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To succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.
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I don't know how, but he managed to bring off the Acme Foods deal.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- walk into
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- birds and bees
- bite one's tongue
- blow off steam
- bury the hatchet
- by and large
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- catch flies
- chew the fat
- come to terms
- cooking with gas
- dry run
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- field day
- get a jump on
- get by the balls
- give a ring
- give it one's best shot
- ham it up
- have a look-see
- heart to heart
- horse's ass
- if needs be
- in a nutshell
- in layman's terms
- in line
- in order
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- make an honest woman
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