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To reduce intensity of an activity.
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Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quiets down.
Submitted on August 13, 2009
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- ham it up
- hand in hand
- haul ass
- have a look-see
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- honest-to-goodness
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- keep your hair on
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- one another
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- pencil-neck
- piss up a rope
- price on one's head
- put one over
- put the clock back
- ride roughshod over
- rule of thumb
- rule with an iron fist
- run hot and cold
- save face
- second banana
- see yellow
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