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make an inroad
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step forward
collapse
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advance
,
come along
,
come forward
,
come on
,
cover ground
,
gain ground
,
gather head
,
gather way
,
get ahead
,
get along
,
go
,
go ahead
,
go along
,
go fast
,
go forward
,
go on
,
make good time
,
make head against
,
make headway
,
make progress
,
make progress against
,
make strides
,
make up leeway
,
move
,
move forward
,
need no prodding
,
pass along
,
pass on
,
proceed
,
progress
,
roll
,
stem
,
travel
,
volunteer
make the scene
collapse
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achieve success
,
advance
,
arrive
,
be a success
,
be enfranchised
,
be implicated in
,
bear a hand
,
break through
,
chip in
,
come on
,
come through
,
contribute
,
cut a swath
,
enter into
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get there
,
go far
,
go into
,
go places
,
go to
,
have it made
,
have suffrage
,
help decide
,
hie to
,
join
,
join in
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
partake
,
partake of
,
participate
,
participate in
,
progress
,
pull an oar
,
repair to
,
resort to
,
rise
,
sit in
,
sit in on
,
take part in
,
visit
,
vote
disrepair
collapse
in need of repairs
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bankruptcy
,
breakage
,
breakdown
,
collapse
,
crack-up
,
crippling
,
damage
,
decay
,
destruction
,
deterioration
,
detriment
,
dilapidation
,
disablement
,
encroachment
,
functionlessness
,
harm
,
hobbling
,
hurt
,
hurting
,
impairment
,
inapplicability
,
incapacitation
,
infringement
,
injury
,
inoperability
,
inoperativeness
,
inroad
,
inutility
,
loss
,
maiming
,
mayhem
,
mischief
,
mutilation
,
needlessness
,
otiosity
,
ruin
,
ruination
,
ruinousness
,
sabotage
,
scathe
,
sickening
,
spoiling
,
superfluousness
,
unemployability
,
unfitness
,
unhelpfulness
,
unnecessity
,
unserviceability
,
unsuitability
,
unusability
,
uselessness
,
weakening
eke out
collapse
obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"
make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"
supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty"
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accomplish
,
bring to completion
,
bring to fruition
,
complete
,
cope
,
fill in
,
fill out
,
fulfill
,
get by
,
keep afloat
,
make ends meet
,
make good
,
make out
,
make up
,
manage
,
mature
,
piece out
,
refill
,
replenish
,
round out
,
scrape along
,
subsist
,
survive
,
top off
break through
collapse
penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft"
pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
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achieve success
,
advance
,
arrive
,
be a success
,
breach
,
break in
,
break into
,
break open
,
break out
,
burst in
,
bust in
,
cave in
,
come forth
,
come on
,
come out
,
come through
,
cut a swath
,
debouch
,
emerge
,
erupt
,
exit
,
find vent
,
force open
,
get ahead
,
get on
,
get there
,
go far
,
go places
,
have it made
,
issue
,
issue forth
,
leak out
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make the scene
,
ooze out
,
prize open
,
progress
,
rise
,
run out
,
rupture
,
split open
,
stove in
,
tear open
recoup
collapse
reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
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atone
,
get back
,
kick back
,
make amends
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay back
,
pay in kind
,
quit
,
ransom
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
reclaiming
,
reclamation
,
recompense
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
recuperation
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
redemption
,
redress
,
refund
,
regain
,
regainment
,
reimburse
,
remunerate
,
renovate
,
reoccupation
,
reoccupy
,
repay
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repossession
,
requite
,
rescue
,
restoration
,
restore
,
resume
,
resumption
,
retake
,
retaking
,
retrieval
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revindication
,
revival
,
revive
,
salvage
,
take back
,
trover
,
win back
feign
collapse
make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
affect
,
assume
,
bluff
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
do a bit
,
dramatize
,
fake
,
four-flush
,
gammon
,
histrionize
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make like
,
make out like
,
overact
,
play
,
play a part
,
play a scene
,
play possum
,
playact
,
pretend
,
profess
,
put on
,
put on airs
,
sham
,
simulate
,
tug the heartstrings
,
wear
trespass
collapse
entry to another's property without right or permission
a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
break the law
make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"
enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!"
