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To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.
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Her son balls up in fear whenever there is a storm.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
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- big cheese
- blaze a trail
- breath of fresh air
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- number one
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- off and on
- on board
- one-off
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- out of the question
- out of this world
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