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To get used to something shameful.
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He has never been able to live down his electoral defeat.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
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- make up
- ring back
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- take a crack at
- answer on a postcard
- bury the hatchet
- eat one's hat
- frog in one's throat
- give a ring
- give somebody pause
- go red
- good luck with that
- grunt work
- in one hell of a hurry
- in order
- kindred soul
- light a fire under
- lion's share
- make a decision
- make believe
- middle ground
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- no biggie
- no holds barred
- odd and curious
- old stick
- on top of the world
- one another
- one-off
- out of character
- play the race card
- price is right
- put down roots
- quake in one's boots
- right on
- roll out the red carpet
- rule with an iron fist
- run out of steam
- see someone through
- send up
- shot in the arm
- shotgun
- shotgun approach
- smart off
- so much as
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- streak of good luck
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