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adopt
,
adoption
,
advance upon
,
appropriate
,
appropriation
,
arrogate
,
arrogation
,
assume
,
assumption
,
atrocity
,
bad faith
,
barge in
,
breach
,
breach of contract
,
breach of faith
,
breach of law
,
breach of privilege
,
breach of promise
,
breach of trust
,
breach the law
,
break
,
break bounds
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
break the law
,
breaking
,
burst in
,
butt in
,
charge in
,
circumvent the law
,
come between
,
commit a crime
,
commit sin
,
contravene
,
contravention
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crime
,
crime against humanity
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
deadly sin
,
defy
,
delinquency
,
dereliction
,
deviate
,
disobey the law
,
disregard the law
,
do amiss
,
do violence to
,
do wrong
,
do wrong by
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
encroachment
,
enormity
,
enter
,
entrance
,
entrench
,
entrenchment
,
err
,
error
,
evil
,
failure
,
fault
,
felony
,
flout
,
foist in
,
genocide
,
go too far
,
guilty act
,
heavy sin
,
horn in
,
impinge
,
impingement
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
imposition
,
impropriety
,
incursion
,
indiscretion
,
inexpiable sin
,
infiltrate
,
infiltration
,
influx
,
infract
,
infraction
,
infringe
,
infringement
,
iniquity
,
injection
,
injury
,
injustice
,
inroad
,
insinuate
,
insinuation
,
interfere
,
interference
,
interjection
,
interlope
,
interloping
,
intermeddle
,
interpose
,
interposition
,
interposure
,
interruption
,
intervene
,
intervention
,
intrude
,
intrusion
,
invade
,
invasion
,
irrupt
,
irruption
,
know no bounds
,
lapse
,
lawbreaking
,
make an inroad
,
malefaction
,
malfeasance
,
malum
,
minor wrong
,
misdeed
,
misdemeanor
,
misfeasance
,
mortal sin
,
nonfeasance
,
obtrude
,
obtrusion
,
offend
,
offense
,
omission
,
outrage
,
overstep
,
overstep the bounds
,
overstepping
,
peccadillo
,
peccancy
,
penetrate
,
pierce
,
play God
,
playing God
,
press in
,
pretend to
,
probe
,
push in
,
put on
,
put upon
,
rush in
,
seize
,
seizure
,
set at defiance
,
set at naught
,
set naught by
,
sin
,
sin of commission
,
sin of omission
,
sinful act
,
slink in
,
slip
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
take over
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
tort
,
trample on
,
trample underfoot
,
trample upon
,
transgress
,
transgression
,
trench
,
trespassing
,
trip
,
unlawful entry
,
unutterable sin
,
usurp
,
usurpation
,
venial sin
,
violate
,
violate the law
,
violation
,
violation of law
,
work in
,
worm in
,
wrong
kick back
collapse
spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
pay a kickback; make an illegal payment
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abate
,
allow
,
atone
,
backfire
,
backlash
,
bate
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bounce back
,
bound
,
bound back
,
cannon
,
cannon off
,
carom
,
charge off
,
cut
,
deduct
,
depreciate
,
discount
,
fly back
,
have repercussions
,
kick
,
lash back
,
make allowance
,
make amends
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay back
,
pay in kind
,
quit
,
rebate
,
rebound
,
recalcitrate
,
recoil
,
recoup
,
redress
,
reduce
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
repay
,
repercuss
,
requite
,
resile
,
ricochet
,
snap back
,
spring
,
spring back
,
take a premium
,
take off
,
write off
four flush
collapse
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
affect
,
assume
,
bluff
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
fake
,
feign
,
gammon
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make like
,
play
,
play a part
,
play possum
,
playact
,
pretend
,
profess
,
put on
,
sham
,
simulate
