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To invent, create, or think of.
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Shelly stalled while she tried to come up with a good response.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- sneak up on
- strike up
- stuff up
- take aback
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- at last
- back-to-back
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- buy time
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- dead as a doorknob
- deafening silence
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- fly off the handle
- follow through
- fresh legs
- give a ring
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- grace period
- ground rules
- hit a snag
- hit someone for six
- hustle and bustle
- in light of
- in the hot seat
- in the nick of time
- kick ass
- kindred soul
- make fun of
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