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whippersnapper collapse: someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

crumble collapse: break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"; fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

go out collapse: become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark"; leave the house to go somewhere; "We never went out when our children were small"; take the field; "The soldiers went out on missions"; go out of fashion; become unfashionable

weaken collapse: become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"; lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

pall collapse: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped; lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"; become less interesting or attractive; cause to become flat; "pall the beer"; cover with a pall

pass away collapse: go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away"

bide collapse: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

ready-made collapse: a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase; "their apartment was furnished with ready-mades"; made for purchase and immediate use; commercially produced; not homemade; "ready-made clothes"

wear collapse: the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear"; impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear"; have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way"; have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"; put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"; be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day"; deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth"; last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"; have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile"

harass collapse: exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"; annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

oppress collapse: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

decay collapse: the organic phenomenon of rotting; a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current; the process of gradually becoming inferior; the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation; an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"; fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"; undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"

raised collapse: above the surround or above the normal position; "a raised design"; "raised eyebrows"

bate collapse: soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"; flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons; moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"

remain collapse: be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"

indecency collapse: an indecent or improper act; the quality of being indecent

haunt collapse: a frequently visited place; haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"; follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

fatigues collapse: military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor

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