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knock back

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draw back collapse

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"

desensitize collapse: make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"; cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"

besot collapse: make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation

toss off collapse: drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"

reverberate collapse: treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberating furnace; "reverberate ore"; be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"; have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"

give ground collapse

narcotize collapse: administer narcotics to

revert collapse: undergo reversion, as in a mutation; go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

come back at collapse

snap back collapse

deduct collapse

fall behind collapse

give back collapse

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

hark back collapse: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

bounce back collapse

come back collapse: be restored; "Her old vigor returned"; even the score, in sports

knock over collapse

return to collapse

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

ricochet collapse: a glancing rebound

cannon collapse: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals; a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels; heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane; (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm; heavy gun fired from a tank; fire a cannon; make a cannon

thrust back collapse

beat back collapse

fake up collapse

bat out collapse

etherize collapse: anesthetize with ether

recidivate collapse

answer back collapse

talk back collapse

go back over collapse

retrace collapse

recollect collapse

rejoin collapse: join again

remand collapse: the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

back down collapse

drive away collapse

recapture collapse: the act of taking something back; a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount; capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"; take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here"; experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"; take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"

slip back collapse

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