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to be equivalent to; to reduce to.
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It all boils down to one thing: self-discipline!
Submitted on August 23, 2012
Modified by acronimous on April 24, 2023
More phrases:
- burn out
- kid around
- parcel out
- pick up
- piss off
- put down
- read out
- run across
- suck into
- talk down
- turn into
- wade in
- add fuel to the fire
- all duck or no dinner
- all hell broke loose
- arse about face
- ass over teakettle
- beat a dead horse
- breath of fresh air
- cake crumbs
- call a spade a spade
- catch-as-catch-can
- center field
- cooking with gas
- dig deep
- even money
- fear
- fight tooth and nail
- fit as a fiddle
- gear up
- get into trouble
- give somebody what-for
- goose is cooked
- hand in hand
- hang a ralph
- hit someone for six
- honest-to-goodness
- kick the bucket
- magic bullet
- make believe
- no frills
- not half bad
- off the mark
- on hold
- on steroids
- on the nose
- on the pill
- on top of the world
- out of order
- out of the question
- outside the box
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- push the envelope
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- ride roughshod over
- ride shotgun
- rock bottom
- rule of thumb
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