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excavate collapse: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"; form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"; find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"; lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"

pull in collapse: move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"

wince collapse: a reflex response to sudden pain; the facial expression of sudden pain; make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

beat around the bush collapse: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

recede collapse: become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"; move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

take out collapse: buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"; remove something from a container or an enclosed space; obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license"; "take out a patent"; purchase prepared food to be eaten at home; cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

weed out collapse: remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

draw out collapse: cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"; make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"

come back collapse: be restored; "Her old vigor returned"; even the score, in sports

pull out collapse: move out or away; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire"

recover collapse: regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"; cover anew; "recover a chair"; get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"; regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"

divorce collapse: the legal dissolution of a marriage; get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"

attract collapse: exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away; "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies"; direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"; be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"

skid collapse: an unexpected slide; one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects; move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"; slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"; apply a brake or skid to; elevate onto skids

delete collapse: remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

demolish collapse: defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"; destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

run off collapse: decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff; leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

undulate collapse: having a wavy margin and rippled surface; increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"

draw in collapse: pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"

muscle collapse: authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way); "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"; animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells; one of the contractile organs of the body; make one's way by force; "He muscled his way into the office"

act on collapse: regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice; "The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles"

shut off collapse: block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"; isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"; stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"

retract collapse: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

wrest collapse: obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"

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