go through the motions
collapse
pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it; "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions"
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
affect
,
assume
,
bluff
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
fake
,
feign
,
four-flush
,
gammon
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make like
,
play
,
play a part
,
play possum
,
playact
,
pretend
,
profess
,
put on
,
sham
,
simulate
nail down
collapse
succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
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afford proof of
,
ascertain
,
assure
,
balance
,
ballast
,
bring home to
,
certify
,
cinch
,
clear up
,
clinch
,
counterbalance
,
decide
,
demonstrate
,
determine
,
dismiss all doubt
,
ensure
,
establish
,
find out
,
firm
,
firm up
,
fix
,
follow
,
follow from
,
freeze
,
get at
,
have a case
,
hold
,
hold good
,
hold water
,
immobilize
,
insure
,
keep
,
make certain
,
make good
,
make no doubt
,
make no mistake
,
make out
,
make sure
,
make sure of
,
pin down
,
prove
,
prove to be
,
prove true
,
reassure
,
remove all doubt
,
retain
,
see that
,
see to it
,
set at rest
,
settle
,
settle the matter
,
show
,
sort out
,
stabilitate
,
stabilize
,
steady
,
stick
,
transfix
make money
collapse
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capitalize on
,
cash in on
,
clean up
,
clear
,
coin money
,
come into money
,
commercialize
,
gain by
,
get rich
,
gross
,
grow rich
,
make a fortune
,
make a killing
,
make good
,
make money by
,
net
,
profit
,
realize
,
realize on
,
strike it rich
,
turn a penny
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
bankruptcy
collapse
a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"
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bouncing check
,
breakage
,
breakdown
,
bust
,
collapse
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
crippling
,
damage
,
defeat
,
destruction
,
detriment
,
dilapidation
,
disablement
,
disrepair
,
encroachment
,
failure
,
futility
,
harm
,
hobbling
,
hurt
,
hurting
,
ill success
,
impairment
,
incapacitation
,
infringement
,
injury
,
inroad
,
insolvency
,
insufficient funds
,
kited check
,
losing game
,
loss
,
maiming
,
mayhem
,
mischief
,
mutilation
,
no go
,
nonaccomplishment
,
nonsuccess
,
overdraft
,
overdrawn account
,
receivership
,
ruination
,
ruinousness
,
sabotage
,
scathe
,
sickening
,
spoiling
,
successlessness
,
unsuccess
,
unsuccessfulness
,
uselessness
,
weakening
make it
collapse
related words >
accomplish
,
achieve
,
achieve success
,
advance
,
approach
,
arrive
,
arrive at
,
arrive in
,
attain
,
attain to
,
be a success
,
be able
,
be received
,
be up to
,
blow in
,
bob up
,
break through
,
can
,
can do
,
check in
,
clear
,
clear the hurdle
,
clock in
,
come
,
come along
,
come in
,
come on
,
come through
,
come to
,
come to hand
,
contrive
,
cut a swath
,
cut it
,
cut the mustard
,
engineer
,
fetch
,
fetch up at
,
find
,
gain
,
get ahead
,
get along
,
get by
,
get in
,
get on
,
get there
,
get to
,
go far
,
go on
,
go places
,
hack it
,
have it made
,
hit
,
hit town
,
make
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make headway
,
make out
,
make the grade
,
make the scene
,
manage
,
manage somehow
,
may
,
muddle through
,
negotiate
,
pop up
,
possess authority
,
progress
,
pull in
,
punch in
,
put over
,
put through
,
reach
,
ring in
,
rise
,
roll in
,
scrape along
,
show up
,
sign in
,
succeed in
,
swing
,
swing the deal
,
take charge
,
time in
,
turn up
,
worry along
atone
collapse
related words >
accord
,
answer
,
appease
,
assonate
,
atone for
,
attune
,
be harmonious
,
be in tune
,
blend
,
chime
,
chord
,
compensate
,
conciliate
,
cover
,
do penance
,
expiate
,
