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To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
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The sandpaper strips off the old green paint, but it gunks up quickly.
Submitted on March 17, 2011
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- ward off
- wear off
- zoom past
- at peace
- carry a torch for
- cloud nine
- deep water
- down-to-earth
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- dry run
- for the hell of it
- fresh start
- go bananas
- go blue
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- heart to heart
- honest-to-goodness
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- keep a close watch on
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- muckety muck
- nail biter
- no biggie
- not half bad
- nugget of truth
- on board
- on thin ice
- out of line
- quick-and-dirty
- raise a stink
- roll out the red carpet
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