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To strike with great force.
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It was a ghastly morning, with the rain beating down in sheets.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- take away
- take in
- take on
- think up
- throw out
- tumble to
- turn against
- all of a sudden
- are your ears burning
- at full tilt
- be of two minds
- bear in mind
- blow off steam
- breathe easy
- bury the hatchet
- catch-as-catch-can
- chip off the old block
- early bath
- fair game
- fish or cut bait
- flutter in the dovecote
- for goodness' sake
- good job
- have a heart
- have a look-see
- head-in-the-sand
- in its infancy
- lip service
- long row to hoe
- low-hanging fruit
- lower the boom
- middle ground
- morning, noon and night
- old stick
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- round of applause
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