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deduct
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
allow
,
bate
,
charge off
,
collect
,
compress
,
conclude
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduce
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derive
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disparage
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
gather
,
impair
,
judge
,
kick back
,
knock off
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make
,
make allowance
,
make out
,
pare
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
take
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
corroborate
collapse
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
document
,
fortify
,
justify
,
probate
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
hold out on
collapse
related words >
bosom
,
classify
,
conceal
,
file and forget
,
hold back
,
in petto
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep between us
,
keep buttoned up
,
keep close
,
keep dark
,
keep from
,
keep in ignorance
,
keep mum
,
keep secret
,
keep snug
,
keep under wraps
,
make no sign
,
never let on
,
not give away
,
not tell
,
play dumb
,
secrete
,
veil
,
withhold
regain
collapse
related words >
achieve
,
attain
,
compass
,
gain
,
get back
,
ransom
,
reach
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
save
,
take back
posterior
collapse
at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
appendant
,
arse
,
ass
,
attendant
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backside
,
backward
,
behind
,
bottom
,
breech
,
bum
,
butt
,
buttocks
,
cadet
,
consecutive
,
consequent
,
croup
,
crupper
,
derriere
,
ensuing
,
flack
,
following
,
haunches
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
junior
,
later
,
latter
,
lineal
,
nates
,
next
,
occiput
,
postern
,
postpositional
,
postpositive
,
proximate
,
puisne
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retral
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
rump
,
seat
,
sequacious
,
sequent
,
sequential
,
stern
,
subsequent
,
succeeding
,
successive
,
suffixed
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
tuchis
,
younger
back to back
collapse
related words >
as one
,
as one man
,
at opposite extremes
,
behind
,
behind the scenes
,
coactively
,
coefficiently
,
collectively
,
combinedly
,
communally
,
concertedly
,
concordantly
,
concurrently
,
conjointly
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
cooperatingly
,
cooperatively
,
counter
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
face to face
,
hand in glove
,
hand in hand
,
harmoniously
,
in back of
,
in chorus
,
in concert with
,
in the background
,
in the rear
,
in unison
,
jointly
,
just opposite
,
nose to nose
,
opposite
,
poles apart
,
shoulder to shoulder
,
tandem
,
together
,
unanimously
,
vis-a-vis
,
with one voice
retract
collapse
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
annul
,
assert the contrary
,
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
belie
,
cancel
,
cede
,
climb down
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cringe
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disannul
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disgorge
,
disown
,
dispense with
,
dispose of
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
do away with
,
do without
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
drop
,
duck
,
dump
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
fall back
,
flinch
,
forgo
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
get along without
,
get rid of
,
give away
,
give up
,
have done with
,
impugn
,
invalidate
,
join issue upon
,
kiss good-bye
,
make a sacrifice
,
make void
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
override
,
overrule
,
palinode
,
part with
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quitclaim
,
recall
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
relinquish
,
render up
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resign
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
sacrifice
,
set aside
,
shrink
,
shy
,
spare
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
swear off
,
take
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
throw up
,
unsay
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
write off
,
yield
snap out of it
collapse
related words >
bounce back
,
brace up
,
brighten up
,
buck up
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
get about
,
get over
,
get well
,
light up
,
make a comeback
,
perk up
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
recover
,
revive
,
survive
,
take heart
,
weather the storm
hem and haw
collapse
utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"
related words >
about the bush
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
halt
,
hang back
,
haw
,
hedge
,
hem
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
mammer
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
palter
,
parry
,
pause
,
ponder
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
stammer
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
stutter
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
withdraw
,
yield
postern
collapse
a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
related words >
French door
,
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backward
,
barway
,
behind
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
front door
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
scuttle
,
side door
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
back door
collapse
a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"
an entrance at the rear of a building
an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
related words >
French door
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back road
,
back seat
,
back side
,
back stairs
,
back street
,
back way
,
backstairs
,
barway
,
behind
,
bolt-hole
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
clandestine
,
covert
,
covert way
,
detour
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
escalier derobe
,
escape hatch
,
escape route
,
feline
,
front door
,
furtive
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hidlings
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hindhead
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
postern
,
privy
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
quiet
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearward
,
reverse
,
roundabout way
,
scuttle
,
secret exit
,
secret passage
,
secret staircase
,
shifty
,
side door
,
side road
,
side street
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
surreptitious
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underground railroad
,
underground route
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
hassock
collapse
a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
related words >
Eames chair
,
Hitchcock chair
,
TV chair
,
armchair
,
armless chair
,
back seat
,
banquette
,
bar stool
,
barber chair
,
barrel chair
,
basket chair
,
batch
,
batwing chair
,
bed chair
,
bench
,
bicycle seat
,
boudoir chair
,
bow-back chair
,
bucket seat
,
bunch
,
camp chair
,
campaign chair
,
club chair
,
club lounge chair
,
clump
,
cluster
,
comb-back chair
,
contour chair
,
copse
,
cricket
,
cricket chair
,
crop
,
dining chair
,
draft chair
,
easy chair
,
elbowchair
,
fan-back chair
,
fauteuil
,
fender stool
,
folding chair
,
foldstool
,
form
,
garden chair
,
group
,
grouping
,
groupment
,
grove
,
growth
,
high chair
,
horse
,
knot
,
ladder-back chair
,
lot
,
mess
,
milking stool
,
ottoman
,
overstuffed chair
,
pew
,
plantation
,
planting
,
platform rocker
,
rocker
,
rocking chair
,
sedan chair
,
settle
,
shock
,
slew
,
stand
,
step stool
,
stook
,
stool
,
swing
,
taboret
,
thicket
,
throne
,
tuft
,
tussock
,
wisp
retrograde
collapse
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
going from better to worse
go back over; "retrograde arguments"
move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
atavistic
,
back
,
backslide
,
backward
,
cock
,
coming apart
,
cracking
,
crumbling
,
decadent
,
decline
,
declining
,
degenerate
,
descend
,
deteriorate
,
deteriorating
,
disimprove
,
disintegrate
,
disintegrating
,
draining
,
drooping
,
dwindling
,
ebbing
,
effete
,
fading
,
failing
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falling
,
flagging
,
fragmenting
,
get behind
,
get worse
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
going to pieces
,
grow worse
,
hind
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindmost
,
invert
,
jerk back
,
languishing
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
lose ground
,
marcescent
,
pining
,
posterior
,
postern
,
pull back
,
reactionary
,
rear
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
recede
,
recessive
,
recidivate
,
recidivist
,
recidivous
,
regress
,
regressive
,
relapse
,
retract
,
retral
,
retreat
,
retroactive
,
retrocede
,
retrocessive
,
retroflex
,
retrogress
,
retrogressive
,
retrorse
,
retroverse
,
retrovert
,
return
,
returnable
,
reverse
,
reversible
,
reversional
,
reversionary
,
revert
,
revertible
,
revulsionary
,
rot
,
shriveling
,
sicken
,
sink
,
sinking
,
slacken
,
sliding
,
slip back
,
slipping
,
slumping
,
subsiding
,
tabetic
,
tail
,
waning
,
wasting
,
wilting
,
withering
,
worsen
,
worsening
up country
collapse
related words >
back
,
back country
,
