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lie low collapse: to try to avoid detection especially by police; "After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while"; keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous

narrow gauge collapse: a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches

zipper collapse

latch collapse: catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove; spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key; fasten with a latch; "latch the door"

pickings collapse: the act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking"

misquote collapse: quote incorrectly; "He had misquoted the politician"

stretched out collapse

petty collapse: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness"

raddled collapse: used until no longer useful; "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles"

wordless collapse

hang around collapse

adhere to collapse

compression collapse: applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required; the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

badger collapse: sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere; persuade through constant efforts

watertight collapse: not allowing water to pass in or out

barge in collapse: enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"

carefulness collapse: the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work"

lock out collapse: prevent employees from working during a strike

holdback collapse

come between collapse

sit up collapse: change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"

enfold collapse

sit tight collapse: maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"

ungenerous collapse: lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"

borrowing collapse: the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"; obtaining funds from a lender

stew collapse: food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables; cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"; bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings

exiguous collapse: extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget"

avarice collapse: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); extreme greed for material wealth

stuck collapse: caught or fixed; "stuck in the mud"; baffled; "this problem has me completely stuck"

tipsy collapse: unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated; " a tipsy boat"

elliptic collapse: characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor; of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse

elliptical collapse

pissed collapse

bear down on collapse: sail towards another vessel, of a ship

mess collapse: a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax; a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel; soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"; a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"; make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"; eat in a mess hall

stewed collapse

constriction collapse: the action or process of compressing; a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"; tight or narrow compression; a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

uncommunicative collapse: not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

zonked collapse

illuminated collapse: provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell"

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