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let go collapse: be relaxed; "Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!"

permit collapse: large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies; consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

expatriate collapse: move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad; expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"

hand over collapse: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"

come of age collapse: reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturity

fledge collapse: grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"; decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"; feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

miss collapse: a form of address for an unmarried woman; a failure to hit (or meet or find etc); fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"; fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"; feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"; fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train"; fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"; fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"; be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"; be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"

unclasp collapse: release from a clasp; "She clasped and unclasped her hands"

abort collapse: the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"; terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion; cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"; terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"

overhaul collapse: periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"; make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"

forearm collapse: the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist; arm in advance of a confrontation

melt collapse: become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"; reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"

dwindle collapse: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

escape collapse: the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"; a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"; an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"; an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"; the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"; a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild; issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"; run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"; remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

stand still collapse: remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"

dissipate collapse: live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

swear off collapse: promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"

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