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contort collapse: twist and press out of shape

turn inside out collapse

introvert collapse: (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts; turn inside; "He introverted his feelings"

writhe collapse: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

crumple collapse

go astray collapse

turn in collapse: make an entrance by turning from a road; "Turn in after you see the gate"

invert collapse: make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted"

buckle collapse: fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong; fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"; fasten with a buckle or buckles

turn around collapse: get better; "Her performance in school picked up"; cause to get better; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"

turn down collapse: make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"; take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

deviate collapse: turn aside; turn away from; cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"; be at variance with; be out of line with

disincline collapse

supinate collapse: turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)

go wrong collapse

turn about collapse

turn upside down collapse

bottom out collapse: hit the ground; "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road"; reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while"

apostatize collapse: abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

indispose collapse: cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"; make unwilling

wander collapse: go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

wean collapse: gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"; detach the affections of

err collapse: to make a mistake or be incorrect

out of order collapse

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

turn the corner collapse

mutate collapse: undergo mutation; "cells mutate"

keel over collapse: turn over and fall; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over"

unfavorably collapse: showing disapproval; in a disparaging way; "he reviewed the play unfavorably"

gnarl collapse: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

wrest collapse: obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"

rotate collapse: plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"; perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"; cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"; exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"

turn into collapse

pirouette collapse: (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet); do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance

miscarry collapse: suffer a miscarriage

slip up collapse

swivel collapse: a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

misplaced collapse: put in the wrong place or position; "She was penalized for a spelling mistake or a misplaced accent"

revolve collapse: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

wring collapse: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"; twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"

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