telescope into

telescope into something

[for one cylindrical part of something] to fit down inside another part, thereby reducing the length of the whole. This part telescopes into this part. The tent poles telescoped into a small, compact unit.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bernard	bər-NAHRD (English), BUR-nərd (English), ber-NAHR (French), BER-nahrt (Polish, Croatian)	English, French, Dutch, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Ancient Germanic
Arslan	-	Turkish, Turkmen
Knute	-	Norwegian
LeoŠ	LE-osh	Czech
Modesto	mo-DHE-sto (Spanish, Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Terry (2)	TER-ee	English