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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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- take over
- team up
- throw out
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- be my guest
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- from a to z
- gloss over
- haul his ashes
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- if needs be
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- jump the gun
- keep a lid on
- keep one on one's toes
- kiss of death
- lion's share
- lip service
- morning, noon and night
- move heaven and earth
- object lesson
- off the mark
- oh dark thirty
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