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To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
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The sandpaper strips off the old green paint, but it gunks up quickly.
Submitted on March 17, 2011
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- run around
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- step down
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- sum up
- tee off
- tone down
- add fuel to the fire
- apply oneself
- as long as
- babe in arms
- back-to-back
- baggage
- blessing in disguise
- blow off steam
- breath of fresh air
- dead duck
- deep water
- fly off the handle
- get it
- give it one's best shot
- give somebody pause
- gloss over
- go up in smoke
- grace period
- gray area
- ham it up
- hang out one's shingle
- in touch
- it takes two to tango
- kindred soul
- labor of love
- lion
- lower the boom
- make out like a bandit
- nail biter
- no joy
- off-color
- on the nose
- one thousand
- out of order
- pencil-neck
- play it by ear
- push the envelope
- put down roots
- quake in one's boots
- roll out the red carpet
- salad years
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- smack of
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- take a bullet
- take it easy
- take one's time
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