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directly collapse: without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"; in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"; without anyone or anything intervening; "these two factors are directly related"; "he was directly responsible"; "measured the physical properties directly"

memorize collapse: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

back out collapse: move out of a space backwards; "He backed out of the driveway"

revoke collapse: the mistake of not following suit when able to do so; annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"; fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

take back collapse: cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"; move text to the previous line; in printing; regain possession of something; resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

regale collapse: provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"

absolutely collapse: totally and definitely; without question; "we are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"; completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"

devour collapse: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"; eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"; enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"

gobble collapse: the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock; make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys; eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

canker collapse: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth); a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark; infect with a canker; become infected with a canker

erode collapse: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"; become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

unforgiving collapse: unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy; "a surly unforgiving old woman"

fall for collapse: fall in love with; become infatuated with; "She fell for the man from Brazil"; be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story"

backwater collapse: any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress; a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"

ablate collapse: remove an organ or bodily structure; wear away through erosion or vaporization

swot collapse: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively

disclaim collapse: make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"; renounce a legal claim or title to

retract collapse: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

spend collapse: pay out; "spend money"; spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"; pass (time) in a specific way; "How are you spending your summer vacation?"

feed on collapse: be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"

swallow collapse: the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"; small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations; a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale"; believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"; keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"; take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"; utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech"; engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"; pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

delectable collapse: capable of arousing desire; "the delectable Miss Haynes"; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

tuck in collapse: eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"

abjure collapse: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

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