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stick at
collapse
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
blench
,
boggle
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
think twice about
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
connive at
collapse
give one's silent approval to
related words >
OK
,
accede to
,
accept
,
accord to
,
agree to
,
allow for
,
approve
,
approve of
,
assent
,
be blind to
,
be caught out
,
be inattentive
,
be unwary
,
be willing
,
bear
,
bear with
,
blink at
,
brook
,
condescend
,
condone
,
consent
,
consent to silently
,
countenance
,
deign
,
disregard
,
endorse
,
endure
,
give consent
,
give no heed
,
go along with
,
grant
,
have
,
have no objection
,
hear nothing
,
hear of
,
hold with
,
ignore
,
indulge
,
leave unavenged
,
let it go
,
let pass
,
make allowances for
,
make light of
,
miss
,
nod
,
nod assent
,
not attend
,
not heed
,
not listen
,
not notice
,
not refuse
,
okay
,
overlook
,
pass by
,
pass over
,
pay no attention
,
pay no mind
,
permit
,
pocket the affront
,
put up with
,
ratify
,
regard with indulgence
,
sanction
,
say aye
,
say yes
,
see nothing
,
slight
,
stand for
,
stomach
,
suffer
,
take
,
take kindly to
,
think little of
,
tolerate
,
vote affirmatively
,
vote aye
,
wink at
,
yield assent
get well
collapse
improve in health; "He got well fast"
related words >
bounce back
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
get about
,
get over
,
make a comeback
,
mend
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
recover
,
recuperate
,
revive
,
survive
,
weather the storm
disavow
collapse
refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
related words >
abjure
,
assert the contrary
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
belie
,
climb down
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
crawfish out
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
impugn
,
join issue upon
,
negate
,
negative
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
retract
,
revoke
,
swallow
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
unsay
,
withdraw
hold off
collapse
resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"
related words >
abstain
,
adjourn
,
be dilatory
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
blench
,
block
,
boggle
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
continue
,
counter
,
cut
,
defer
,
delay
,
demur
,
dismiss
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
drag out
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
extend
,
falter
,
fend
,
fend off
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
gain time
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
hang up
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
keep at bay
,
keep back
,
keep in hand
,
keep off
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
let alone
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
pause
,
pigeonhole
,
play for time
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull back
,
push aside
,
push back
,
put
,
put aside
,
put back
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
quail
,
rebuff
,
rebut
,
recess
,
recoil
,
refrain
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
reserve
,
save
,
scruple
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sleep on
,
snub
,
spare
,
spurn
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop
,
strain
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
waive
,
ward off
,
waver
,
wince
side with
collapse
related words >
accord
,
act with
,
advocate
,
agree
,
agree in opinion
,
agree with
,
align with
,
back
,
back up
,
backstop
,
champion
,
chime in with
,
close with
,
coincide
,
concur
,
conform to
,
ditto
,
echo
,
fall in with
,
flock to
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
get together with
,
go along with
,
go in with
,
go with
,
join
,
join hands with
,
join up with
,
join with
,
line up with
,
meet
,
rally round
,
range with
,
run interference for
,
second
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand by
,
stand in with
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
strike in with
,
string along with
,
swing in with
,
take part with
,
take sides with
,
team up with
,
throw in with
,
unite with
,
uphold
amends
collapse
related words >
atonement
,
balancing
,
blood money
,
commutation
,
compensate
,
compensation
,
composition
,
compromise
,
consideration
,
correction
,
counteraction
,
counterbalancing
,
damages
,
expiation
,
expiatory offering
,
fixing
,
guerdon
,
honorarium
,
indemnification
,
indemnity
,
lex talionis
,
make amends
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
making amends
,
making good
,
