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unblinking collapse: not shrinking from danger; showing no visible emotion; "stood unblinking and accepted a sentence of a year"

promote collapse: change a pawn for a king by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it the row closest to your opponent; be changed for a superior chess or checker piece; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"; contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

bootleg collapse: the part of a boot above the instep; distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"; produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing"; sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey"

cut in collapse: mix in with cutting motions; interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner; "Jim always cuts in!"; drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably; allow someone to have a share or profit

adjourn collapse: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"; break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

shove off collapse: leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

rocker collapse: a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro; an ice skate with a curved blade; a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold; a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles; a performer or composer or fan of rock music; an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

wheedle collapse: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

posteriority collapse: following in time; the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end

spur collapse: a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"; tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers; any sharply pointed projection; goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse"; equip with spurs; "spur horses"; strike with a spur; give heart or courage to; incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"

hobbyhorse collapse: a topic to which one constantly reverts; "don't get him started on his hobbyhorse"

lightning collapse: the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more; abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

telephone collapse: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"; transmitting speech at a distance

stinker collapse: anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)

cram collapse: prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam; study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"; put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase"

fluff collapse: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines); any light downy material

at home collapse: a reception held in your own home; at, to, or toward the place where you reside; "he worked at home"; on the home team's field; "they played at home last night"

bead collapse: a small ball with a hole through the middle; string together like beads; decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"; form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example

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

perceptive collapse: having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"; of or relating to perception; "perceptive faculties"

experienced collapse: having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation

overwork collapse: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"; use too much; "This play has been overworked"; work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

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