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To succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.
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I don't know how, but he managed to bring off the Acme Foods deal.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- take in
- walk into
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- all very well
- blow off steam
- breath of fresh air
- elbow room
- flea in one's ear
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- fresh legs
- from the word go
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- have truck with
- in layman's terms
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- in the dark
- in the works
- low-hanging fruit
- middle ground
- middle of the road
- muckety muck
- no joy
- odd and curious
- one at a time
- one of those days
- out of line
- party pooper
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