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To write a note or letter quickly.
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When I read the report, without delay I fired off a letter to the editor.
Submitted on August 29, 2012
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- hammer out
- hang up
- hear out
- stand by
- strike up
- throw a fit
- zip up
- be of two minds
- bury the hatchet
- by leaps and bounds
- carry one's weight
- creature comfort
- dog and pony show
- every man jack
- flower
- frog in one's throat
- full speed ahead
- give it one's best shot
- go without saying
- half-baked
- have other fish to fry
- if needs be
- in one's cups
- keep a close watch on
- keep quiet
- kiss of death
- lion
- look like
- make headway
- middle ground
- much of a muchness
- odd and curious
- off-color
- oh dark thirty
- out of house and home
- raise the bar
- right on
- sack out
- same old story
- see someone through
- shotgun
- shotgun approach
- so much for
- so there
- spruce up
- square meal
- sure of oneself
- swing the lead
- take it easy
- the whole nine yards
- tickle pink
- toot one's own horn
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- zig when one should zag
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