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To abandon or maroon.
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The mutineers cast away the ship's officers in the longboat.
Submitted on March 14, 2010
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- fall in with
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- look after
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- run through
- throw up
- around the clock
- as long as
- as well
- at once
- back to square one
- catch-as-catch-can
- center field
- creature comfort
- crown jewels
- curveball
- cut of one's jib
- easy does it
- elbow room
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- for the hell of it
- from a to z
- ground rules
- hat in hand
- head-in-the-sand
- horse's ass
- in one's cups
- jump the gun
- make an honest woman
- nine lives
- object lesson
- one fell swoop
- out of gas
- out of line
- out of order
- outside the box
- party pooper
- pencil-neck
- put down roots
- quarter past
- quick-and-dirty
- right on
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- run hot and cold
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