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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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- bring up
- hold off
- key off
- piss off
- run by
- run into
- square away
- start up
- strike up
- take aback
- take away from
- take over
- touch down
- vote in
- zero in
- all very well
- as all get-out
- at a loss for words
- at the ready
- baggage
- beat around the bush
- bend somebody's ear
- birds and bees
- brown thumb
- carry a torch for
- cheek by jowl
- cooking with gas
- dark horse
- dead on
- diamond in the rough
- elbow room
- gear up
- get busy
- go out of one's way
- grain of salt
- hard of hearing
- haul his ashes
- hem and haw
- in one's cups
- in the works
- in touch
- jolly someone along
- keep a lid on
- keep quiet
- keep somebody posted
- let her rip
- lie through one's teeth
- look like
- make headway
- middle ground
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- off-color
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- on its merits
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- on the spot
- out of order
- out of the question
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