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toss collapse: an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"; agitate; "toss the salad"

evacuation collapse: the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection

overdrive collapse: a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power; the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa's brain was in overdrive"; drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress"

overwork collapse: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"; use too much; "This play has been overworked"; work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

overdo collapse: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

guzzle collapse: drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

overreact collapse: show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"

strew collapse: cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"; spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"

suck collapse: draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"; draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"; attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"

career collapse: the general progression of your working or professional life; "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"; the particular occupation for which you are trained; move headlong at high speed; "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"

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

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

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

sling collapse: bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck; a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released; a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice; hurl as if with a sling

stumble collapse: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"; miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"; walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"; encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

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

patronize collapse: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"; treat condescendingly; do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

elide collapse: leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"

tremble collapse: a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement; move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"

abandon collapse: the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"; stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"; leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"; give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"; forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"

catapult collapse: medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles; a device that launches aircraft from a warship; shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"

struggle collapse: strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"; an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"; to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

falter collapse: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way; be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

condescend collapse: debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"; do something that one considers to be below one's dignity; behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

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