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upstairs collapse: the part of a building above the ground floor; "no one was allowed to see the upstairs"; on or of upper floors of a building; "the upstairs maid"; "an upstairs room"; on a floor above; "they lived upstairs"; with respect to the mind; "she's a bit weak upstairs"

aloft collapse: in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine"; at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"; upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"; at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship; "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"

think twice collapse: consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"

tiptoe collapse: the tip of a toe; walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps"; on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; "standing tiptoe"; walk on one's toes

above collapse: an earlier section of a written text; "for instructions refer to the above"; appearing earlier in the same text; "flaws in the above interpretation"; at an earlier place; "see above"; in or to a place that is higher

upward collapse: directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"

sneak collapse: a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible; to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"; put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"

scrabble collapse: a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game

overhead collapse: a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head; (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship; located or originating from above; "an overhead crossing"; above the head; over the head; "bring the legs together overhead"; above your head; in the sky; "planes were flying overhead"

prowl collapse: the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner); move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town"; loiter about, with no apparent aim

lurk collapse: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

worm collapse: any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae; screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack; a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"; a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

reptile collapse: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms

gloat collapse: malicious satisfaction; dwell on with satisfaction; gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy

creep collapse: a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot; a slow longitudinal movement or deformation; someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

stare down collapse: overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring; "He simply stared down his opponent"

steal collapse: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch); steal a base; move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"; take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

stare collapse: a fixed look with eyes open wide; fixate one's eyes; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"

aloof collapse: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"; in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"

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