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pitch in collapse: eat heartily; "The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in"

set about collapse: begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

transom collapse: a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it; a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door

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

penal colony collapse: a penal institution where prisoners are exiled (often located on an island from which escape is difficult or impossible)

guardhouse collapse: a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained

brig collapse: a penal institution (especially on board a ship); two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts

dungeon collapse: a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined

night collapse: darkness; "it vanished into the night"; the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed"; the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside; the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night"; the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"; a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom; a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"

training school collapse: a school providing practical vocational and technical training

reformatory collapse: correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders

loophole collapse: a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons; an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation

fall upon collapse: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

height collapse: the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top

lance collapse: open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"; pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight; move quickly, as if by cutting one's way; "Planes lanced towards the shore"

vent collapse: external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate; a hole for the escape of gas or air; a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket); a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt; expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"; give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers"

bastille collapse: a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner); a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution

cavern collapse: a large cave or a large chamber in a cave; any large dark enclosed space; "his eyes were dark caverns"; hollow out as if making a cavern

wallow collapse: an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water"; a puddle where animals go to wallow; delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"; devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"; be ecstatic with joy; roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

vertex collapse: the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure; the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"

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