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lose collapse: fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"; suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"; allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"; miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!"; fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"; fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"; fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year"

clobber collapse: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"

forge collapse: a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering; furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping; make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"; create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"; move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy; move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead"

skunk collapse: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

labor collapse: productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"; a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"; undergo the efforts of childbirth; work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

caress collapse: a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it); "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his face"; touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; "He caressed her face"; "They caressed in the back seat of the taxi"

wipe collapse: rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"

kowtow collapse: a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission

curry collapse: (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice; treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"; season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

sup collapse: take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

spit collapse: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva); a skewer for holding meat over a fire; a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea; expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"; utter with anger or contempt

outmaneuver collapse: defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"

hew collapse: strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"; make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

sock collapse: hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot; worn inside the shoe; reaches to between the ankle and the knee; hit hard

tan collapse: a light brown the color of topaz; a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun; of a light yellowish-brown color; get a tan, from wind or sun; treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather

worst collapse: the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"; the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable; "the invaders did their worst"; "so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best"; the least favorable outcome; "the worst that could happen"; (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year"; to the highest degree of inferiority or badness; "She suffered worst of all"; "schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts"; "the worst dressed person present"; defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"

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