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To abandon or maroon.
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The mutineers cast away the ship's officers in the longboat.
Submitted on March 14, 2010
More phrases:
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- fall in
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- pile up
- put across
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- put up
- sneak up on
- sober up
- take a stand
- tone down
- zip up
- zoom down
- ace in the hole
- all hell broke loose
- all things being equal
- all very well
- behind closed doors
- beside oneself
- black babies
- by leaps and bounds
- catch flies
- chow down
- deep water
- deliver the goods
- down to the wire
- dry run
- eat one's hat
- fat chance
- for the time being
- from cover to cover
- go out on a limb
- grace period
- grain of salt
- haul his ashes
- have a word with
- home stretch
- how's tricks
- in one's cups
- in touch
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- kindred spirit
- labor of love
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