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To rescue, especially financially.
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Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
Modified by acronimous on May 09, 2021
More phrases:
- keep away from
- knock down
- look back
- make out
- parcel out
- pull up
- put down
- run after
- step up
- take to
- all duck or no dinner
- apply oneself
- be all ears
- bent on
- come hell or high water
- dead duck
- deliver the goods
- drop a dime
- fight tooth and nail
- for goodness' sake
- good luck with that
- half-baked
- have a blast
- have second thoughts
- hit someone for six
- in light of
- lie through one's teeth
- low-hanging fruit
- make fun of
- nail biter
- no biggie
- object lesson
- odd and curious
- of late
- off and on
- on the horn
- on the nose
- out of this world
- pass on
- pay for it
- penny pincher
- piece of cake
- play one's cards right
- put one over
- put together
- rain cheque
- raise a stink
- red letter day
- rough around the edges
- salad years
- save face
- seat-of-the-pants
- second banana
- see the light
- small fry
- smart off
- sure of oneself
- take it easy
- take the lead
- talk a blue streak
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