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To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
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The sandpaper strips off the old green paint, but it gunks up quickly.
Submitted on March 17, 2011
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- answer on a postcard
- back to square one
- be my guest
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- daily grind
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- give somebody what-for
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- in black and white
- in black and white
- in line
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- in the works
- keep a close watch on
- labor of love
- lion
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