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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"

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

harbor collapse: a place of refuge and comfort and security; maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge"; "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"; hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him"; keep in one's possession; of animals; secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals)

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

proposition collapse: a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"; (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false; an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors); suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"

ride collapse: a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement; copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow"; keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!"; move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky"; ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of California"; be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"; sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"; climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs"; sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town"; continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride"; lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor"; be sustained or supported or borne; "His glasses rode high on his nose"; "The child rode on his mother's hips"; "She rode a wave of popularity"; "The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father's political name"

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

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

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

maneuver collapse: an action aimed at evading an opponent; a move made to gain a tactical end; a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop"; a military training exercise; act in order to achieve a certain goal; "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship"

get to collapse: arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long"

replenish collapse: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"

decide collapse: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"; bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"; cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!"; influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"

scrapple collapse: scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying

stipulate collapse: make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force; specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"; give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners"

caretaker collapse: a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person); an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"

scenario collapse: a postulated sequence of possible events; "planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack"; an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work); a setting for a work of art or literature; "the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror"

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