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To stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly.
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I was driving and the motor just kicked out.
Submitted on April 05, 2011
More phrases:
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- pass out
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- watch over
- carry a torch for
- chew the fat
- crown jewels
- fly off the handle
- get it
- give somebody pause
- go out on a limb
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- have truck with
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- middle of the road
- off the mark
- oh dark thirty
- old school
- on board
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- on the spot
- out to lunch
- over and over
- pay for it
- pound the pavement
- pull one's head in
- pull one's weight
- rain cheque
- red face test
- rock bottom
- rock the boat
- roll out the red carpet
- scare the pants off of
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- shape up
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