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To assemble, or mix.
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I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a two hours to cook.
Submitted on March 19, 2012
More phrases:
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- ward off
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- ace in the hole
- ass over teakettle
- baggage
- be all ears
- beside oneself
- bread and butter
- by hand
- crown jewels
- easy as pie
- get busy
- green light
- hack it
- honest-to-goodness
- in light of
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- keep somebody posted
- lucky break
- morning, noon and night
- nail biter
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- no frills
- off the mark
- on the spot
- one thousand
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- out of gas
- out of one's depth
- out of order
- pardon my french
- piss up a rope
- point the finger at
- price is right
- pull one's weight
- rough trot
- run out of steam
- see someone through
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