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To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
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The sandpaper strips off the old green paint, but it gunks up quickly.
Submitted on March 17, 2011
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- make up
- put by
- step up
- stretch out
- tee off
- zero in on
- at the wheel
- beauty sleep
- carry on
- carry one's weight
- cat and mouse game
- class clown
- cloud nine
- cutting edge
- early bath
- fit as a fiddle
- get a handle on
- give somebody what-for
- go without saying
- hang a ralph
- have other fish to fry
- hit someone for six
- hold your fire
- honest-to-goodness
- if needs be
- in order
- keep a lid on
- keep one on one's toes
- light a fire under
- lion
- look like
- make fun of
- mind one's own business
- night owl
- number one
- nuts and bolts
- of late
- off the bat
- oh dark thirty
- on one's toes
- one fell swoop
- price on one's head
- put together
- quarter past
- rule with an iron fist
- run into the ground
- shot in the arm
- shotgun
- shut down
- so much as
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- take a gamble
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- there ya go
- time after time
- turn over a new leaf
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