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succeed collapse: be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"; attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

work wonders collapse

mechanic collapse: resembling the action of a machine; "from blank to blank a threadless way I pushed mechanic feet"- Emily Dickenson

flake off collapse

bunny collapse: (usually informal) especially a young rabbit; a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit

prowl collapse: the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner); move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town"; loiter about, with no apparent aim

squeak by collapse: escape; "She squeaked by me"

crack up collapse: rhapsodize about; suffer a nervous breakdown

not listen collapse

lunge collapse: (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward; make a thrusting forward movement

bump off collapse

achieve collapse: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

look the other way collapse

misapprehension collapse

shadowy collapse: lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke"

onomatopoeia collapse: using words that imitate the sound they denote

vamoose collapse

scram collapse: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!"

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"

come in collapse: come into fashion; become fashionable

shirk collapse: avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"

carom collapse: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other; make a carom; rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"

parrot collapse: usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds; a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated; repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"

find out collapse: trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks"

make light of collapse

wander collapse: go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

nonuniform collapse

sock collapse: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee; hit hard

impinge collapse: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains"

beaut collapse

harry collapse: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

gratuitous collapse: without cause; "a gratuitous insult"; unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"

maiden collapse

notate collapse: put into notation, as of music or choreography; "Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized"

jaunt collapse

dramatize collapse: represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"; put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

stunner collapse: an unexpected and amazing event; "the stunner was what happened on Saturday"

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