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to be equivalent to; to reduce to.
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It all boils down to one thing: self-discipline!
Submitted on August 23, 2012
Modified by acronimous on April 24, 2023
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- make up
- nail down
- put in
- put up
- sound off
- stand by
- above board
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- back-to-back
- blow off steam
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- by hook or by crook
- catch a tan
- daily grind
- drop a dime
- elbow room
- fair game
- fight tooth and nail
- flower
- for goodness' sake
- for goodness' sake
- get a jump on
- gloss over
- go red
- go up in smoke
- green light
- haul his ashes
- have other fish to fry
- head-in-the-sand
- heart of gold
- hold somebody's hand
- how's tricks
- in evidence
- in its infancy
- in light of
- in one hell of a hurry
- keep one on one's toes
- kick ass
- make headway
- middle of nowhere
- mind one's own business
- morning, noon and night
- nuts and bolts
- of late
- off and on
- off the mark
- oh dark thirty
- on a full stomach
- on hold
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