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hold out collapse: wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses"

merely collapse: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"

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

obviously collapse: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"

domicile collapse: (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time; "what's his legal residence?"

tenant collapse: someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"; any occupant who dwells in a place; a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease); occupy as a tenant

freely collapse: in a free manner; "the painting featured freely brushed strokes"

apparently collapse: from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor"

handmaid collapse: a personal maid or female attendant; in a subordinate position; "theology should be the handmaiden of ethics"; "the state cannot be a servant of the church"

remain collapse: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

hold on collapse: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

persist collapse: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

honestly collapse: in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything"; (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don't believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn"

reside collapse: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"

stick out collapse: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"

run on collapse: talk or narrate at length; continue uninterrupted; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M."

peeler collapse: a device for peeling vegetables or fruits; "she invented a potato peeler"; a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables

prevail collapse: use persuasion successfully; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"; prove superior; "The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight"; continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"; be valid, applicable, or true; "This theory still holds"

be collapse: spend or use time; "I may be an hour"; work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"; have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"; have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"; be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"; occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"; to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be"; happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"

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