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To stay, linger or loiter.
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If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
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- run through
- stand for
- stick up for
- take down
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- back-to-back
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- in layman's terms
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- in order
- it takes two to tango
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- object lesson
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