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stipulation collapse: a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement; (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record; "a stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay"

untie collapse: undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"; cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"

evade collapse: use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"; practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"

promiscuous collapse: not selective of a single class or person; "Clinton was criticized for his promiscuous solicitation of campaign money"

poke collapse: tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous; make a hole by poking; stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"

bowel movement collapse: a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement"

hardship collapse: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"

engineer collapse: a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems; the operator of a railway locomotive; design as an engineer; "He engineered the water supply project"

haul collapse: transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"; draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

bag collapse: a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"; a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"; a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb"; an ugly or ill-tempered woman; "he was romancing the old bag for her money"; the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person); "his bag included two deer"; the quantity that a bag will hold; "he ate a large bag of popcorn"; capture or kill, as in hunting; "bag a few pheasants"; put into a bag; "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries"; hang loosely, like an empty bag

unbend collapse: release from mental strain, tension, or formality; "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information"; free from flexure; "unbend a bow"; unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay

dragnet collapse: a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals); "caught in the police dragnet"

cobweb collapse: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web; filaments from a web that was spun by a spider; a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider

fortune collapse: a large amount of wealth or prosperity; your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

string quartet collapse: an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello

circumscribe collapse: draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"; to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

leisure collapse: freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity; "he lacked the leisure for golf"; time available for ease and relaxation; "his job left him little leisure"

lasso collapse: a long noosed rope used to catch animals; Belgian composer (1532-1594); catch with a lasso; "rope cows"

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