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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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- as good as one's word
- at all hours
- call it a day
- can of worms
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- lie through one's teeth
- lower the boom
- lump in one's throat
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- no holds barred
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