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come through collapse

proclaim collapse: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"; declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King"

bargain for collapse

laugh at collapse

beg off collapse

fortune tell collapse

tell fortunes collapse

chip in collapse

roister collapse

subtract collapse: make a subtraction

elevate collapse

punt collapse: (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"; an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole; propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"; kick the ball

retaliate collapse: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

shape up collapse

depart collapse: go away or leave; leave; "The family took off for Florida"

divorce collapse: the legal dissolution of a marriage; get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"

undersign collapse: sign at the bottom of (a document)

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

sell short collapse: underestimate the real value or ability of; "Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge"; sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit

deprecate collapse: belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"; express strong disapproval of; deplore

hang collapse: a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms; the way a garment hangs; "he adjusted the hang of his coat"; suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days"; cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall"; place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; "hang a door"; be placed in position as by a hinge; "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"; be suspended or poised; "Heavy fog hung over the valley"; be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall"; fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"; decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper"; let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame"; kill by hanging; "The murdered was hanged on Friday"; prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury; be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"; be exhibited; "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"

embody collapse: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"; represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"

subsidence collapse

rear collapse: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"; the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear"; the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel"; stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"; cause to rise up; bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"

require collapse

make the most of collapse

drop out collapse: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"; leave school or an educational program prematurely; "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"

leave collapse: permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak"; the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother"; leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"; be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"; go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind"; go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"; remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"; have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"; make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"; act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless"; have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"

gaze collapse: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me"; look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"

cohabit collapse: room or live together; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple

revolt collapse: make revolution; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again"

deadlock collapse: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

soothsay collapse

shrug off collapse: minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"

withdraw collapse: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"; remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

run wild collapse

show up collapse

refund collapse: the act of returning money received previously; money returned to a payer; pay back; "Please refund me my money"

suffer collapse: feel pain or be in pain; undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"; feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"; get worse; "His grades suffered"; be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"; endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"; undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"; undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"; be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"

delete collapse: remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

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