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To attribute, credit, or blame.
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Chalk it up to inexperience, I guess, but he made a very poor decision.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- chip off the old block
- fly off the handle
- from time to time
- gear up
- give somebody an earful
- gloss over
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- grain of salt
- green light
- hand in hand
- in one hell of a hurry
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- keep somebody posted
- low-hanging fruit
- middle of the road
- nuts and bolts
- odds and ends
- off the bat
- on board
- one of those days
- out of this world
- out to lunch
- pencil-neck
- piece of cake
- piffy on a rock bun
- pound the pavement
- put together
- quick-and-dirty
- raise a stink
- rock bottom
- rough trot
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