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To rescue, especially financially.
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Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
Modified by acronimous on May 09, 2021
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- double up
- eat out
- go through with
- instance in
- kick in
- look back
- pay up
- pig out
- put down
- put on
- ramp up
- stand in for
- stand off
- step down
- take down
- take over
- take to
- top off
- top up
- turn out
- zoom down
- above board
- all of a sudden
- at home
- at last
- at the wheel
- back to square one
- bet dollars to donuts
- cherry-pick
- common-or-garden
- creature comfort
- dead on
- elbow room
- flower
- flutter in the dovecote
- for goodness' sake
- for the time being
- forty winks
- give a ring
- give somebody what-for
- hit a snag
- hold your fire
- in evidence
- in layman's terms
- in touch
- jump at the chance
- kindred spirit
- labor of love
- lucky break
- lump in one's throat
- make fun of
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- middle ground
- mind one's own business
- no slouch
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- object lesson
- of late
- off the mark
- on edge
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