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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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- all hell broke loose
- arse about face
- bend the truth
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- by leaps and bounds
- company
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- for the time being
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- get one's act together
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- lump in one's throat
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