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telescope

2 verb
     
telescope2
1 [transitive] to make a process or set of events happen in a shorter time
be telescoped into something
The whole legal process was telescoped into a few weeks.
2 [intransitive] if something telescopes, the parts of it press together or slide over each other, and it becomes smaller:
The front of the car telescoped when it hit the wall.
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