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To engage in playful fun.
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I think he was just kidding around when he said that, so don't take it personally.
Submitted on July 24, 2010
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- bells and whistles
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- dyed-in-the-wool
- early bath
- every man jack
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- fresh legs
- from cover to cover
- full speed ahead
- get one's act together
- gloss over
- go on the rampage
- go out of one's way
- go red
- hand in hand
- hang out one's shingle
- head-in-the-sand
- heebie-jeebies
- in black and white
- it takes two to tango
- jolly someone along
- kiss of death
- make out like a bandit
- night owl
- old stick
- on board
- on the nose
- one fell swoop
- out of the question
- own up
- right on
- rough around the edges
- rule of thumb
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- second banana
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