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lay in collapse

hold back collapse

posit collapse

lynch collapse: kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"

stalemate collapse: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check; subject to a stalemate

tuck in collapse: eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"

carry through collapse: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

bottle up collapse: control and refrain from showing; of emotions

cut short collapse: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"; cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

lay away collapse

presume upon collapse

bring to collapse: return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"

take advantage of collapse

carry off collapse

set before collapse

put over collapse

immolate collapse: offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction; "The Aztecs immolated human victims"; "immolate the valuables at the temple"

darn collapse: a euphemism for `damn'; repair by sewing; "darn socks"

nabbing collapse

incommunicado collapse: without the means or right to communicate; "a prisoner held incommunicado"; "incommunicado political detainees"

interfere collapse: come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle; "Your talking interferes with my work!"

engross collapse

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"

get through collapse: finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"; succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"

duress collapse: compulsory force or threat; "confessed under duress"

abduction collapse: (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body; the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife

kidnapping collapse: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

interdict collapse: a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity; an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district; destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

inflict collapse: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

pull up collapse

shelve collapse: place on a shelf; "shelve books"

sew up collapse

hold over collapse: intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him"; continue a term of office past the normal period of time; keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time

nuisance value collapse

deadlock collapse: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"

put through collapse: connect by telephone; "the operator put a call through to Rio"

lay by collapse

put right collapse

do away with collapse

do the trick collapse

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