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To come to a higher position.
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I came up' the ladder carefully, holding the bucket in my right hand.
Submitted on August 28, 2012
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- cloud nine
- deafening silence
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- down to the wire
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- good luck with that
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- lemon law
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- low-hanging fruit
- lucky break
- make fun of
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