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To keep; to store something for someone.
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Hold on to my umbrella while I ride the roller coaster.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
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- pick up
- play around
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- run off with
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- speak to
- swear off
- belly up
- at peace
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- carry a torch for
- catch-as-catch-can
- come to terms
- cooking with gas
- diamond in the rough
- dig deep
- don't get me started
- fair and square
- feather in one's cap
- fine line
- flesh out
- for the time being
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- get somebody's goat
- give somebody pause
- go out on a limb
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- hard of hearing
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- home stretch
- keep an eye on
- kick ass
- lip service
- low-hanging fruit
- not be caught dead
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- on its merits
- on the spot
- on thin ice
- one thousand
- out of order
- own up
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