cross oneself
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～ make the sign of the cross; in the Catholic religion
click open
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～ open with a clicking sound; "These keys have clicked open many doors"
co-opt
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～ choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague; "The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation"
co-opt
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～ take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"
co-opt
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～ neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group; "We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance"
co-opt
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～ appoint summarily or commandeer; "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups"
contract out
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～ refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use
contract out
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～ assign a job to someone outside one's own business
conk out
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～ use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
conk out
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～ stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
cut out
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～ form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper"
cut out
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～ strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out; "scratch out my name on that list"
cry out for
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～ need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer"
cut out
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～ cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
crush out
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～ extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
cut out
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～ cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"
cull out
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～ select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"
cut out
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～ delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article"
cry out
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～ utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"