fill up
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
harmonize
,
indemnify
,
kick back
,
live down
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make matters up
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make right
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
melodize
,
musicalize
,
pay
,
pay back
,
pay damages
,
pay in kind
,
pay the forfeit
,
pay the penalty
,
propitiate
,
put in tune
,
quit
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
rectify
,
redeem
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
remedy
,
repair
,
repay
,
requite
,
retaliate
,
satisfy
,
set right
,
sound in tune
,
sound together
,
square
,
square it
,
square things
,
string
,
symphonize
,
synchronize
,
tone down
,
tone up
,
tune
,
tune up
,
voice
get ahead
collapse
related words >
accrue
,
accumulate
,
achieve success
,
advance
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
appreciate
,
arrive
,
balloon
,
be a success
,
bloat
,
boom
,
break through
,
breed
,
broaden
,
come along
,
come on
,
come through
,
cover ground
,
crescendo
,
cut a swath
,
develop
,
do well
,
enjoy prosperity
,
farewell
,
gain
,
gain ground
,
gain strength
,
gather head
,
gather way
,
get along
,
get on
,
get on swimmingly
,
get on well
,
get there
,
go
,
go ahead
,
go along
,
go far
,
go fast
,
go forward
,
go on
,
go places
,
go up
,
go well
,
graduate
,
grow
,
grow better
,
have it made
,
improve
,
increase
,
intensify
,
look up
,
make a breakthrough
,
make a success
,
make good
,
make good time
,
make head against
,
make headway
,
make it
,
make progress
,
make progress against
,
make strides
,
make the scene
,
make up leeway
,
meliorate
,
mend
,
mount
,
move
,
move forward
,
multiply
,
pass along
,
pass on
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
proceed
,
progress
,
proliferate
,
prosper
,
rise
,
roll
,
run up
,
shape up
,
shoot up
,
show improvement
,
skyrocket
,
snowball
,
spread
,
stem
,
step forward
,
strengthen
,
succeed
,
swell
,
take off
,
travel
,
turn out well
,
wax
,
widen
scrape along
collapse
manage one's existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary"
related words >
clear
,
clear the hurdle
,
come along
,
come on
,
contrive
,
cope
,
cut the mustard
,
eke out
,
engineer
,
get along
,
get by
,
get on
,
go on
,
hack it
,
keep afloat
,
make ends meet
,
make it
,
make out
,
make the grade
,
manage
,
manage somehow
,
muddle through
,
negotiate
,
put over
,
put through
,
subsist
,
succeed in
,
survive
,
swing
,
swing the deal
,
worry along
requite
collapse
make repayment for or return something
related words >
alternate
,
amend
,
atone
,
avenge
,
bandy
,
be quits with
,
change
,
commute
,
compensate
,
compensate for
,
content
,
cooperate
,
correct
,
counterchange
,
emend
,
exchange
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
get satisfaction
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
indemnify
,
interchange
,
kick back
,
logroll
,
make all square
,
make amends
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make requital
,
make restitution
,
make retribution
,
make right
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay
,
pay back
,
pay damages
,
pay in kind
,
pay off
,
pay reparations
,
permute
,
put right
,
put straight
,
put to rights
,
quit
,
reciprocate
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
rectify
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
remedy
,
remunerate
,
repay
,
respond
,
respond to
,
retaliate
,
return
,
return the compliment
,
revenge
,
reward
,
right
,
satisfy
,
set right
,
set straight
,
set to rights
,
set up
,
square
,
swap
,
switch
,
trade
,
transpose
air raid
collapse
an attack by armed planes on a surface target
related words >
air attack
,
air cover