making right
,
making up
,
meed
,
mending
,
offsetting
,
overhaul
,
overhauling
,
pay
,
paying back
,
peace offering
,
piaculum
,
price
,
propitiation
,
quittance
,
reclamation
,
recompense
,
rectification
,
redemption
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimbursement
,
remedy
,
remuneration
,
repair
,
repairing
,
reparation
,
repay
,
repayment
,
reprisal
,
requital
,
requite
,
requitement
,
restitution
,
retaliation
,
retribution
,
return
,
revenge
,
reward
,
salvage
,
satisfaction
,
smart money
,
solatium
,
squaring
,
substitution
,
troubleshooting
,
wergild
deduct
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
allow
,
bate
,
charge off
,
collect
,
compress
,
conclude
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduce
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derive
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disparage
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
gather
,
impair
,
judge
,
kick back
,
knock off
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make
,
make allowance
,
make out
,
pare
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
take
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
corroborate
collapse
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
document
,
fortify
,
justify
,
probate
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
hold out on
collapse
related words >
bosom
,
classify
,
conceal
,
file and forget
,
hold back
,
in petto
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep between us
,
keep buttoned up
,
keep close
,
keep dark
,
keep from
,
keep in ignorance
,
keep mum
,
keep secret
,
keep snug
,
keep under wraps
,
make no sign
,
never let on
,
not give away
,
not tell
,
play dumb
,
secrete
,
veil
,
withhold
rectify
collapse
convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
related words >
accommodate
,
accommodate with
,
accord
,
adapt
,
adapt to
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
agree with
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
assimilate
,
assimilate to
,
atone
,
attune
,
be guided by
,
bend
,
blue-pencil
,
bolt
,
chime in with
,
clarify
,
clear
,
compensate
,
comply
,
comply with
,
compose
,
conform
,
coordinate
,
correct
,
correspond
,
cover
,
cure
,
cut to
,
decrassify
,
depurate
,
discipline
,
disentangle
,
distill
,
do penance
,
edit
,
edulcorate
,
elute
,
emend
,
emendate
,
equalize
,
essentialize
,
expiate
,
extend
,
extract
,
fall in with
,
fill up
,
filter
,
filtrate
,
fit
,
fix
,
flatten
,
follow
,
gear to
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
go by
,
harmonize
,
homologate
,
homologize
,
improve
,
indemnify
,
key to
,
leach
,
lixiviate
,
make all square
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make conform
,
make good
,
make plumb
,
make right
,
make uniform
,
make up for
,
measure
,
meet
,
mend
,
mold
,
observe
,
pay back
,
pay reparations
,
percolate
,
proportion
,
purify
,
put in tune
,
put right
,
put straight
,
put to rights
,
rebuild
,
recense
,
recompense
,
reconcile
,
redact
,
redraft
,
redress
,
refine
,
regulate
,
remedy
,
remunerate
,
repair
,
repay
,
requite
,
retaliate
,
revamp
,
revise
,
rework
,
rewrite
,
right
,
rub off corners
,
screen
,
separate
,
set
,
set right
,
set straight
,
set to rights
,
set up
,
settle
,
shape
,
sieve
,
sift
,
similarize
,
sit up
,
smooth
,
spiritualize
,
square
,
stand up
,
straighten
,
straighten out
,
straighten up
,
strain
,
sublimate
,
sublime
,
suit
,
sync
,
synchronize
,
tailor
,
tally with
,
trim to
,
true
,
true up
,
try
,
tune
,
unbend
,
uncurl
,
unkink
,
unsnarl
,
winnow
,
work over
,
yield
regain
collapse
related words >
achieve
,
attain
,
compass
,
gain
,
get back
,
ransom
,
reach
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
save
,
take back
posterior
collapse
at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
appendant
,
arse
,
ass
,
attendant
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backside
,
backward
,
behind
,
bottom
,
breech
,
bum
,
butt
,
buttocks
,
cadet
,
consecutive
,
consequent
,
croup
,
crupper
,
derriere
,
ensuing
,
flack
,
following
,
haunches
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
junior
,
later
,
latter
,
lineal
,
nates
,
next
,
occiput
,
postern
,
postpositional
,
postpositive
,
proximate
,
puisne
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retral
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
rump
,
seat
,
sequacious
,
sequent
,
sequential
,
stern
,
subsequent
,
succeeding
,
successive
,
suffixed
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
tuchis
,
younger
yaw
collapse
an erratic deflection from an intended course
swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"
deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship"
related words >
aberrancy
,
aberration
,
about ship
,
back and fill
,
bank
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
bend
,
bias
,
box off
,
branching off
,
break
,
bring about
,
bring round
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change course
,
change the heading
,
circuitousness
,
come about
,
corner
,
crab
,
crook
,
curve
,
declination
,
deflection
,
departure
,
detour
,
deviance
,
deviancy
,
deviation
,
deviousness
,
digression
,
dip
,
discursion
,
divagation
,
divarication
,
divergence
,
diversion
,
dogleg
,
double
,
double a point
,
drift
,
drift off course
,
drifting
,
drive
,
errantry
,
excursion
,
excursus
,
exorbitation
,
fall down
,
feather
,
fetch about
,
fetch away
,
fishtail
,
flounder
,
gape
,
go about
,
gybe
,
hairpin
,
heave
,
heave round
,
hobbyhorse
,
horizontal axis
,
indirection
,
jibe
,
jibe all standing
,
loop
,
lurch
,
make heavy weather
,
make leeway
,
miss stays
,
obliquity
,
pay off
,
pererration
,
pitch
,
pitch and toss
,
plow
,
plunge
,
ply
,
porpoise
,
pound
,
pull out
,
pull up
,
push down
,
put about
,
put back
,
rambling
,
rear
,
reel
,
rock
,
roll
,
round a point
,
sag
,
scend
,
sheer
,
shift
,
shifting
,
shifting course
,
shifting path
,
sideslip
,
skew
,
skid
,
slant
,
slew
,
spin
,
spiral
,
straying
,
stunt
,
swag
,
sway
,
sweep
,
swerve
,
swerving
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
swinging
,
tack
,
throw about
,
tilt
,
tilter
,
toss
,
toss and tumble
,
tumble
,
turn
,
turn back
,
turning
,
twist
,
undulate
,
variation
,
veer
,
wallow
,
wandering
,
warp
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
welter
,
wind
,
yaw off
,
zigzag
back to back
collapse
related words >
as one
,
as one man
,
at opposite extremes
,
behind
,
behind the scenes
,
coactively
,
coefficiently
,
collectively
,
combinedly
,
communally
,
concertedly
,
concordantly
,
concurrently
,
conjointly
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
cooperatingly
,
cooperatively
,
counter
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
face to face
,
hand in glove
,
hand in hand
,
harmoniously
,
in back of
,
in chorus
,
in concert with
,
in the background
,
in the rear
,
in unison
,
jointly
,
just opposite
,
nose to nose
,
opposite
,
poles apart
,
shoulder to shoulder
,
tandem
,
together
,
unanimously
,
vis-a-vis
,
with one voice
retract
collapse
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
annul
,
assert the contrary
,
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
belie
,
cancel
,
cede
,
climb down
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cringe
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disannul
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disgorge
,
disown
,
dispense with
,
dispose of
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
do away with
,
do without
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
drop
,
duck
,
dump
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
fall back
,
flinch
,
forgo
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
get along without
,
get rid of
,
give away
,
give up
,
have done with
,
impugn
,
invalidate
,
join issue upon
,
kiss good-bye
,
make a sacrifice
,
make void
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
override
,
overrule
,
palinode
,
part with
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quitclaim
,
recall
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
relinquish
,
render up
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resign
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
sacrifice
,
set aside
,
shrink
,
shy
,
spare
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
swear off
,
take
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
throw up
,
unsay
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
write off
,
yield
snap out of it
collapse
related words >
bounce back
,
brace up
,
brighten up
,
buck up
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
get about
,
get over
,
get well
,
light up
,
make a comeback
,
perk up
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
recover
,
revive
,
survive
,
take heart
,
weather the storm
hem and haw
collapse
utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"
related words >
about the bush
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
halt
,
hang back
,
haw
,
hedge
,
hem
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
mammer
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
palter
,
parry
,
pause
,
ponder
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
stammer
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
stutter
