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hard up collapse: not having enough money to pay for necessities

scant collapse: limit in quality or quantity

crick collapse: English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004); a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British); twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck"

advocate collapse: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea; a lawyer who pleads cases in court

hell to pay collapse: dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"

sticky wicket collapse

representative collapse: a person who represents others; being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"; standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"; serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"

squeezed collapse

hill of beans collapse

bagatelle collapse: a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over; something of little value or significance; a light piece of music for piano

fine kettle of fish collapse

exigency collapse: a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency"

netting collapse: creating nets

dummy collapse: a figure representing the human form; a person who does not talk; having the appearance of being real but lacking capacity to function; "a dummy corporation"; make a dummy of; "dummy up the books that are to be published"

tight spot collapse

house of cards collapse: an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"; a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"

nutshell collapse: the shell around the kernel of a nut

iota collapse: the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet

out of pocket collapse

symbol collapse: something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"; an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

champion collapse: someone who fights for a cause; someone who has won first place in a competition; holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"; protect or fight for as a champion

token collapse: a metal or plastic disk that can be used (as a substitute for coins) in slot machines; an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'"

stint collapse: an individuals prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"; supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

twinge collapse: a sharp stab of pain; feel a sudden sharp, local pain

bibelot collapse

helper collapse

pebble collapse: a small smooth rounded rock

cop collapse

double collapse: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"; a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the double of 18"; someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"; a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"; having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"; large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room"; twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"; consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure"; having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison; used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements; "double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical"; two together; "some people sleep better double"; downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain"; increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"; hit a two-base hit; do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary"; bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)

dollhouse collapse: a small model of a house used as a toy by children; a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything

difficulties collapse

threat collapse: declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"; a warning that something unpleasant is imminent; "they were under threat of arrest"

shortage collapse

trivia collapse

strapped collapse

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

badly off collapse

shake down collapse

critical point collapse

poach collapse: cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"; hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"

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