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disagree collapse: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"; be different from one another

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"

shut off collapse: block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"; isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"; stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"

disjoin collapse: become separated, disconnected or disjoint; make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of

alienate collapse: make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"

persevere collapse: be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

turn down collapse: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"; take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

isolate collapse: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"; obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"; separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

pull out collapse: move out or away; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire"

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!"

segregate collapse: someone who is or has been segregated; separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"; divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate"; separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

stand by collapse: be available or ready for a certain function or service; be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"; not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"

speak up collapse: speak louder; raise one's voice; "The audience asked the lecturer to please speak up"

polarize collapse: become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation; cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions; cause to vibrate in a definite pattern; "polarize light waves"

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