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
withdraw
,
yield
postern
collapse
a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
related words >
French door
,
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backward
,
barway
,
behind
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
front door
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
scuttle
,
side door
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
retribution
collapse
the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
a justly deserved penalty
related words >
affliction
,
amends
,
atonement
,
avengement
,
avenging
,
blood money
,
castigation
,
chastening
,
chastisement
,
comeuppance
,
compensation
,
condign punishment
,
consideration
,
correction
,
counterblow
,
damages
,
desert
,
deserts
,
disciplinary measures
,
discipline
,
ferule
,
guerdon
,
honorarium
,
indemnification
,
indemnity
,
infliction
,
judgment
,
judicial punishment
,
just deserts
,
justice
,
making good
,
meed
,
nemesis
,
pains
,
pains and punishments
,
pay
,
paying back
,
payment
,
penal retribution
,
penalty
,
penology
,
price
,
punishment
,
punition
,
quid pro quo
,
quittance
,
recompense
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimbursement
,
remuneration
,
reparation
,
repayment
,
reprisal
,
requital
,
requitement
,
restitution
,
retaliation
,
retributive justice
,
return
,
revanche
,
revenge
,
reward
,
salvage
,
satisfaction
,
scourge
,
smart money
,
solatium
,
squaring
,
trial
,
tribulation
,
vengeance
,
visitation
,
well-deserved punishment
,
wergild
,
what is due
,
what is merited
,
what-for
back door
collapse
a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"
an entrance at the rear of a building
an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
related words >
French door
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back road
,
back seat
,
back side
,
back stairs
,
back street
,
back way
,
backstairs
,
barway
,
behind
,
bolt-hole
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
clandestine
,
covert
,
covert way
,
detour
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
escalier derobe
,
escape hatch
,
escape route
,
feline
,
front door
,
furtive
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hidlings
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hindhead
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
postern
,
privy
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
quiet
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearward
,
reverse
,
roundabout way
,
scuttle
,
secret exit
,
secret passage
,
secret staircase
,
shifty
,
side door
,
side road
,
side street
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
surreptitious
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underground railroad
,
underground route
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
hassock
collapse
a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
related words >
Eames chair
,
Hitchcock chair
,
TV chair
,
armchair
,
armless chair
,
back seat
,
banquette
,
bar stool
,
barber chair
,
barrel chair
,
basket chair
,
batch
,
batwing chair
,
bed chair
,
bench
,
bicycle seat
,
boudoir chair
,
bow-back chair
,
bucket seat
,
bunch
,
camp chair
,
campaign chair
,
club chair
,
club lounge chair
,
clump
,
cluster
,
comb-back chair
,
contour chair
,
copse
,
cricket
,
cricket chair
,
crop
,
dining chair
,
draft chair
,
easy chair
,
elbowchair
,
fan-back chair
,
fauteuil
,
fender stool
,
folding chair
,
foldstool
,
form
,
garden chair
,
group
,
grouping
,
groupment
,
grove
,
growth
,
high chair
,
horse
,
knot
,
ladder-back chair
,
lot
,
mess
,
milking stool
,
ottoman
,
overstuffed chair
,
pew
,
plantation
,
planting
,
platform rocker
,
rocker
,
rocking chair
,
sedan chair
,
settle
,
shock
,
slew
,
stand
,
step stool
,
stook
,
stool
,
swing
,
taboret
,
thicket
,
throne
,
tuft
,
tussock
,
wisp
bonus
collapse
anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip"
an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
related words >
Trinkgeld
,
balance
,
bonus system
,
bounty
,
bribe
,
buried treasure
,
compensation
,
consideration
,
decoration
,
discovery
,
dividend
,
donative
,
double time
,
extra
,
extra added attraction
,
extra dash
,
fee
,
filigree
,
filling
,
fillip
,
find
,
finding
,
flourish
,
foundling
,
frill
,
fringe benefit
,
gratuity
,
gravy
,
grease
,
hand-out
,
honorarium
,
incentive pay
,
inducement
,
lagniappe
,
largess
,
largesse
,
leftover
,
liberality
,
margin
,
ornament
,
overage
,
overmeasure
,
overplus
,
overrun
,
overset
,
overstock
,
oversupply
,
overtime pay
,
padding
,
palm oil
,
perk
,
perks
,
perquisite
,
perquisites
,
plus
,
pourboire
,
premium
