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To wait or delay.
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Hold up a minute. I want to check something.
Submitted on March 09, 2012
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- run after
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- take away from
- turn back
- zero in on
- blessing in disguise
- by heart
- carry one's weight
- cloud nine
- cross someone's path
- cutting edge
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- deafening silence
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- family jewels
- fat of the land
- field day
- for goodness' sake
- get somebody's goat
- go on the rampage
- go out on a limb
- go up in smoke
- hand in hand
- hang a ralph
- haul ass
- have a green thumb
- have second thoughts
- in evidence
- in the hot seat
- jump the gun
- lion
- number one
- off the bat
- on steroids
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- one thousand
- out of line
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- out of order
- out of proportion
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- raise a stink
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