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puppet collapse: a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers; a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

lay on collapse

important person collapse: a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events

knead collapse: make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft"

overlay collapse: put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"

luminary collapse: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"

take the edge off collapse

accumulate collapse: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

enfeeble collapse: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

nonentity collapse

gun down collapse: strike down or shoot down

unroll collapse

laughingstock collapse

dope out collapse

lector collapse: a public lecturer at certain universities; someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church

denude collapse: lay bare; "denude a forest"

big name collapse

contour collapse: a feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure; "the contours of the melody"; "it defines a major contour of this administration"; a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height; form the contours of

soften up collapse

inflict collapse: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

pastel collapse: any of various pale or light colors; delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"; lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music"

divest collapse: reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"; deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"

colors collapse: a flag that shows its nationality; a distinguishing emblem; "his tie proclaimed his school colors"

make a show of collapse

warehouse collapse: a storehouse for goods and merchandise; store in a warehouse

manner of speaking collapse: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

cope collapse: come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

stretch out collapse

sine wave collapse: a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve

propitiate collapse: make peace with

cost collapse: the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor; require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job"; be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"

unsheathe collapse: draw from a sheath or scabbard; "the knight unsheathed his sword"

unwrap collapse: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"; remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"

depredate collapse

hang fire collapse

go for collapse

showing off collapse

impute collapse: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"; attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

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