,
remainder
,
remuneration
,
reward
,
salve
,
solatium
,
something extra
,
spare
,
sportula
,
stuffing
,
superaddition
,
surplus
,
surplusage
,
sweetener
,
tip
,
treasure trove
,
trimming
,
trouvaille
,
trove
,
twist
,
waifs
,
waifs and strays
,
windfall
,
windfall money
,
windfall profit
,
wrinkle
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
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
atavistic
,
back
,
backslide
,
backward
,
cock
,
coming apart
,
cracking
,
crumbling
,
decadent
,
decline
,
declining
,
degenerate
,
descend
,
deteriorate
,
deteriorating
,
disimprove
,
disintegrate
,
disintegrating
,
draining
,
drooping
,
dwindling
,
ebbing
,
effete
,
fading
,
failing
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falling
,
flagging
,
fragmenting
,
get behind
,
get worse
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
going to pieces
,
grow worse
,
hind
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindmost
,
invert
,
jerk back
,
languishing
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
lose ground
,
marcescent
,
pining
,
posterior
,
postern
,
pull back
,
reactionary
,
rear
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
recede
,
recessive
,
recidivate
,
recidivist
,
recidivous
,
regress
,
regressive
,
relapse
,
retract
,
retral
,
retreat
,
retroactive
,
retrocede
,
retrocessive
,
retroflex
,
retrogress
,
retrogressive
,
retrorse
,
retroverse
,
retrovert
,
return
,
returnable
,
reverse
,
reversible
,
reversional
,
reversionary
,
revert
,
revertible
,
revulsionary
,
rot
,
shriveling
,
sicken
,
sink
,
sinking
,
slacken
,
sliding
,
slip back
,
slipping
,
slumping
,
subsiding
,
tabetic
,
tail
,
waning
,
wasting
,
wilting
,
withering
,
worsen
,
worsening
splurge
collapse
an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)
be showy or ostentatious
indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"
related words >
access
,
binge
,
blazon
,
bravura
,
brilliancy
,
budget
,
burst
,
cost
,
cost out
,
cut a dash
,
cut a figure
,
cut a swath
,
daring
,
dash
,
dazzle
,
demonstration
,
disburse
,
display
,
douse
,
dramatics
,
eclat
,
etalage
,
exhibition
,
exhibitionism
,
expend
,
extravagance
,
false front
,
fanfaronade
,
figure
,
flair
,
flaunt
,
flaunting
,
fling
,
flourish
,
fork out
,
glare
,
glitter
,
go through
,
histrionics
,
incur costs
,
indulgence
,
invest
,
lay out
,
make a figure
,
make a show
,
make a splash
,
manifestation
,
open the purse
,
orgy
,
ostentatiousness
,
outburst
,
outlay
,
pageant
,
pageantry
,
parade
,
pay
,
pay out
,
plash
,
put out
,
rampage
,
run through
,
schedule
,
sham
,
shell out
,
shine
,
show
,
showing-off
,
sink money in
,
slop
,
slosh
,
spatter
,
spectacle
,
spend
,
splash
,
splatter
,
splosh
,
spree
,
spurtle
,
squander
,
staginess
,
swash
,
theatrics
,
throw money around
,
vaunt
up country
collapse
related words >
back
,
back country
,
back of beyond
,
back-country
,
backcountry
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
backwood
,
backwoods
,
backwoodsy
,
boondock
,
boondocks
,
boorish
,
borderland
,
brush
,
bush
,
bush country
,
bushveld
,
churlish
,
cloddish
,
clodhopping
,
clownish
,
countrified
,
country-born
,
country-bred
,
farmerish
,
forests
,
from the sticks
,
frontier
,
hayseed
,
heartland
,
hick
,
hicky
,
hinterland
,
hobnailed
,
inland
,
inlands
,
inshore
,
interior
,
inurbane
,
loutish
,
lumpen
,
lumpish
,
mediterranean
,
midland
,
midlands
,
outback
,
outpost
,
rube
,
sticks
,
sylvan
,
the bush
,
timbers
,
uncouth
,
uncultivated
,
uncultured
,
uninhabited region
,
unpolished
,
unrefined
,
virgin
,
virgin land
,
virgin territory
,
waste
,
wasteland
,
wild
,
wild West
,
wilderness
,
wilds
,
woodland
,
woodlands
,
woods
,
yokel
,
yokelish
scale down
collapse
reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down"
related words >
abridge
,
compress
,
contract
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
downgrade
,
lessen
,
lower
,
minify
,
pare
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
take from
,
tune down
take care of
collapse
related words >
accomplish
,
achieve
,
administer to
,
approach
,
attain
,
attend
,
attend on
,
attend to
,
baby-sit
,
be responsible for
,
blast
,
blot out
,
boss
,
bribe
,
bump off
,
buy
,
buy off
,
care for
,
carry on
,
carry out
,
carry through
,
chaperon
,
cherish
,
chore
,
come down on
,
compass
,
complete
,
conduct
,
conserve
,
consummate
,
cope with
,
corrupt
,
croak
,
dance attendance upon
,
deal with
,
direct
,
discharge
,
dispatch
,
dispose of
,
do
,
do for
,
do in
,
do service to
,
do the job
,
do the trick
,
drive
,
drudge
,
effect
,
effectuate
,
ego-trip
,
enact
,
erase
,
execute
,
fetch
,
fix
,
foster
,
fulfill
,
get
