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leave behind collapse: depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe"

cut in collapse: mix in with cutting motions; interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner; "Jim always cuts in!"; drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to maneuver comfortably; allow someone to have a share or profit

adopt collapse: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"; take up and practice as one's own; choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

steal collapse: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch); steal a base; move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"; take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

surpass collapse: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

liberate collapse: grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"

sneak in collapse: enter surreptitiously; "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in"

crawl collapse: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"; a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"; a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick; move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"; swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"; be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"; feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

upstage collapse: the rear part of the stage; of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"; at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"; steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"; move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience; treat snobbishly, put in one's place

poach collapse: cook in a simmering liquid; "poached apricots"; hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"

skulk collapse: move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

take over collapse: take over ownership of; of corporations and companies; free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

sidle collapse: move sideways; move unobtrusively or furtively; "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log"

imitate collapse: make a reproduction or copy of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"; appear like, as in behavior or appearance; "Life imitate art"

slip in collapse: insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work"

extort collapse: get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner; obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"; obtain through intimidation

partake collapse: consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"; have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"; have some of the qualities or attributes of something

simulate collapse: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

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