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To rescue, especially financially.
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Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
Modified by acronimous on May 09, 2021
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- polish off
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- stand for
- wade in
- zero in on
- zip up
- a cut above
- above the law
- at all hours
- bad for you
- brass ring
- eat one's hat
- follow through
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- from time to time
- get busy
- get by the balls
- go bananas
- go blue
- go without saying
- gray area
- ham it up
- have a flat
- hit someone for six
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- keep quiet
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- middle of the road
- mind one's own business
- morning, noon and night
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