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To progress; to make progress.
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The renovation is coming along nicely, and should be ready within a month.
Submitted on February 13, 2012
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- turn off
- belly up
- burn the midnight oil
- cheek by jowl
- do-or-die
- eat one's hat
- give over
- give somebody an earful
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- golden opportunity
- green light
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- kick ass
- make believe
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- out of proportion
- out of the blue
- party pooper
- pass on
- pretty pictures
- pump iron
- quarter past
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- same old story
- send up
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- state of affairs
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