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To become less virulent.
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We'll be able to sail safely across the bay once the storm dies down.
Submitted on August 28, 2012
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- tear away
- wear down
- a cut above
- as far as one knows
- birds and bees
- blow off steam
- by heart
- child's play
- even money
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- hack it
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- hand in hand
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- honest-to-goodness
- in a nutshell
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- lucky break
- make a decision
- odd and curious
- out of one's depth
- out of order
- outside the box
- over and over
- pound the pavement
- price on one's head
- pull one's weight
- rainy day
- ride roughshod over
- run into the ground
- run out of steam
- see red
- set one's cap at
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- soft sawder
- spill one's guts
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