back of beyond
,
back-country
,
backcountry
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
backwood
,
backwoods
,
backwoodsy
,
boondock
,
boondocks
,
boorish
,
borderland
,
brush
,
bush
,
bush country
,
bushveld
,
churlish
,
cloddish
,
clodhopping
,
clownish
,
countrified
,
country-born
,
country-bred
,
farmerish
,
forests
,
from the sticks
,
frontier
,
hayseed
,
heartland
,
hick
,
hicky
,
hinterland
,
hobnailed
,
inland
,
inlands
,
inshore
,
interior
,
inurbane
,
loutish
,
lumpen
,
lumpish
,
mediterranean
,
midland
,
midlands
,
outback
,
outpost
,
rube
,
sticks
,
sylvan
,
the bush
,
timbers
,
uncouth
,
uncultivated
,
uncultured
,
uninhabited region
,
unpolished
,
unrefined
,
virgin
,
virgin land
,
virgin territory
,
waste
,
wasteland
,
wild
,
wild West
,
wilderness
,
wilds
,
woodland
,
woodlands
,
woods
,
yokel
,
yokelish
scale down
collapse
reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down"
related words >
abridge
,
compress
,
contract
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
downgrade
,
lessen
,
lower
,
minify
,
pare
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
take from
,
tune down
intermeddle
collapse
related words >
Paul-Pry
,
arrest
,
bottle up
,
busybody
,
butt in
,
check
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
delay
,
detain
,
encroach
,
entrench
,
fool
,
fool with
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
horn in
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
invade
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
kibitz
,
make
,
meddle
,
meddle with
,
mess with
,
monkey with
,
nose
,
oppose
,
pry
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
scotch
,
set back
,
slacken
,
snoop
,
snub
,
suppress
,
tamper with
,
trespass
retort
collapse
a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
answer back
related words >
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
aerosol
,
alembic
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
anvil
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
atomizer
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
backfire
,
bon mot
,
boomerang
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
caldron
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come in
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
counter
,
counterattack
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
countercharge
,
counterfire
,
counterinsurgency
,
countermeasure
,
counterrevolution
,
counterstep
,
counterstroke
,
crack
,
crucible
,
defense
,
echo
,
engine
,
epigram
,
evaporator
,
evasive reply
,
exchange
,
facetiae
,
flash back
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gag
,
get back at
,
gibe
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
give-and-take
,
happy thought
,
hit back at
,
interchange
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
lathe
,
machine
,
melting pot
,
mortar
,
mot
,
motor
,
nasty crack
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
react
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
rebut
,
rebuttal
,
receipt
,
reciprocate
,
reciprocation
,
recoil
,
recrimination
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
repartee
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
reprisal
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retaliate
,
retaliation
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
revenge
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
riposte
,
sally
,
say
,
say in reply
,
scintillation
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
spray
,
still
,
strike back
,
stroke of wit
,
talk back
,
test tube
,
transducer
,
transformer
,
turn of thought
,
vaporizer
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
ransom
collapse
the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
payment for the release of someone
money demanded for the return of a captured person
exchange or buy back for money; under threat
related words >
buy
,
deliver
,
deliverance
,
delivery
,
emancipate
,
extract
,
extricate
,
extrication
,
free
,
freeing
,
get back
,
liberate
,
liberation
,
lifesaving
,
payment
,
price
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
reclaiming
,
reclamation
,
recoup
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recuperate
,
recuperation
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
redemption
,
regain
,
regainment
,
release
,
renovate
,
reoccupation
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repossession
,
rescue
,
restoration
,
restore
,
resume
,
resumption
,
retake
,
retaking
,
retrieval
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revindication
,
revival
,
revive
,
salvage
,
salvation
,
save
,
saving
,
set free
,
take back
,
trover
,
win back
