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To progress; to make progress.
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The renovation is coming along nicely, and should be ready within a month.
Submitted on February 13, 2012
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- cherry-pick
- chow down
- cream of the crop
- cut it out
- drop a dime
- fair game
- fear
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- go bananas
- go red
- go up in smoke
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- home stretch
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- let her rip
- light a fire under
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- on thin ice
- on top of the world
- out of character
- out of house and home
- pachyderm
- penny pincher
- piffy on a rock bun
- pound sand
- pull one's weight
- pump iron
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- rock the boat
- rough trot
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