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To accumulate, to pile up.
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Every since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up.
Submitted on March 06, 2011
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- speak to
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- throw a fit
- walk into
- a different ballpark
- at peace
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- beat around the bush
- birds and bees
- bright line
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- early bath
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- go without saying
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- half-baked
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- hit the spot
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- in one hell of a hurry
- in the works
- low-hanging fruit
- lower the boom
- lump in one's throat
- much of a muchness
- nail biter
- not half bad
- object lesson
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- one another
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