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To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.
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Her son balls up in fear whenever there is a storm.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
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- fail over
- fall through
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- rip off
- run along
- sneak up
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- take over
- apple of somebody's eye
- as if
- at full tilt
- burn the midnight oil
- call it quits
- catch flies
- drop a dime
- fat chance
- follow through
- for goodness' sake
- forty winks
- fresh legs
- fresh start
- full speed ahead
- haul ass
- heart to heart
- heebie-jeebies
- in light of
- in one hell of a hurry
- in the works
- keep quiet
- nuts and bolts
- off-color
- on board
- on edge
- on steroids
- one another
- over and over
- pass on
- penny pincher
- pound the pavement
- same old story
- second banana
- shape up
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- stand one's ground
- stem the tide
- take a gamble
- take it easy
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