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stick together collapse: be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble; "The two families stuck together throughout the war"

veracious collapse: precisely accurate; "a veracious account"; habitually speaking the truth; "an honest man"; "a veracious witness"

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"

truthful collapse: expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"; conforming to truth; "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so"; "a truthful statement"

proved collapse: established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"

nail down collapse: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

principled collapse: based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality; "principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency"; "a principled person"

clench collapse: squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"; hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"

ethical collapse: conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; "an ethical lawyer"; "ethical medical practice"; "an ethical problem"; "had no ethical objection to drinking"; "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants"- Omar N. Bradley; adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"; "had the moral courage to stand alone"; of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics; "ethical codes"; "ethical theories"

veridical collapse: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson

ascertained collapse: discovered or determined by scientific observation; "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena"

bosom collapse: cloth that covers the chest or breasts; a person's breast or chest; the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret"; hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters"

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

cling to collapse: hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"

historical collapse: having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual historical events"; of or relating to the study of history; "historical scholars"; "a historical perspective"

blameless collapse: free of guilt; not subject to blame; "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation"

honest-to-God collapse: (used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"

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