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tight spot collapse

retaliate collapse: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

get at collapse: influence by corruption

pawnbroker collapse: a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security

rostrum collapse

warrant collapse: a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts; a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price; "as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities"

bring to pass collapse

suit collapse: a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit"; playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?"; a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank; a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line"; be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"; be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me"

teller collapse: an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money; an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly); United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003)

inflict collapse: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

squire collapse: an English country landowner; young nobleman attendant on a knight; a man who attends or escorts a woman; attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire

square collapse: a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles; "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"; any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a checkerboard has 64 squares"; a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views; someone who doesn't understand what is going on; the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"; (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"; something approximating the shape of a square; rigidly conventional or old-fashioned; having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"; make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"; raise to the second power; position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"; pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"; be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"; cause to match, as of ideas or acts

banker collapse: the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game; someone who owns or is an executive in a bank

borrowing collapse: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"; obtaining funds from a lender

gratuity collapse: an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation; a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

matrix collapse: mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface; the formative tissue at the base of a nail; the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded; a rectangular array of elements (or entries) set out by rows and columns; an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb)

cape collapse: a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter; a strip of land projecting into a body of water

put straight collapse

heed collapse: pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"

nozzle collapse: a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged

spiel collapse: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson); speak at great length (about something)

pat on the back collapse

tamper with collapse

puff up collapse: make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"

preferment collapse: the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate"; the act of making accusations; "preferment of charges"

cost of living collapse: average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing); "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"

hot water collapse: a dangerous or distressing predicament; "his views on race got him into political hot water"

crooked collapse: having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"; not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

dues collapse

what for collapse: a strong reprimand

call in collapse: make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick"; summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in"; summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient"; take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player

wait on collapse

commute collapse: a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed commute"; exchange a penalty for a less severe one; move from one side of an equation to the other side without a change in value; "These operators commute with each other"; travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home

statute collapse

line up collapse: take one's position before a kick-off; form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"; get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"; form a line; "The buildings all line up neatly"

note collapse: a characteristic emotional quality; "it ended on a sour note"; "there was a note of gaiety in her manner"; "he detected a note of sarcasm"; a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment"; a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"; a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"; a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"; a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice"; a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time; "I had to co-sign his note at the bank"; make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"; make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"; observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction"

grease collapse: a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery); lubricate with grease; "grease the wheels"

render collapse: a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls; cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"; pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"; coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the den"; give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"; give back; "render money"; make over as a return; "They had to render the estate"

skin collapse: an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"; a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal; a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body"; a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"; the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit); strip the skin off; "pare apples"; bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"

implication collapse: an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection; a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement); "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"; a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

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