hang off
collapse
related words >
blench
,
boggle
,
demur
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
scruple
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
waver
,
wince
delayed
collapse
caused to be slower or later; "the delayed plane finally arrived"
not as far along as normal in development
related words >
arrested
,
back
,
backward
,
behind
,
behindhand
,
belated
,
blocked
,
checked
,
delayed-action
,
detained
,
held up
,
hung up
,
impeded
,
in a bind
,
in abeyance
,
jammed
,
late
,
latish
,
moratory
,
never on time
,
obstructed
,
overdue
,
retarded
,
set back
,
slow
,
slowed down
,
stopped
,
tardy
,
unpunctual
,
unready
,
untimely
renege
collapse
fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise"
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
annul
,
apostatize
,
back down
,
back out
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
beg off
,
cancel
,
climb down
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cry off
,
default
,
defect
,
degenerate
,
deny
,
depart from
,
desert
,
disannul
,
disavow
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
do away with
,
drop out
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
evacuate
,
forsake
,
forswear
,
go back on
,
invalidate
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
make void
,
maroon
,
nullify
,
override
,
overrule
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
recall
,
recant
,
renegade
,
renounce
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resile
,
retract
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
say goodbye to
,
set aside
,
stand down
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
take back
,
take leave of
,
throw over
,
turn against
,
turn traitor
,
unsay
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
welsh
,
withdraw
,
write off
recharge
collapse
charge anew; "recharge a battery"
load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully"
related words >
activate
,
bring back
,
bring to
,
call back
,
reactivate
,
reanimate
,
recall to life
,
recruit
,
refresh
,
regenerate
,
reheat the ashes
,
reinspire
,
rejuvenate
,
rekindle
,
relight
,
renew
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
revitalize
,
revive
,
revivify
,
rewarm
,
stir the embers
,
warm over
,
warm up
reversed
collapse
turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new"
related words >
arsy-varsy
,
ass over elbows
,
back
,
back-to-front
,
backward
,
backwards
,
capsized
,
chiastic
,
counter
,
everted
,
hyperbatic
,
inside out
,
introverted
,
invaginated
,
inversed
,
inverted
,
outside in
,
palindromic
,
reflex
,
resupinate
,
retroverted
,
topsy-turvy
,
transposed
,
turned around
,
upside-down
,
wrong side out
,
wrong-way
,
wrong-way around
probate
collapse
the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
attested copy
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bequeathal
,
bequest
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
codicil
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
devise
,
document
,
fortify
,
inheritance
,
legacy
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
testament
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
,
will
reactivate
collapse
activate (an old file) anew
related words >
activate
,
give back
,
mobilize
,
place in
,
put back
,
recharge
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reenact
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
rekindle
,
remilitarize
,
renew
,
renovate
,
replace
,
replenish
,
restore
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
retrieve
,
return
,
revest
,
revitalize
,
revivify
stand by
collapse
be available or ready for a certain function or service
be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"
related words >
abut
,
abut on
,
adjoin
,
advocate
,
around
,
aye
,
back
,
back up
,
be contiguous
,
be in contact
,
be prepared
,
be ready
,
border
,
border on
,
butt
,
champion
,
clasp
,
cling to
,
conjoin
,
connect
,
defend
,
flank
,
follow close upon
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
go with
,
guard
,
guard against
,
hang about
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
join
,
keep close to
,
lie by
,
march with
,
neighbor
,
protect
,
run interference for
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
second
,
secure
,
shield
,
side with
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand ready
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
tailgate
,
take sides with
,
verge upon
overdraft
collapse
a draft in excess of the credit balance
related words >
arrear
,
arrearage
,
arrears
,
back debts
,
back payments
,
bankruptcy
,
bouncing check
,
bust
,
collapse
,
crash
,
default
,
deferred payments
,
deficit
,
deficit financing
