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overexert collapse: exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength; "don't overexert yourself when exercising!"

eyestrain collapse: a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem

overstrain collapse: too much strain; strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment"

ganglion collapse: an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons

soft spot collapse: a sentimental affection; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son"

go for broke collapse: risk everything in one big effort; "the cyclist went for broke at the end of the race"

tug collapse: a sudden abrupt pull; struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"; pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"; pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"; move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"; tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"; strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

go all out collapse: perform a task as well as possible; "The cast gives full measure every night"

jarring collapse: making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk"

haul collapse: transport in a vehicle; "haul stones from the quarry in a truck"; "haul vegetables to the market"; draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"

spinal cord collapse: a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region

solar plexus collapse: a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach

synapse collapse: the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters"

nervous system collapse: the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells

sleepiness collapse: a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents"

misconstrue collapse: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

tense collapse: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time; taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"; pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat'); in or of a state of physical or nervous tension; cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"; become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"; increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"

lug collapse: a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something; ancient Celtic god; carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"

plexus collapse: a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

grating collapse: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

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