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lay hold of

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adjourn collapse: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"; break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

postpone collapse: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"

hold over collapse: intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him"; continue a term of office past the normal period of time; keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time

sleep on collapse

lay by collapse

cool off collapse: feel less enamoured of something or somebody

prolong collapse: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"; lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

stand pat collapse: refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief

protract collapse

lay over collapse: interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"

stand over collapse

shelve collapse: place on a shelf; "shelve books"

withhold collapse: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"; retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

stave off collapse

defer collapse

lay aside collapse

straiten collapse: squeeze together

push aside collapse: push out of the way

put aside collapse

disenfranchise collapse: deprive of voting rights

stretch out collapse

partake collapse: consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"; have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"; have some of the qualities or attributes of something

hold fast collapse

sneeze at collapse

acquire collapse: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"; locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar

salt away collapse

keep back collapse

hold back collapse

hang fire collapse

hold true collapse

enjoin collapse: issue an injunction

possess collapse: have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"; enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her"

freeze to collapse

hold off collapse: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

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

keep from collapse

pull in collapse: move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"

retard collapse: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"; be delayed

prohibit collapse

have in hand collapse

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