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tide over collapse: suffice for a period between two points; "This money will keep us going for another year"

hold fast collapse

drag on collapse: last unnecessarily long

hold out collapse: wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses"

oversleep collapse: sleep longer than intended

freeze to collapse

linger collapse: take one's time; proceed slowly; remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

moratorium collapse: suspension of an ongoing activity; a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

take time collapse

keep on collapse

tarry collapse: leave slowly and hesitantly

hold on collapse: stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"

jog on collapse

live on collapse

hang on collapse: hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder"

stand by collapse: be available or ready for a certain function or service; be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"; not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"

hug collapse: a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"; fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips"

clasp collapse: the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"; a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together; hold firmly and tightly; grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands"

dwell collapse: inhabit or live in; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

hang around collapse

bear up collapse: endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"

wait collapse: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"; serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's"; stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"; wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

congeal collapse

sit up collapse: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"

time lag collapse

red tape collapse

subsist collapse

lay over collapse: interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil"

remain collapse: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

stay put collapse

lagging collapse: used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

abide collapse

inhabit collapse: be present in; be inside of

persist collapse: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

reside collapse: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"

coagulate collapse: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"

survive collapse: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"; continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

cohere collapse: have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results; "the principles by which societies cohere"; cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole; "Religion can cohere social groups"

double take collapse: a delayed reaction indicating surprise

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