: interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"

stay put collapse

unpersuadable collapse: not susceptible to persuasion

thrash about collapse

tarry collapse: leave slowly and hesitantly

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

stand on collapse

shelve collapse: place on a shelf; "shelve books"

blench collapse

defer collapse

doubting collapse: marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"

flinch collapse: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

herd together collapse

flock together collapse

dangle collapse: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree"; hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"

dawdle collapse

stickle collapse: dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)

mark time collapse

mingle collapse: get involved or mixed-up with; "He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair"

distrustful collapse: incredulous by virtue of distrust; having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson

obviously collapse: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"

manifestly collapse

pal collapse: become friends; act friendly towards

pin on collapse

coagulate collapse: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"

not to be believed collapse

go around in circles collapse

incredulous collapse: not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

noticeably collapse

filibuster collapse: a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches; a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes; obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation

stave off collapse

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