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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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- zero in on
- above board
- apply oneself
- back-to-back
- bend somebody's ear
- curveball
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- fair and square
- false step
- first port of call
- fly off the handle
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- get it on
- get off
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- give somebody what-for
- hack it
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- have a blast
- hem and haw
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- in detail
- in its infancy
- in order
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- jump the gun
- keep an eye out
- lip service
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- not half bad
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