,
air strike
,
air support
,
blitz
,
blitzkrieg
,
boarding
,
bombardment
,
bombing
,
cannonade
,
cover
,
dry run
,
escalade
,
fire raid
,
foray
,
incursion
,
inroad
,
invasion
,
irruption
,
lightning attack
,
lightning war
,
milk run
,
mission
,
raid
,
razzia
,
reconnaissance
,
reconnaissance mission
,
saturation raid
,
scaling
,
scramble
,
shuttle raid
,
sortie
,
strafe
,
strafing
,
training mission
,
umbrella
irrupt
collapse
related words >
admit
,
advance upon
,
arise
,
barge in
,
be admitted
,
be born
,
become
,
belch
,
bob up
,
break bounds
,
break forth
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
break out
,
breeze in
,
burst forth
,
burst in
,
bust in
,
butt in
,
charge in
,
come barging in
,
come between
,
come breezing in
,
come busting in
,
come forth
,
come in
,
come out
,
come to be
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crop up
,
cross the threshold
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
debouch
,
disgorge
,
drop in
,
edge in
,
eject
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
enter
,
entrench
,
eruct
,
erupt
,
expel
,
flare up
,
flash
,
foist in
,
gain admittance
,
get in
,
get to be
,
gleam
,
go in
,
go into
,
go too far
,
have an entree
,
have an in
,
have origin
,
hop in
,
horn in
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
infiltrate
,
infringe
,
insert
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
issue
,
issue forth
,
jam in
,
jump in
,
know no bounds
,
look in
,
make an inroad
,
obtrude
,
originate
,
overstep
,
overstep the bounds
,
pack in
,
pop in
,
pop up
,
press in
,
push in
,
put in
,
put on
,
put upon
,
rise
,
rush in
,
set foot in
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
spew
,
spring up
,
squeeze in
,
start up
,
steal in
,
step in
,
storm in
,
take birth
,
take in
,
take rise
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
transgress
,
trench
,
trespass
,
usurp
,
visit
,
wedge in
,
work in
,
worm in
sleep with
collapse
related words >
ball
,
be intimate
,
cohabit
,
come together
,
commit adultery
,
copulate
,
couple
,
cover
,
diddle
,
fornicate
,
frig
,
have sex
,
have sexual relations
,
lay
,
lie with
,
make it with
,
make love
,
make out
,
mate
,
mount
,
screw
,
serve
,
service
dilapidation
collapse
the process of becoming dilapidated
related words >
ablation
,
atomization
,
bankruptcy
,
biodegradability
,
biodegradation
,
breakage
,
breakdown
,
breakup
,
collapse
,
corrosion
,
corruption
,
crack-up
,
crippling
,
crumbling
,
damage
,
decay
,
decomposition
,
degradability
,
degradation
,
destruction
,
detriment
,
disablement
,
disintegration
,
disjunction
,
disorganization
,
disrepair
,
dissolution
,
encroachment
,
erosion
,
harm
,
hobbling
,
hurt
,
hurting
,
impairment
,
incapacitation
,
incoherence
,
infringement
,
injury
,
inroad
,
loss
,
maiming
,
mayhem
,
mildew
,
mischief
,
mold
,
mutilation
,
oxidation
,
oxidization
,
ravages of time
,
resolution
,
ruination
,
ruinousness
,
rust
,
sabotage
,
scathe
,
sickening
,
spoilage
,
spoiling
,
weakening
,
wear
,
wear and tear
pretend
collapse
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
adopt
,
affect
,
aim to
,
allege
,
appropriate
,
arrogate
,
assume
,
attempt
,
attempt to
,
avow
,
bluff
,
challenge
,
claim
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
dare
,
dare to
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
do a bit
,
dramatize
,
encroach
,
endeavor
,
fake
,
feign
,
four-flush
,
gammon
,
hazard
,
histrionize
,
infringe
,
invade
,
lay claim to
,
let on
,
let on like
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make bold
,
make free
,
make like
,
make out
,
make out like
,
overact
,
play
,
play God
,
play a part
,
play a scene
,
play possum
,
playact
,
presume