,
dollar gap
,
failure
,
insolvency
,
insufficient funds
,
kited check
,
overdrawn account
,
receivership
riposte
collapse
(fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted"
related words >
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
advocate
,
allege in support
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
argue for
,
argument
,
assert
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
champion
,
come back
,
come back at
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
contend for
,
counter
,
counterstatement
,
crack
,
defend
,
defense
,
demurrer
,
denial
,
echo
,
epigram
,
espouse
,
evasive reply
,
exception
,
facetiae
,
flash back
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
give acknowledgment
,
give answer
,
happy thought
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
objection
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
plea
,
plead for
,
pleading
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
react
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
rebut
,
rebuttal
,
receipt
,
reecho
,
refutation
,
refute
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
repartee
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
sally
,
say
,
say in defense
,
say in reply
,
scintillation
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snap back
,
snappy comeback
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
special demurrer
,
special pleading
,
stand up for
,
statement of defense
,
stick up for
,
stroke of wit
,
support
,
sustain
,
take the bait
,
talk back
,
turn of thought
,
uphold
,
urge reasons for
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
ease up
collapse
reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"
become less intense
related words >
abate
,
arrest
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
bate
,
brake
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
curb
,
decelerate
,
delay
,
detain
,
draw rein
,
ease
,
ease off
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
keep back
,
let down
,
let up
,
let up on
,
loose
,
loosen
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
obstruct
,
reef
,
rein in
,
relax
,
remit
,
retard
,
set back
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
stay
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
unbend
,
unbrace
,
unlax
,
unstrain
,
unstring
,
unwind
spurn
collapse
related words >
abjure
,
ban
,
banish
,
beat back
,
blackball
,
brush aside
,
brush off
,
cast out
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
chuck
,
chuck out
,
cold-shoulder
,
contemn
,
contradict
,
cut
,
cut direct
,
decline
,
deny
,
deport
,
despise
,
disapprove
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
discount
,
disdain
,
disfellowship
,
dismiss
,
disown
,
disregard
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
except
,
exclude
,
excommunicate
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expel
,
extradite
,
fend off
,
flout
,
forswear
,
fugitate
,
fuss
,
hold off
,
humiliation
,
ignore
,
keep off
,
look down upon
,
ostracize
,
outlaw
,
pack off
,
pass by
,
pass up
,
pick and choose
,
proscribe
,
push aside
,
push back
,
put back
,
rebuff
,
recant
,
refuse
,
refuse to consider
,
refuse to receive
,
reject
,
relegate
,
renounce
,
repel
,
reprobate
,
repudiate
,
repulse
,
rusticate
,
scoff
,
scorn
,
scorn to receive
,
scout
,
send away
,
send down
,
send off
,
send packing
,
send to Coventry
,
shove away
,
slight
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
sneeze at
,
sniff
,
snort
,
snub
,
spit upon
,
spurning
,
steer clear of
,
the cold shoulder
,
the go-by
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
thrust back
,
thrust out
,
transport
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
turn down
,
turn out
,
waive
,
ward off
take sides
collapse
related words >
act with
,
align with
,
argue
,
argufy
,
back
,
back up
,
bandy words
,
bicker
,
cavil
,
champion
,
choplogic
,
contend
,
contest
,
cross swords
,
cut and thrust
,
discept
,
dispute
,
flock to
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
get together with
,
give and take
,
go along with
,
go in with
,
hassle
,
have it out
,
join
,
join hands with
,
join issue
,
join up with
,
join with
,
line up with
,
lock horns
,
logomachize
,
moot
,
pettifog
,
plead
,
polemicize
,
polemize
,
quibble
,
rally round
,
range with
,
run interference for
,
second
,
side with
,
spar
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand by
,
stand in with
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
strike in with
,
string along with
,
swing in with
,
take part with
,
take sides with
,
team up with
,
thrash out
,
throw in with
,
try conclusions
,
unite with
,
wrangle
