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kick in: open violently; "kick in the doors"

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pop off collapse: leave quickly

shove off collapse: leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

punt collapse: (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"; an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole; propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"; kick the ball

snuff out collapse: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"; put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

conk collapse: informal term for the nose; hit, especially on the head; "The stranger conked him and he fainted"

kick out collapse

snap back collapse

ricochet collapse: a glancing rebound

oust collapse: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"; remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

kick off collapse

check out collapse: try to learn someone's opinions and intentions; "I have to sound out the new professor"; announce one's departure from a hotel; record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased; "She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt"

drop off collapse: fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"

demote collapse: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

backlash collapse: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"

bounce back collapse

kick back collapse: spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"; pay a kickback; make an illegal payment

disbar collapse: remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action; "The corrupt lawyer was disbarred"

boomerang collapse: a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower; return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

check in collapse: announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports

pass out collapse

turn off collapse: cause to feel intense dislike or distaste; make a turn; "turn off at the parking area"

thrust out collapse

toss out collapse

drum out collapse

deprive collapse: take away; keep from having, keeping, or obtaining; take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

kick upstairs collapse

rebound collapse: the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot; a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"

blast off collapse: launch with great force; "the rockets were blasted off"

give the gate collapse

cashier collapse: a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant); discharge with dishonor, as in the army; discard or do away with; "cashier the literal sense of this word"

unfrock collapse

defrock collapse: divest of the frock; of church officials

obtrude collapse

remonstrate collapse: argue in protest or opposition; present and urge reasons in opposition

pension off collapse: let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile"

displace collapse: force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"; take the place of; move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

deplume collapse: strip of honors, possessions, or attributes

tangy collapse

dispossess collapse: expel or put out of the possession of real estate

furlough collapse: a temporary leave of absence from military duty; grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"; dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"

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