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To vanish or cease, especially due to lack of care, attention, etc.; to be discarded, disregarded, or ignored.
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As the deadline approached, all attempts to keep order went out the window.
Submitted on August 29, 2012
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- keep down
- lose out
- measure up
- run across
- run up against
- speak for
- stave in
- take away from
- top off
- vote out
- all fired up
- all of a sudden
- bad egg
- be my guest
- beside oneself
- come hell or high water
- curveball
- dry run
- elbow room
- feather in one's cap
- get into trouble
- get one's act together
- go blue
- go on the rampage
- go up in smoke
- green light
- ground rules
- half-baked
- hand in hand
- hat in hand
- honest-to-goodness
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- is the pope catholic
- keep an eye peeled
- kick the bucket
- lucky break
- off the bat
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- out of house and home
- out of line
- piffy on a rock bun
- point the finger at
- pound sand
- pull one's weight
- pump iron
- raise the bar
- rule with an iron fist
- streak of good luck
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