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step forward collapse

make the scene collapse

bird cage collapse

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"

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"

recoup collapse: reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss

feign collapse: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

scrag collapse: the lean end of a neck of veal; lean end of the neck

kick back collapse: spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"; pay a kickback; make an illegal payment

four flush collapse

wince collapse: a reflex response to sudden pain; the facial expression of sudden pain; make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

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"

nail down collapse: succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

make money collapse

make it collapse

atone collapse

get ahead collapse

scrape along collapse: manage one's existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary"

requite collapse: make repayment for or return something

scrap iron collapse: iron to be melted again and reworked

departed collapse

hold off collapse: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

sleep with collapse

skeleton collapse: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"; a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"; something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"

pretend collapse: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"

clappers collapse

marimba collapse: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

maraca collapse

vibraphone collapse: a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound

castanets collapse

glockenspiel collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers

xylophone collapse

celesta collapse: a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard

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"

make advances collapse

quail collapse: small gallinaceous game birds; flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

remains collapse: any object that is left unused or still extant; "I threw out the remains of my dinner"

cockles of the heart collapse

beg leave collapse

whistle for collapse

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