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To vanish or cease, especially due to lack of care, attention, etc.; to be discarded, disregarded, or ignored.
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As the deadline approached, all attempts to keep order went out the window.
Submitted on August 29, 2012
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- phase out
- put down
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- square away
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- strike through
- take over
- tie up
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- check is in the mail
- dead as a doorknob
- down to the wire
- dry run
- fit as a fiddle
- from cover to cover
- give birth
- give somebody an earful
- go blue
- hit someone for six
- if only
- in black and white
- jolly someone along
- keep an eye on
- keep one on one's toes
- keep quiet
- kindred soul
- king
- lie through one's teeth
- middle of the road
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- muckety muck
- number one
- off the mark
- oh dark thirty
- on edge
- on the pill
- out of line
- out of order
- out of this world
- play the race card
- pound sand
- rainy day
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- rough trot
- round of applause
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