,
pretend to
,
pretext
,
profess
,
protest too much
,
purport
,
put on
,
put on airs
,
represent
,
seek to
,
seize
,
sham
,
simulate
,
strive to
,
study to
,
take over
,
take the liberty
,
trespass
,
try
,
try and
,
try to
,
tug the heartstrings
,
undertake
,
usurp
,
venture
,
venture to
,
wear
underestimate
collapse
an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river"
related words >
belittle
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
discount
,
disparage
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
minimize
,
miscalculate
,
misestimate
,
misjudge
,
misprize
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shrug off
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
make advances
collapse
related words >
act on
,
answer
,
approach
,
bear upon
,
break the ice
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
court
,
cultivate
,
draw
,
draw on
,
establish connection
,
exert influence
,
get cozy with
,
get to
,
importune
,
interrogate
,
lead on
,
lobby
,
lobby through
,
magnetize
,
maintain connection
,
make a pass
,
make an overture
,
make contact with
,
make overtures
,
make up to
,
overture
,
pay addresses to
,
pay court to
,
play up to
,
proposition
,
pull strings
,
question
,
raise
,
reach
,
relate to
,
reply to
,
respond to
,
run after
,
shine up to
,
solicit
,
suck up to
,
throw a pass
,
wire-pull
,
work on
intrude
collapse
thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"
enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"
related words >
admit
,
advance upon
,
barge in
,
be admitted
,
blow it
,
bother
,
break bounds
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
breeze in
,
burst in
,
bust in
,
butt in
,
charge in
,
come barging in
,
come between
,
come breezing in
,
come busting in
,
come in
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
cross the threshold
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
disturb
,
drag in
,
drop in
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
enter
,
entrench
,
foist in
,
fudge in
,
gain admittance
,
get in
,
go in
,
go into
,
go off half-cocked
,
go too far
,
have an entree
,
have an in
,
hop in
,
horn in
,
impinge
,
implant in
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
infiltrate
,
infringe
,
inject in
,
insert
,
insert in
,
insinuate
,
insinuate in
,
intercalate
,
interfere
,
interjaculate
,
interject
,
interlope
,
intermeddle
,
interpolate
,
interpose
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
introduce
,
introduce in
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
jam in
,
jump in
,
know no bounds
,
look in
,
lug in
,
make an inroad
,
meddle
,
muscle
,
obtrude
,
overstep
,
overstep the bounds
,
pack in
,
pester
,
pop in
,
press in
,
presume
,
push in
,
put between
,
put in
,
put on
,
put upon
,
run in
,
rush in
,
sandwich
,
set foot in
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
smuggle in
,
sneak in
,
speak inopportunely
,
speak too late
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
step in
,
storm in
,
take in
,
throng in
,
throw in
,
thrust in
,
transgress
,
trench
,
trespass
,
usurp
,
visit
,
wedge in
,
work in
,
worm in
irruption
collapse
a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"
a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population
related words >
air attack
,
air raid
,
air strike
,
blaze
,
boarding
,
burst
,
convulsion
,
cyclone
,
encroachment
,
entrance
,
entrenchment
,
eruption
,
escalade
,
explosion
,
fire raid
,
fit
,
flare-up
,
foray
,
gale
,
gust
,
hurricane
,
impingement
,
imposition
,
incursion
,
infiltration
,
influx
,
infringement
,
injection
,
inroad
,
insinuation
,
interference
,
interjection
,
interloping
,
interposition
,
interposure
,
interruption
