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dip into collapse: read selectively; read only certain passages from a text

gracile collapse: slender and graceful

zero hour collapse: the time set for the start of an action or operation

comedy collapse: light and humorous drama with a happy ending

overtake collapse: catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"

legislate collapse: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"

go around collapse: become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"; be sufficient; "There's not enough to go around"

pull off collapse: cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"; be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

dissolve collapse: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out; declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"; come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"; bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"; become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"; pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"; cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"; become weaker; "The sound faded out"; cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"; lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"; cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"

make the most of collapse

croak collapse: a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog); utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

overexert collapse: exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength; "don't overexert yourself when exercising!"

decorate collapse: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"; award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; "He was decorated for his services in the military"

examine collapse: question closely; observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

bunkum collapse

labor in vain collapse

jeopardy collapse

accept collapse: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"; consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"; be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"; react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"; give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"; receive (a report) officially, as from a committee; receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"; admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"; be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"

jam collapse: preserve of crushed fruit; interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"; crush or bruise; "jam a toe"; crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"; get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"; push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"

blandishment collapse: the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery; flattery intended to persuade

rise above collapse

get along collapse

sentence collapse: a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"; pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"

repel collapse: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"; cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"; be repellent to; cause aversion in

forget collapse: be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"; dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"; leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"; forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"

come and go collapse

transcend collapse

something collapse: a thing of some kind; "is there something you want?"

attractive collapse: pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"; having power to arouse interest; "an attractive opportunity"; "the job is attractive because of the pay"

stand up collapse: defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"; refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack; resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"

pass collapse: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"; a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane turned to make a second pass"; (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"; a complementary (free) ticket; "the star got passes for his family"; a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had to show his pass in order to get out"; a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"; any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit"; one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"; a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"; the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got through the pass before it started to snow"; a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs; (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"; travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"; go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"; cause to pass; "She passed around the plates"; transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"; place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"; throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"; allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed as if unnoticed"; go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"; accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"; go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"; be identified, regarded, accepted, or mistaken for someone or something else; as by denying one's own ancestry or background; "He could pass as his twin brother"; "She passed as a White woman even though her grandfather was Black"

run over collapse

isthmus collapse: a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure; a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

conduit collapse: a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"

catapult collapse: medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles; a device that launches aircraft from a warship; shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"

wear away collapse: diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface"

vale collapse

skim collapse: reading or glancing through quickly; a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"; used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"; read superficially; remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"; coat (a liquid) with a layer; cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"

prosper collapse

go too far collapse

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