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behind collapse: in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind"; remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind"; in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"; in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers"; of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind"

backpedal collapse: modify one's opinion, make it less strong; step backwards, in boxing; pedal backwards on a bicycle

reverberate collapse: treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberating furnace; "reverberate ore"; be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"; have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"

disengage collapse: become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"; release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

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"

revert collapse: undergo reversion, as in a mutation; go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

retaliate collapse: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

hark back collapse: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

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

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

retrieve collapse: run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"

backwater collapse: any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress; a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"

hold off collapse: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

delayed collapse: caused to be slower or later; "the delayed plane finally arrived"; not as far along as normal in development

pull back collapse: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

remand collapse: the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

withhold collapse: hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"; retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"

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