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To accumulate, to pile up.
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Every since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up.
Submitted on March 06, 2011
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- do without
- go out
- put aside
- put down
- ramp up
- rip off
- round up
- run around after
- run away with
- run by
- sneak off
- swear by
- take in
- take in
- take in
- team up
- throw out
- tie up
- walk into
- zip up
- at will
- bright line
- buy time
- cloud nine
- come hell or high water
- cooking with gas
- daily grind
- down the drain
- every which way
- flesh out
- go out of one's way
- gold mine
- goose is cooked
- hack it
- half a mind
- have truck with
- heart of gold
- in the hot seat
- keep quiet
- keep your hair on
- kick ass
- make believe
- make out like a bandit
- middle of nowhere
- nuts and bolts
- on board
- on hold
- on the nose
- on thin ice
- out of the blue
- pardon my french
- price is right
- price on one's head
- pull one's head in
- put one over
- put together
- quarter past
- quick-and-dirty
- save face
- scare the pants off of
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