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To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.
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Her son balls up in fear whenever there is a storm.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
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- are your ears burning
- as if
- at heart
- bad joke
- bright line
- buy time
- by hook or by crook
- catch a tan
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- dig deep
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- gray area
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- have a blast
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- lip service
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- no joy
- old stick
- on hold
- on the nose
- on top of the world
- one at a time
- one fell swoop
- out of gas
- out of order
- pachyderm
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- play old harry
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