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To rescue, especially financially.
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Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
Modified by acronimous on May 09, 2021
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- bring forth
- dawn on
- make out
- mock up
- play up
- put back
- run off
- sneak up on
- stand by
- stand in for
- start up
- start up
- take down
- walk into
- arm to the teeth
- as if
- bad for you
- buy time
- catch-as-catch-can
- child's play
- cream of the crop
- cutting edge
- face to face
- for goodness' sake
- gear up
- get somebody's goat
- give somebody pause
- have other fish to fry
- hit a snag
- hit someone for six
- home stretch
- in layman's terms
- in light of
- keep a lid on
- kick ass
- much of a muchness
- nervous as a cat
- no biggie
- no slouch
- off the mark
- on steroids
- on top of the world
- out of this world
- own up
- point the finger at
- pull one's head in
- see someone through
- sell ice to eskimos
- set one's cap at
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- smack of
- smash hit
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- stepping stone
- suck it up
- take it easy
- take the lead
- talk a blue streak
- there ya go
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