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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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- call off
- cut up
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- hang about
- knock together
- make out
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- parcel out
- plump up
- put down
- put forth
- round up
- run after
- run away
- stand off
- stave in
- step down
- take back
- throw out
- all very well
- back-to-back
- bang up job
- call it quits
- come to terms
- cut and dried
- daily grind
- dead duck
- down-to-earth
- dry run
- early bath
- eye candy
- fair and square
- fair game
- from time to time
- go bananas
- go red
- golden opportunity
- gray area
- have a cow
- hit a snag
- hit the spot
- horse's ass
- how's tricks
- in order
- keep a close watch on
- kick ass
- lemon law
- magic bullet
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- nail biter
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