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telescope

/ˈtɛl.əˌskoʊp/ verbo C2
  1. To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
  2. To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.
  3. To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another. (intransitive)
  4. To collapse, via cancellation.

He/she/it telescopes · Pasado telescoped · Participio pasado telescoped · Forma en -ing telescoping

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Now the Wicked Witch of the West had but one eye, yet that was as powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 78 · B2
The last words were shrieked as he was being swung through the air, but Rann nodded and rose up till he looked no bigger than a speck of dust, and there he hung, watching with his telescope eyes the swaying of the treetops as Mowgli’s escort whirled along.
The Jungle Book, p. 39 · B2
Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 5 · B2
“What a curious feeling!” said Alice; “I must be shutting up like a telescope.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 7 · B2

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