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To wait or delay.
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Hold up a minute. I want to check something.
Submitted on March 09, 2012
More phrases:
- keep up
- move on
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- by and large
- day in, day out
- deliver the goods
- drop a dime
- fit as a fiddle
- get the ball rolling
- good luck with that
- grace period
- ham it up
- hammer home
- have other fish to fry
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- in the dark
- it takes two to tango
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- lip service
- lump in one's throat
- middle ground
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- much of a muchness
- night owl
- no frills
- odd and curious
- odds and ends
- off the mark
- out of character
- own up
- pound sand
- rainy day
- red face test
- round of applause
- seat-of-the-pants
- see eye to eye
- shot in the arm
- so much as
- stand a chance
- streak of good luck
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- under the impression
- window dressing
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- went to the winds
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