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stick up for collapse

quail collapse: small gallinaceous game birds; flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised

resound collapse: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"

breech collapse: opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded

carapace collapse: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

repossess collapse

get back collapse

respond collapse: respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"

thick skin collapse: skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros)

carom collapse: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other; make a carom; rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"

think twice collapse: consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"

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"

turn back collapse: turn inside out or upside down

side door collapse: an exterior door at one side of a building

reenact collapse: enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"; enact again; "Congress reenacted the law"

turn about collapse

sidestep collapse: a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

shuck collapse: remove the shucks from; "shuck corn"; remove from the shell; "shuck oysters"

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!"

stick at collapse

get well collapse: improve in health; "He got well fast"

disavow collapse: refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

armor collapse: tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant; protective covering made of metal and used in combat; a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles; equip with armor

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

side with collapse

deduct collapse

corroborate collapse: support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"

hold out on collapse

regain collapse

posterior collapse: at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates

back to back collapse

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

crater collapse: a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb; a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus

snap out of it collapse

rainbowlike collapse

hem and haw collapse: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

postern collapse: a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle

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

hassock collapse: a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)

retrograde collapse: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth; going from better to worse; go back over; "retrograde arguments"; move back; "The glacier retrogrades"; move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"; move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

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