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hibernate collapse: sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"; be in an inactive or dormant state

lurk collapse: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

sit tight collapse: maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"

await collapse

sit back collapse: settle into a comfortable sitting position

mark time collapse

be still collapse

sweat it out collapse

nightwalk collapse

stagnate collapse: cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"; cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"; stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

hang around collapse

lie low collapse: to try to avoid detection especially by police; "After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while"; keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous

ambush collapse: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise; wait in hiding to attack

hole up collapse: score a hole in one; remain secluded or in hiding; "He is writing his book and is holing up in his study"

not budge collapse

couch collapse: a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment; a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

lie down collapse: assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

abide collapse

lay to collapse

take cover collapse

escape notice collapse

recline collapse: cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow"

wait on collapse

hang fire collapse

loll collapse

hold everything collapse

stay up collapse: not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election"

hold your horses collapse

stick around collapse

skulk collapse: move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

bide collapse: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

gumshoe collapse

underlie collapse: be or form the base for; lie underneath

vegetate collapse: propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"; grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"; grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"; produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"; establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"; lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

loiter collapse: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

administer to collapse

tiptoe collapse: the tip of a toe; walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps"; on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; "standing tiptoe"; walk on one's toes

dillydally collapse

take time collapse

sneak collapse: a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible; to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"; put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"

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