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To delay, especially in school.
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He's a year younger than his classmates because he was held back in second grade.
Submitted on January 10, 2012
More phrases:
- hold off
- kid around
- lay down
- mike up
- mock up
- muck about
- rip off
- round up
- run around after
- stuff up
- tee off
- throw up
- tip off
- wait up
- walk into
- back-to-back
- baggage
- be of two minds
- bend over backwards
- cloud nine
- cut and dried
- cut of one's jib
- dig deep
- dyed-in-the-wool
- fair game
- fight tooth and nail
- fine line
- fit as a fiddle
- get a jump on
- get off
- have a flat
- hit someone for six
- horse's ass
- hot potato
- jolly someone along
- keep a lid on
- lump in one's throat
- middle ground
- much of a muchness
- muckety muck
- night owl
- not half bad
- nugget of truth
- object lesson
- off the mark
- on the horn
- on the nose
- on the right track
- out of gas
- out of order
- out of the blue
- outside the box
- piffy on a rock bun
- play old harry
- price on one's head
- push the envelope
- put one over
- red face test
- roll out the red carpet
- round of applause
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