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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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- live up
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- run off
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- a dime's worth
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- all hell broke loose
- be-all and end-all
- bright line
- burn the midnight oil
- buy time
- cross someone's path
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- dark horse
- face to face
- family jewels
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- get by the balls
- ground rules
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- in order
- in the nick of time
- keep an eye on
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- let her rip
- light a fire under
- lucky break
- not half bad
- odd and curious
- off-color
- on a full stomach
- on the right track
- one another
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- outside the box
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