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get through collapse: finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"; succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"

legislate collapse: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"

assure collapse: assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"; inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"

clean up collapse: make oneself clean, presentable or neat; "Clean up before you go to the party"; dispose of; "settle the bills"; make a big profit; often in a short period of time; "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"

crave collapse: plead or ask for earnestly; have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

operate collapse: happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"; handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"; direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

unload collapse: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"

demythologize collapse: remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"

vulgarize collapse: act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"

pun collapse: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"; make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

proceed collapse: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"; move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"

think up collapse: devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

trek collapse: any long and difficult trip; a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers); make a long and difficult journey; "They trekked towards the North Pole with sleds and skis"; journey on foot, especially in the mountains; "We spent the summer trekking in the foothills of the Himalayas"

redeem collapse: convert into cash; of commercial papers; pay off (loans or promissory notes); to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange; restore the honor or worth of

fend collapse: try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"

videotape collapse: a relatively wide magnetic tape for use in recording visual images and associated sound; a video recording made on magnetic tape; record on videotape

scalp collapse: the skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"; remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped"; sell illegally, as on the black market

put through collapse: connect by telephone; "the operator put a call through to Rio"

run away collapse: escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"

intensify collapse: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"; make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"; make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

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