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shove off collapse: leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

assert collapse: state categorically; insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"

remain collapse: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

involve collapse: make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"; occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"; wrap; "The tower was involved in mist"; contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"; connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"; engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"

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"

cognizance collapse: range or scope of what is perceived; range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"

stare collapse: a fixed look with eyes open wide; fixate one's eyes; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"

persist collapse: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

sponsor collapse: assume sponsorship of; assume responsibility for or leadership of; "The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan"

tolerate collapse: have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"; recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others"

occupy collapse: live (in a certain place); occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"

resist collapse: withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"; stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something; refuse to comply; resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

depend collapse: be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends"

divorce collapse: the legal dissolution of a marriage; get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"

subsidize collapse: support through subsidies; "The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized"; secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces

speak collapse: use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"; make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"

endways collapse: with the end forward or toward the observer; "houses built endways"; in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise; "endways pressure"; on end or upright; "sticks leaning against the wall endways"

gaze collapse: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me"; look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"

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

suffer collapse: feel pain or be in pain; undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"; feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"; get worse; "His grades suffered"; be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"; endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"; undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"; undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"; be given to; "She suffers from a tendency to talk too much"

complain collapse: make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; "The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"; express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

mention collapse: an official recognition of merit; "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention"; a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife"; commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"; make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

delete collapse: remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

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