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To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
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The sandpaper strips off the old green paint, but it gunks up quickly.
Submitted on March 17, 2011
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- answer on a postcard
- apply oneself
- at will
- burn the midnight oil
- call it a day
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- have a heart
- hold somebody's hand
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