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To enter by force or illicit means.
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Someone broke in and stole his radio.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
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- stand up
- stave in
- stick out
- take on
- take over
- tie up
- tip off
- touch off
- wind down
- zoom down
- a dime's worth
- beat a dead horse
- by hand
- curveball
- cut it out
- dead duck
- fair game
- false step
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- flea in one's ear
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- follow through
- frog in one's throat
- get a handle on
- give somebody what-for
- go on the rampage
- hang a ralph
- have a flat
- honest-to-goodness
- horse's ass
- hot potato
- in heaven's name
- in the nick of time
- in touch
- keep a lid on
- keep an eye peeled
- kick ass
- lie through one's teeth
- lucky break
- middle of the road
- morning, noon and night
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- old school
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- one another
- out of order
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