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come back at collapse

get back at collapse

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"

retaliate collapse: make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"

turn the tables collapse: cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"

work stoppage collapse

sit down strike collapse

side with collapse

strike home collapse

reverberate collapse: treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberating furnace; "reverberate ore"; be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"; have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"

give ground collapse

draw back collapse

revert collapse: undergo reversion, as in a mutation; go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

abridge collapse: lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"; reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

flabbergast collapse: overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!"

snap back collapse

fall behind collapse

give back collapse

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

take sides collapse

hark back collapse: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

bounce back collapse

come back collapse: be restored; "Her old vigor returned"; even the score, in sports

blue pencil collapse

throw over collapse

return to collapse

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

amaze collapse: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

cannon collapse: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals; a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels; heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane; (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm; heavy gun fired from a tank; fire a cannon; make a cannon

astound collapse

ricochet collapse: a glancing rebound

cross out collapse

beat back collapse

thrust back collapse

lockout collapse: a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms

abbreviate collapse: shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"

recidivate collapse

sink in collapse

walkout collapse: the act of walking out (of a meeting or organization) as a sign of protest; "there was a walkout by the Black members as the chairman rose to speak"; a strike in which the workers walk out

talk back collapse

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