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To succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.
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I don't know how, but he managed to bring off the Acme Foods deal.
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- turn into
- hack into
- rub out
- bells and whistles
- lay low
- off the mark
- zero in on
- run about
- lily-livered
- at a loss
- mess with
- loaded to the gills
- lay off
- and all this
- act out
- nervous as a cat
- answer for
- step up
- take on
- doubting debbie
- run around after
- take a crack at
- right on
- branch out
- pile up
- take away
- sneak up on
- a needle in a haystack
- turn against
- dress up
- snail mail
- play around
- knock down
- not even
- for starters
- take off
- pick up
- na-na na-na boo-boo
- uh hmmm!
- flea in one's ear
- call it quits
- take away from
- lift up
- run off
- fit up
- face up to
- hold this l
- take a breather
- fuck you
- up the ante
- take on
- pin down
- sally forth!
- bash in
- kick around
- cry out for
- run down
- belly up
- put in
- pipe down
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