,
intervention
,
intrusion
,
invasion
,
obtrusion
,
outbreak
,
outburst
,
paroxysm
,
raid
,
razzia
,
saturation raid
,
scaling
,
seizure
,
shuttle raid
,
spasm
,
storm
,
tempest
,
tornado
,
trespass
,
trespassing
,
unlawful entry
,
upheaval
,
whirlwind
beg leave
collapse
related words >
apply for
,
ask
,
ask for
,
bespeak
,
call for
,
crave
,
demand
,
desire
,
file for
,
indent
,
make a request
,
make a requisition
,
make application
,
order
,
put in for
,
request
,
requisition
,
whistle for
,
wish
whistle for
collapse
related words >
apply for
,
ask
,
ask for
,
beg leave
,
bespeak
,
call for
,
crave
,
demand
,
desire
,
file for
,
indent
,
make a request
,
make a requisition
,
make application
,
order
,
put in for
,
request
,
requisition
,
wish
come to terms
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
acknowledge defeat
,
agree
,
agree on
,
agree to
,
agree with
,
bargain for
,
be a bargain
,
be a deal
,
be a go
,
be on
,
beg a truce
,
capitulate
,
cede
,
come around to
,
come round
,
come together
,
covenant
,
cry pax
,
cry quits
,
forgive and forget
,
get together
,
give over
,
implore mercy
,
make a bargain
,
make a deal
,
make a dicker
,
make matters up
,
make up
,
pray for quarter
,
relinquish
,
renounce
,
say uncle
,
shake hands
,
shake hands on
,
shake on it
,
strike a bargain
,
surrender
,
yield the palm
make up to
collapse
related words >
act on
,
act up to
,
agree to anything
,
answer
,
approach
,
atone
,
bear for
,
bear up for
,
bear up to
,
bear upon
,
break for
,
break the ice
,
brown-nose
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
court
,
cultivate
,
curry favor
,
dance attendance on
,
dash for
,
draw
,
draw on
,
establish connection
,
exert influence
,
fall all over
,
fall over
,
fawn upon
,
get cozy with
,
get to
,
go for
,
handshake
,
hit for
,
interrogate
,
kick back
,
lay for
,
lead on
,
lobby
,
lobby through
,
magnetize
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make amends
,
make contact with
,
make court to
,
make for
,
make good
,
make overtures
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up for
,
pay addresses to
,
pay back
,
pay court to
,
pay in kind
,
play up to
,
polish the apple
,
pull strings
,
pursue
,
question
,
quit
,
raise
,
reach
,
recoup
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
relate to
,
repay
,
reply to
,
requite
,
respond to
,
run after
,
run for
,
sail for
,
set out for
,
shine up to
,
spark
,
steer for
,
suck up to
,
sue
,
sweetheart
,
wire-pull
,
woo
,
work on
capitalize on
collapse
related words >
benefit from
,
carpe diem
,
cash in
,
cash in on
,
clean up
,
clear
,
coin money
,
commercialize
,
exploit
,
gain by
,
gross
,
improve
,
improve the occasion
,
make a killing
,
make capital of
,
make hay
,
make money
,
make money by
,
net
,
not be behindhand
,
profit
,
profit by
,
put to advantage
,
realize
,
realize on
,
seize the day
,
take advantage of
,
trade on
,
turn a penny
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
,
turn to use
,
use to advantage
cash in on
collapse
take advantage of or capitalize on
related words >
benefit from
,
capitalize on
,
carpe diem
,
cash in
,
clean up
,
clear
,
coin money
,
commercialize
,
exploit
,
gain by
,
gross
,
improve
,
improve the occasion
,
make a killing
,
make capital of
,
make hay
,
make money
,
make money by
,
net
,
not be behindhand
,
profit
,
profit by
,
put to advantage
,
realize
,
realize on
,
seize the day
,
take advantage of
,
trade on
,
turn a penny
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
,
turn to use
,
use to advantage
make fun of
collapse
related words >
be merry with
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
deride
,
fleer at
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
