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inward collapse: relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections"; toward the center or interior; "move the needle further inwards!"

trailing collapse: the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind

smothered collapse: held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"; completely covered; "bonnets smothered with flowers"; "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"

wiretap collapse: the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information; tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?"

countersign collapse: add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity; "You must countersign on this line of the contract"

secret police collapse: a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition)

classified collapse: arranged into classes; official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified"

arcane collapse: requiring secret or mysterious knowledge; "the arcane science of dowsing"

cryptic collapse: having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"; of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"

bosom collapse: cloth that covers the chest or breasts; a person's breast or chest; the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret"; hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters"

shadowing collapse: the act of following someone secretly; following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance; "always on guard against shadowing submarines"

clutch collapse: a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism; "this year's model has an improved clutch"; a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other"; a number of birds hatched at the same time; a tense critical situation; "he is a good man in the clutch"

private collapse: an enlisted man of the lowest rank; "our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"; concerning things deeply private and personal; "private correspondence"; "private family matters"; confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"

interior collapse: of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts"; inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth"; situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows"

surveillance collapse: close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)

back door collapse: a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"; an entrance at the rear of a building; an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains

secret collapse: information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"; something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"; the next to highest level of official classification for documents; not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts"; indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic"; communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages"; not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"

clinch collapse: (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily; the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet; a small slip noose made with seizing; settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"; flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"; secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"; embrace amorously; hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches

streetwise collapse: having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment

catch up collapse: learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened; "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology"; reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework"

ulterior collapse: beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw

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