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hurl collapse: a violent throw; utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone"; throw forcefully

errand collapse: a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

boggle collapse: startle with amazement or fear; hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear

uneager collapse: lacking interest or spirit or animation; "decrepit, colorless uneager things"

hold off collapse: resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"

avoid collapse: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"; refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"

employed collapse: having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed"; put to use

startle collapse: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"; to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"; move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

leisured collapse: free from duties or responsibilities; "he writes in his leisure hours"; "life as it ought to be for the leisure classes"- J.J.Chapman; "even the artist and the sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men"- Ida Craven

recoil collapse: a movement back from an impact; the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

stakeout collapse: surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime)

shrink collapse: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"; become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"; reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

bear down collapse: exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"; pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"; exert full strength; "The pitcher bore down"; contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

unemployable collapse: not acceptable for employment as a worker; "his illiteracy made him unemployable"

treadmill collapse: a job involving drudgery and confinement; a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps; an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place

stampede collapse: a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"; a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle); run away in a stampede; cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"; act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"; cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"

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