detour
collapse
a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
travel via a detour
related words >
aberrancy
,
aberration
,
ambages
,
back door
,
back road
,
back stairs
,
back street
,
back way
,
bear off
,
bend
,
bias
,
branch off
,
branching off
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
change the bearing
,
circuit
,
circuitousness
,
circumbendibus
,
circumnavigate
,
circumvent
,
corner
,
crook
,
curve
,
declination
,
depart from
,
departure
,
deviance
,
deviancy
,
deviate
,
deviation
,
deviousness
,
digress
,
digression
,
discursion
,
divagate
,
divagation
,
divaricate
,
divarication
,
diverge
,
divergence
,
diversion
,
divert
,
dogleg
,
double
,
drift
,
drifting
,
errantry
,
excursion
,
excursus
,
exorbitation
,
go around
,
go round about
,
hairpin
,
heel
,
indirection
,
make a detour
,
obliquity
,
pererration
,
rambling
,
roundabout
,
roundabout way
,
runaround
,
sheer
,
shift
,
shifting
,
shifting course
,
shifting path
,
side door
,
side road
,
side street
,
skew
,
slant
,
straying
,
sweep
,
swerve
,
swerving
,
swinging
,
tack
,
trend
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn away from
,
turning
,
twist
,
variation
,
vary
,
veer
,
wandering
,
warp
,
yaw
,
zigzag
flip flop
collapse
related words >
about-face
,
accommodation
,
adaptation
,
adjustment
,
afterthoughts
,
alchemy
,
alteration
,
amelioration
,
apostasy
,
assimilation
,
assumption
,
backing
,
backsliding
,
becoming
,
better thoughts
,
betterment
,
break
,
break back
,
change
,
change back
,
change of heart
,
change of mind
,
change-over
,
changeableness
,
constructive change
,
continuity
,
conversion
,
cry back
,
defection
,
degeneration
,
degenerative change
,
deterioration
,
deviation
,
difference
,
discontinuity
,
disenchantment
,
divergence
,
diversification
,
diversion
,
diversity
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
fitting
,
flip
,
go back
,
gradual change
,
growth
,
hark back
,
improvement
,
lapse
,
mature judgment
,
melioration
,
mitigation
,
modification
,
modulation
,
naturalization
,
overthrow
,
passage
,
progress
,
qualification
,
radical change
,
re-creation
,
re-formation
,
realignment
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reclamation
,
reconversion
,
redesign
,
reduction
,
reform
,
reformation
,
regress
,
regression
,
rehabilitation
,
reinstatement
,
relapse
,
remaking
,
renewal
,
reshaping
,
resolution
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
restructuring
,
retrocession
,
retrogradation
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
return
,
returning
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
reversion
,
reverting
,
revival
,
revivification
,
revolution
,
revulsion
,
right-about
,
right-about-face
,
second thoughts
,
shift
,
slipping back
,
sudden change
,
switch
,
switch-over
,
tergiversating
,
tergiversation
,
total change
,
transformation
,
transit
,
transition
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn back
,
turnabout
,
turnaround
,
turning into
,
upheaval
,
variation
,
variety
,
violent change
,
volte-face
,
worsening
backfire
collapse
a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
related words >
backlash
,
backlashing
,
balefire
,
bang
,
beacon
,
beacon fire
,
blast
,
blaze
,
blow out
,
blow up
,
blowout
,
blowup
,
bonfire
,
boom
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bounce back
,
bound
,
bound back
,
burning ghat
,
burst
,
bust
,
campfire
,
cannon
,
cannon off
,
carom
,
cheerful fire
,
combustion
,
come to grief
,
comeback
,
conflagration
,
contrecoup
,
corposant
,
counterattack
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
counterfire
,
counterinsurgency
,
countermeasure
,
counterrevolution
,
counterstep
,
counterstroke
,
cozy fire
,
crackling fire
,
crematory
,
death fire
,
defense
,
detonate
,
detonation
,
discharge
,
explode
,
explosion
,
fall through
,
fen fire
,
fire
,
fizzle
,
flame
,
flare
,
flash
,
flashing point
,
flicker
,
flickering flame
,
fly back
,
forest fire
,
fox fire
,
fulguration
,
fulminate
,
fulmination
,
funeral pyre
,
go off
,
have repercussions
,
ignis fatuus
,
ignition
,
ingle
,
kick
,
kick back
,
kickback
,
lambent flame
,
lash back
,
lay an egg
,
let off
,
marshfire
,
miscarry
,
miss
,
open fire
,
prairie fire
,
pyre
,
raging fire
,
rebound
,
rebuff
,
recalcitrate
,
recalcitration
,
recoil
,
repercuss
,
repercussion
,
report
,
repulse
,
resile
,
resilience
,
retort
,
ricochet
,
sea of flames
,
set off
,
sheet of fire
,
shoot
,
signal beacon
,
smudge fire
,
snap back
,
spring
,
spring back
,
three-alarm fire
,
touch off
,
two-alarm fire
,
watch fire
,
wildfire
,
witch fire
repay
collapse
related words >
accord
,
atone
,
award
,
balance
,
be gainful
,
be profitable
,
be worthwhile
,
