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To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.
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I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- top up
- all hell breaks loose
- bells and whistles
- bend the truth
- call a spade a spade
- carry on
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- day in, day out
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- dry run
- elbow room
- fish or cut bait
- follow through
- gold mine
- grace period
- green light
- have a green thumb
- have a look-see
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- keep your hair on
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- lion
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- lower the boom
- lucky break
- middle ground
- middle of nowhere
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