,
get at
,
get to
,
give it to
,
give the business
,
grease
,
grease the palm
,
gun down
,
handle
,
help
,
hit
,
ice
,
keep in order
,
keep watch over
,
knock off
,
lackey
,
lay out
,
look after
,
look out for
,
look to
,
maid
,
make
,
make go
,
manage
,
maneuver
,
manipulate
,
matronize
,
mind
,
minister to
,
mother
,
nurse
,
nurture
,
off
,
operate
,
overlook
,
oversee
,
pander to
,
pay
,
pay off
,
pay out
,
perform
,
perform on
,
pilot
,
play
,
polish off
,
practice
,
preserve
,
produce
,
protege
,
provide for
,
purchase
,
put away
,
reach
,
realize
,
ride herd on
,
rub out
,
run
,
see after
,
see to
,
serve
,
serve one out
,
settle
,
settle the score
,
shepherd
,
stand over
,
steer
,
suborn
,
succeed
,
superintend
,
supervise
,
support
,
take charge of
,
tamper with
,
tend
,
tickle the palm
,
transact
,
turn the trick
,
upon
,
valet
,
wait
,
wait on
,
waste
,
watch
,
watch out for
,
watch over
,
wipe out
,
work
,
work for
,
work out
,
zap
intermeddle
collapse
related words >
Paul-Pry
,
arrest
,
bottle up
,
busybody
,
butt in
,
check
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
delay
,
detain
,
encroach
,
entrench
,
fool
,
fool with
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
horn in
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
invade
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
kibitz
,
make
,
meddle
,
meddle with
,
mess with
,
monkey with
,
nose
,
oppose
,
pry
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
scotch
,
set back
,
slacken
,
snoop
,
snub
,
suppress
,
tamper with
,
trespass
retort
collapse
a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
answer back
related words >
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
aerosol
,
alembic
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
anvil
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
atomizer
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
backfire
,
bon mot
,
boomerang
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
caldron
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come in
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
counter
,
counterattack
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
countercharge
,
counterfire
,
counterinsurgency
,
countermeasure
,
counterrevolution
,
counterstep
,
counterstroke
,
crack
,
crucible
,
defense
,
echo
,
engine
,
epigram
,
evaporator
,
evasive reply
,
exchange
,
facetiae
,
flash back
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gag
,
get back at
,
gibe
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
give-and-take
,
happy thought
,
hit back at
,
interchange
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
lathe
,
machine
,
melting pot
,
mortar
,
mot
,
motor
,
nasty crack
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
react
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
rebut
,
rebuttal
,
receipt
,
reciprocate
,
reciprocation
,
recoil
,
recrimination
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
repartee
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
reprisal
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retaliate
,
retaliation
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
revenge
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
riposte
,
sally
,
say
,
say in reply
,
scintillation
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
spray
,
still
,
strike back
,
stroke of wit
,
talk back
,
test tube
,
transducer
,
transformer
,
turn of thought
,
vaporizer
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
ransom
collapse
the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
payment for the release of someone
money demanded for the return of a captured person
exchange or buy back for money; under threat
related words >
buy
,
deliver
,
deliverance
,
delivery
,
emancipate
,
extract
,
extricate
,
extrication
,
free
,
freeing
,
get back
,
liberate
,
liberation
,
lifesaving
,
payment
,
price
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
reclaiming
,
reclamation
,
recoup
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recuperate
,
recuperation
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
redemption
,
regain
,
regainment
,
release
,
renovate
,
reoccupation
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repossession
,
rescue
,
restoration
,
restore
,
resume
,
resumption
,
retake
,
retaking
,
retrieval
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revindication
,
revival
,
revive
,
salvage
,
salvation
,
save
,
saving
,
set free
,
take back
,
trover
,
win back
hang off
collapse
related words >
blench
,
boggle
,
demur
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
scruple
