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to collapse
  1. 1 to collapse, to crumble
  2. 2 to get out of shape, to lose one's shape, to become disorganized, to become untidy
  3. 3 to break down, to be thrown into disarray
  4. 4 to crash (stock market), to slump, to decline
  5. 5 to break money into small change
  6. 6 to turn bad (e.g. weather), to change for the worse, to deteriorate
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • Can you break a 1000 yen bill?

    sense 5 · to break money into small change

  • The wall gave way in the earthquake.

    sense 1 · to collapse

  • I do not believe the weather will change for the worse next week.

    sense 6 · to turn bad (e.g. weather)

  • At the bus stop, people waited in orderly lines, but as soon as the bus pulled up, the line broke up.

    sense 2 · to get out of shape

  • Their defense came apart.

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