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to be equivalent to; to reduce to.
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It all boils down to one thing: self-discipline!
Submitted on August 23, 2012
Modified by acronimous on April 24, 2023
More phrases:
- come round
- come up
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- keep away from
- knock over
- parcel out
- run down
- run through
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- speak up
- square up
- take a crack at
- at peace
- been there, done that
- cheek by jowl
- cut and dried
- dead as a doorknob
- fat chance
- for goodness' sake
- from a to z
- give a ring
- half a mind
- have a word with
- have other fish to fry
- in layman's terms
- in light of
- in order
- keep one on one's toes
- king
- light up
- magic bullet
- make believe
- make out like a bandit
- of late
- off the mark
- off-color
- one thousand
- out of the blue
- party pooper
- pound sand
- pull one's weight
- put together
- rough around the edges
- same old story
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- see red
- seize the day
- set one's cap at
- so there
- spin one's wheels
- square meal
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