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turn out collapse: come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?"; produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery; "This factory turns out saws"; turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"; outfit or equip, as with accessories; "The actors were turned out lavishly"; come and gather for a public event; "Hundreds of thousands turned out for the anti-war rally in New York"; result or end; "How will the game turn out?"; prove to be in the result or end; "It turns out that he was right"

lock in collapse: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"; close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!"

bring down collapse: cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house"

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

dissipate collapse: live a life or pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

buck collapse: mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope); United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973); jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"; resist; "buck the trend"; to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion"

fastball collapse: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"

spitball collapse: an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it; a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere

shot put collapse: an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball is hurled as far as possible

raise hell collapse: take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent; "She raised hell when she found out that she wold not be hired again"

shave collapse: the act of removing hair with a razor; remove body hair with a razor; touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"; cut closely; "trim my beard"; make shavings of or reduce to shavings; "shave the radish"; cut the price of

con collapse: an argument opposed to a proposal; on the negative side; "much was written pro and con"

wield collapse: handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"; have and exercise; "wield power and authority"

defame collapse: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

fluster collapse: cause to be nervous or upset; be flustered; behave in a confused manner

avoid collapse: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"; refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

honeycomb collapse: a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees; a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae; make full of cavities, like a honeycomb; penetrate thoroughly and into every part; "the revolutionaries honeycombed the organization"; carve a honeycomb pattern into; "The cliffs were honeycombed"

wince collapse: a reflex response to sudden pain; the facial expression of sudden pain; make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

cut out collapse: having been cut out; "the cut-out pieces of the dress"; cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"; delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article"; form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper"

expel collapse: put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"; force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"

roughcast collapse: a rough preliminary model; a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls; apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall"; shape roughly

startle collapse: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"; to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"; move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

imbroglio collapse: a very embarrassing misunderstanding; an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

sting collapse: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin; a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"; deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"; cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"

military collapse: the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"; associated with or performed by armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police"; characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military; "military uniforms"; of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare; "military law"

call out collapse: challenge to a duel; "Aaron Burr called out Alexander Hamilton"; call out loudly, as of names or numbers

subvert collapse: destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"

demythologize collapse: remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"

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