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To make a burst of hard work.
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I've got to dig in for a couple of weeks to secure my promotion.
Submitted on March 30, 2011
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- tide over
- vote in
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- at once
- bend somebody's ear
- brown thumb
- by hook or by crook
- cut and dried
- easy as pie
- elbow room
- eye candy
- fight tooth and nail
- free-for-all
- front runner
- give over
- have a look-see
- home stretch
- if only
- in line
- in order
- light a fire under
- make believe
- on edge
- on the nose
- one at a time
- one fell swoop
- one thousand
- out of proportion
- outside the box
- play it by ear
- play old harry
- pound the pavement
- put down roots
- rock the boat
- rough trot
- run hot and cold
- small fry
- so there
- square meal
- sure of oneself
- swing the lead
- take a breather
- take a bullet
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- talk a blue streak
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- toot one's own horn
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