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block out collapse: plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general; indicate roughly; "We sketched out our plan"

belay collapse: something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured; fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat; turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him

courtly collapse: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"

criticize collapse: act as a critic; "Those who criticize others often are not perfect, either"

pummel collapse: strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

gawky collapse: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"

flatfoot collapse: a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out; a policeman who patrols a given region

break down collapse: collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack; make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"; cause to fall or collapse; lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"

hardheaded collapse: guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

helpless collapse: unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby"; unable to function; without help; lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"

levitate collapse: be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"; cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity; "The magician levitated the woman"

bang collapse: a fringe of hair that is cut short squarely across the forehead; a sudden very loud noise; the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"; directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"; move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"; to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"

take down collapse: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

slope collapse: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"; be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"

truant collapse: one who is absent from school without permission; absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

unwieldy collapse: difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and regulations"; difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"

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