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pull in collapse: move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"

withhold collapse: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"; retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

retard collapse: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"; be delayed

set back collapse: slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back"; cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

meddle collapse: intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"

interrupt collapse: a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out; terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"; destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"; interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"; make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

intercept collapse: the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis; seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"

govern collapse: direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"; exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"; require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"

inhibit collapse: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

ease up collapse: reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"; become less intense

hold down collapse: restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"; keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"

rein collapse: one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse; any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"; stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"; stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"

collate collapse: compare critically; of texts; to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

backpedal collapse: modify one's opinion, make it less strong; step backwards, in boxing; pedal backwards on a bicycle

retrench collapse: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

cohere collapse: have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"; cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups"

resist collapse: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

impede collapse: be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"

prove collapse: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"; prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof; obtain probate of; "prove a will"; take a trial impression of; be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"

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