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To accumulate, to pile up.
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Every since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up.
Submitted on March 06, 2011
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- steer clear
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- take on
- belly up
- a cut above
- back-to-back
- brown thumb
- come hell or high water
- down-to-earth
- elbow room
- every which way
- fat of the land
- fear
- get a handle on
- go bananas
- good luck with that
- have a flat
- hit the spot
- how's tricks
- in black and white
- in the hot seat
- it takes two to tango
- keep quiet
- let her rip
- light up
- lion's share
- nine lives
- number one
- off the mark
- on its merits
- on the horn
- on the nose
- one-off
- out of line
- outside the box
- pachyderm
- piss up a rope
- pound the pavement
- push the envelope
- raise the bar
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