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go far collapse: extend in importance or range; "His accomplishments go far"

changed collapse: made or become different in some respect; "he's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress"; made or become different in nature or form; "changed attitudes"; "changed styles of dress"; "a greatly changed country after the war"; changed in constitution or structure or composition by metamorphism; "metamorphic rocks"

build up collapse: enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"; change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"; form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"; bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"

retrograde collapse: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth; going from better to worse; go back over; "retrograde arguments"; move back; "The glacier retrogrades"; move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"; move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

relapse collapse: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

enlarge collapse: make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"; become larger or bigger

reimburse collapse: pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?"

indemnify collapse: secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for; "This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness"

modified collapse: changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved"

arrive collapse: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"; succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

improved collapse: become or made better in quality; "was proud of his improved grades"; "an improved viewfinder"; made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially made ready for use or marketing; "new houses are springing up on an improved tract of land near the river"; "an improved breed"; (of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush; "improved farmlands"

pay back collapse: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"

regress collapse: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence; get worse or fall back to a previous condition; go back to a statistical means

transformed collapse: given a completely different form or appearance; "shocked to see the transformed landscape"

exasperated collapse: greatly annoyed; out of patience; "had an exasperated look on his face"; "felt exasperated beyond endurance"

intensified collapse: made more intense; "the intensified scrutiny of the candidate's background"

slacken collapse: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness; become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"

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"

magnify collapse: increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

revived collapse: restored to consciousness or life or vigor; "felt revived hope"

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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