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To depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence.
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The game is going to come down to the last five seconds.
Submitted on January 04, 2011
More phrases:
- come through
- do without
- jump on
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- look for
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- pay up
- pitch in
- play up
- run through
- squirrel away
- straighten out
- take over
- wait up
- as all get-out
- beside oneself
- by hook or by crook
- check is in the mail
- chew the fat
- do-or-die
- down-to-earth
- fear
- feather in one's cap
- flesh out
- get a handle on
- give birth
- go on the rampage
- goose is cooked
- half a mind
- hand in hand
- haul ass
- have other fish to fry
- in black and white
- in one's cups
- in the hot seat
- keep a lid on
- kiss of death
- lip service
- make a decision
- make out like a bandit
- middle of nowhere
- morning, noon and night
- nervous as a cat
- nine lives
- no slouch
- out of one's depth
- out of the question
- penny pincher
- point the finger at
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- rule with an iron fist
- sack out
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- see red
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- so much for
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- streak of good luck
- take one's time
- thanks a bunch
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