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To abandon or maroon.
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The mutineers cast away the ship's officers in the longboat.
Submitted on March 14, 2010
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- kick out
- let up
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- take over
- touch down
- wade in
- watch over
- bang up job
- bear in mind
- crown jewels
- diamond in the rough
- even money
- fat of the land
- for the time being
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- give over
- haul his ashes
- have a word with
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- in the dark
- jolly someone along
- jump at the chance
- labor of love
- light a fire under
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- nail biter
- no joy
- off the bat
- oh dark thirty
- out of proportion
- pencil-neck
- piss up a rope
- pull one's head in
- pull one's weight
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- round of applause
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