compensate
,
cover
,
do penance
,
expiate
,
fill up
,
get satisfaction
,
give and take
,
give back
,
give satisfaction
,
indemnify
,
kick back
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make requital
,
make restitution
,
make retribution
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
offset
,
pay
,
pay back
,
pay damages
,
pay in kind
,
pay off
,
quit
,
reciprocate
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
rectify
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
remunerate
,
requite
,
restore
,
retaliate
,
return
,
return the compliment
,
reward
,
set right
,
square
,
square with
,
yield a profit
blink
collapse
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"
related words >
albedo
,
avoid
,
bat
,
bat the eyes
,
blench
,
blink at
,
blinking
,
broken
,
carefully ignore
,
cast
,
cold-shoulder
,
coruscate
,
coruscation
,
cringe
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
disregard
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
firefly
,
flash
,
flicker
,
flinch
,
fudge
,
funk
,
glance
,
gleam
,
glimmer
,
glimmering
,
glimpse
,
glisk
,
glisten
,
glister
,
glitter
,
glittering
,
glowworm
,
half an eye
,
hang back
,
ice sky
,
iceblink
,
ignore
,
in disrepair
,
incident light
,
jib
,
move
,
nictitate
,
on the blink
,
on the fritz
,
out of order
,
out of whack
,
overlook
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
peek
,
peep
,
pull back
,
quail
,
quick sight
,
rapid glance
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
reflectance
,
reflection
,
retreat
,
scamp
,
scintilla
,
scintillate
,
scintillation
,
sheer off
,
shimmer
,
shimmering
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skim the surface
,
skimp
,
skip over
,
slant
,
slight
,
slubber over
,
slur
,
slur over
,
snowblink
,
spangle
,
spark
,
sparkle
,
squiz
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stroboscopic light
,
swerve
,
tinsel
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
turn aside
,
twinkle
,
twinkling
,
water sky
,
waterblink
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
wink
,
wink at
back and forth
collapse
moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"; "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"; "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all day"
related words >
alternate
,
alternately
,
back-and-forth
,
backward and forward
,
backwards and forwards
,
capriciously
,
changeably
,
desultorily
,
erratically
,
hitch and hike
,
in and out
,
inconstantly
,
mutatis mutandis
,
off and on
,
on and off
,
reciprocal
,
reciprocally
,
reciprocative
,
ride and tie
,
round and round
,
seesaw
,
shuttlewise
,
sine wave
,
to and fro
,
to-and-fro
,
uncertainly
,
unsteadfastly
,
unsteadily
,
up and down
,
up-and-down
,
variably
,
vice versa
,
waveringly
pay back
collapse
take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
related words >
alternate
,
atone
,
bandy
,
be quits with
,
change
,
commute
,
compensate
,
cooperate
,
counterchange
,
cover
,
do penance
,
exchange
,
expiate
,
fill up
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
get satisfaction
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
indemnify
,
interchange
,
kick back
,
logroll
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make requital
,
make restitution
,
make retribution
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay
,
pay damages
,
pay in kind
,
pay off
,
permute
,
quit
,
reciprocate
,
recompense
,
recoup
,
rectify
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
repay
,
requite
,
respond
,
retaliate
,
return
,
return the compliment
,
reward
,
set right
,
square
,
swap
,
switch
,
trade
,
transpose
recur
collapse
happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story"
return in thought or speech to something
related words >
alternate
,
be here again
,
circle
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come up again
,
continue
,
cycle
,
echo
,
go back
,
intermit
,
keep coming
,
occur often
,
oscillate
,
pulsate
,
pulse
,
react
,
reappear
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
resound
,
resume
,
return
,
return to mind
,
reverberate
,
revert
,
revolve
,
roll around
,
rotate
,
turn
,
undulate
,
vibrate
,
wheel
,
wheel around
reinstate
collapse
restore to the previous state or rank
related words >
account for
,
clear
,
cry sour grapes
,
destigmatize
,
do justice to
,
exculpate
,
explain
,
give back
,
justify
,
place in
,
purge
,
put back
,
rationalize
,
reactivate
,
recall
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reenact
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
renew
,
replace
,
replenish
,
restore
,
return
,
revest
,
revive
,
vindicate
,
warrant
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