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To come to a higher position.
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I came up' the ladder carefully, holding the bucket in my right hand.
Submitted on August 28, 2012
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- black babies
- carry a torch for
- cream of the crop
- diamond in the rough
- elbow room
- field day
- fine line
- flesh out
- fresh legs
- gear up
- get into trouble
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- give it one's best shot
- go for it
- go without saying
- gold mine
- have a word with
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- heebie-jeebies
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- kindred soul
- let her rip
- lie through one's teeth
- lower the boom
- magic bullet
- mind one's own business
- nail biter
- no holds barred
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- off and on
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