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To depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence.
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The game is going to come down to the last five seconds.
Submitted on January 04, 2011
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- hand in
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- watch over
- a little bird told me
- at all hours
- beat a dead horse
- bent on
- big cheese
- cake crumbs
- cut and dried
- down-to-earth
- dyed-in-the-wool
- easy does it
- fish or cut bait
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- get the ball rolling
- go red
- go without saying
- golden opportunity
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- hem and haw
- hustle and bustle
- in its infancy
- in order
- in the works
- it takes two to tango
- keep a lid on
- keep an eye peeled
- keep one on one's toes
- keep somebody posted
- lower the boom
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- middle of the road
- no slouch
- object lesson
- off the mark
- out of the question
- outside the box
- over one's head
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- red face test
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