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
waver
,
wince
delayed
collapse
caused to be slower or later; "the delayed plane finally arrived"
not as far along as normal in development
related words >
arrested
,
back
,
backward
,
behind
,
behindhand
,
belated
,
blocked
,
checked
,
delayed-action
,
detained
,
held up
,
hung up
,
impeded
,
in a bind
,
in abeyance
,
jammed
,
late
,
latish
,
moratory
,
never on time
,
obstructed
,
overdue
,
retarded
,
set back
,
slow
,
slowed down
,
stopped
,
tardy
,
unpunctual
,
unready
,
untimely
renege
collapse
fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise"
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
annul
,
apostatize
,
back down
,
back out
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
beg off
,
cancel
,
climb down
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cry off
,
default
,
defect
,
degenerate
,
deny
,
depart from
,
desert
,
disannul
,
disavow
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
do away with
,
drop out
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
evacuate
,
forsake
,
forswear
,
go back on
,
invalidate
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
make void
,
maroon
,
nullify
,
override
,
overrule
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
recall
,
recant
,
renegade
,
renounce
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resile
,
retract
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
say goodbye to
,
set aside
,
stand down
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
take back
,
take leave of
,
throw over
,
turn against
,
turn traitor
,
unsay
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
welsh
,
withdraw
,
write off
recharge
collapse
charge anew; "recharge a battery"
load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully"
related words >
activate
,
bring back
,
bring to
,
call back
,
reactivate
,
reanimate
,
recall to life
,
recruit
,
refresh
,
regenerate
,
reheat the ashes
,
reinspire
,
rejuvenate
,
rekindle
,
relight
,
renew
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
revitalize
,
revive
,
revivify
,
rewarm
,
stir the embers
,
warm over
,
warm up
reversed
collapse
turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new"
related words >
arsy-varsy
,
ass over elbows
,
back
,
back-to-front
,
backward
,
backwards
,
capsized
,
chiastic
,
counter
,
everted
,
hyperbatic
,
inside out
,
introverted
,
invaginated
,
inversed
,
inverted
,
outside in
,
palindromic
,
reflex
,
resupinate
,
retroverted
,
topsy-turvy
,
transposed
,
turned around
,
upside-down
,
wrong side out
,
wrong-way
,
wrong-way around
reactivate
collapse
activate (an old file) anew
related words >
activate
,
give back
,
mobilize
,
place in
,
put back
,
recharge
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reenact
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
rekindle
,
remilitarize
,
renew
,
renovate
,
replace
,
replenish
,
restore
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
retrieve
,
return
,
revest
,
revitalize
,
revivify
probate
collapse
the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
attested copy
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bequeathal
,
bequest
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
codicil
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
devise
,
document
,
fortify
,
inheritance
,
legacy
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
testament
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
,
will
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"
related words >
abut
,
abut on
,
adjoin
,
advocate
,
around
,
aye
,
back
,
back up
,
be contiguous
,
be in contact
,
be prepared
,
be ready
,
border
,
border on
,
butt
,
champion
,
clasp
,
cling to
,
conjoin
,
connect
,
defend
,
flank
,
follow close upon
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
go with
,
guard
,
guard against
,
hang about
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
join
,
keep close to
,
lie by
,
march with
,
neighbor
,
protect
,
run interference for
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
second
,
secure
,
shield
,
side with
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand ready
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
tailgate
,
take sides with
,
verge upon
overdraft
collapse
a draft in excess of the credit balance
related words >
arrear
,
arrearage
,
arrears
,
back debts
,
back payments
,
bankruptcy
,
bouncing check
,
bust
,
collapse
,
crash
,
default
,
deferred payments
,
deficit
,
deficit financing
,
dollar gap
,
failure
,
insolvency
,
insufficient funds
,
kited check
,
overdrawn account
,
receivership
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