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To accumulate, to pile up.
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Every since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up.
Submitted on March 06, 2011
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- speak for
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- zip up
- all walks of life
- as far as one knows
- at all hours
- by hook or by crook
- catch flies
- catch-as-catch-can
- cheek by jowl
- cooking with gas
- eat one's hat
- from time to time
- gear up
- go red
- hammer home
- hand in hand
- if only
- in the dark
- in the works
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- keep a close watch on
- no holds barred
- on one's toes
- on the spot
- out of gas
- out of house and home
- out of one's depth
- over and over
- pachyderm
- rock the boat
- run hot and cold
- rush hour
- see the light
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- stars in one's eyes
- stem the tide
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