grin at
,
hold in derision
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
laugh at
,
laugh to scorn
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make game of
,
make merry with
,
mock
,
pan
,
pillory
,
play on words
,
point at
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
put one on
,
quip
,
rag
,
razz
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
smile at
,
snicker at
,
snigger at
,
sparkle
,
utter a mot
,
wisecrack
ascertain
collapse
learn or discover with certainty
related words >
afford proof of
,
appraise
,
ask
,
assure
,
be informed
,
become acquainted with
,
bring home to
,
broaden the mind
,
catch on
,
certify
,
cinch
,
clear up
,
clinch
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
cram the mind
,
decide
,
demonstrate
,
determine
,
discover
,
dismiss all doubt
,
ensure
,
establish
,
find
,
find out
,
find out about
,
fix
,
follow
,
follow from
,
gain knowledge
,
get
,
get at
,
get hold of
,
have a case
,
hear
,
hold good
,
hold water
,
inquire
,
inspect
,
insure
,
interrogate
,
learn
,
learn about
,
load the mind
,
make a decision
,
make certain
,
make good
,
make no doubt
,
make no mistake
,
make out
,
make sure
,
make sure of
,
nail down
,
observe
,
pick up information
,
prove
,
prove to be
,
prove true
,
query
,
question
,
reassure
,
remove all doubt
,
resolve
,
see
,
see that
,
see to it
,
set at rest
,
settle
,
settle the matter
,
show
,
sort out
,
study
,
survey
,
tumble
,
unearth
,
view
,
weigh
snicker at
collapse
related words >
deride
,
grin at
,
hold in derision
,
laugh at
,
laugh to scorn
,
make fun of
,
make game of
,
make merry with
,
pan
,
pillory
,
point at
,
poke fun at
,
put one on
,
rag
,
razz
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
smile at
,
snigger at
make do
collapse
related words >
beget
,
breed
,
bring forth
,
bring into being
,
call into being
,
change
,
change for
,
coin
,
commute
,
compound for
,
conceive
,
concoct
,
contrive
,
cook up
,
cope
,
design
,
develop
,
devise
,
discover
,
do with
,
dream up
,
dub in
,
engender
,
evolve
,
exchange
,
fabricate
,
frame
,
generate
,
get along on
,
get by on
,
give being to
,
give place to
,
give rise to
,
hatch
,
improvise
,
invent
,
make do with
,
make out
,
make up
,
make way for
,
makeshift
,
manage
,
manage with
,
mature
,
mint
,
offer in exchange
,
originate
,
plan
,
procreate
,
put up with
,
redeem
,
ring in
,
shift with
,
spawn
,
strike out
,
substitute
,
switch
,
take in exchange
,
think out
,
think up
ruination
collapse
related words >
bane
,
bankruptcy
,
bloodbath
,
blue ruin
,
breakage
,
breakdown
,
breakup
,
carnage
,
collapse
,
confusion
,
consumption
,
crack-up
,
crippling
,
damage
,
damnation
,
decimation
,
depredation
,
desolation
,
despoilment
,
despoliation
,
destroyer
,
destruction
,
detriment
,
devastation
,
dilapidation
,
disablement
,
disintegration
,
disorganization
,
disrepair
,
disruption
,
dissolution
,
encroachment
,
harm
,
havoc
,
hecatomb
,
hobbling
,
holocaust
,
hurt
,
hurting
,
impairment
,
incapacitation
,
infringement
,
injury
,
inroad
,
loss
,
maiming
,
mayhem
,
mischief
,
mutilation
,
perdition
,
ravage
,
ruin
,
ruinousness
,
sabotage
,
scathe
,
shambles
,
sickening
,
slaughter
,
spoiling
,
spoliation
,
undoing
,
vandalism
,
waste
,
weakening
,
wrack
,
wrack and ruin
,
wreck
make nothing of
collapse
related words >
be at sea
,
be lost
,
belittle
,
de-emphasize
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
disparage
,
downplay
,
give up
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
not understand
,
pass
,
play down
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shrug off
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
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