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interrogate collapse: pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"; transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication

soft spot collapse: a sentimental affection; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son"

undervalue collapse: esteem lightly; assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price"

narrow margin collapse: a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote"

punctuate collapse: insert punctuation marks into; interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

postdate collapse: establish something as being later relative to something else; be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday"

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

comma collapse: anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing; a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence

bespeak collapse: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"

stigmatize collapse: mark with a stigma or stigmata; "They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress"; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"

account for collapse: give reasons for; "Can you account for all these absences?"; be the reason or explanation for; "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"

suggest collapse: call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness"; imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

question collapse: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"; an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready to pop the question"; an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"; a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"; pose a question; challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"

sonar collapse: a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"; "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee"

get across collapse: communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"

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