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To rescue, especially financially.
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Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
Modified by acronimous on May 09, 2021
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- run into
- take away
- bite one's tongue
- brush up
- buy time
- by and large
- call it quits
- cheek by jowl
- for goodness' sake
- from a to z
- gear up
- get it
- give birth
- give somebody what-for
- go on the rampage
- hit a snag
- hit the spot
- home stretch
- in a nutshell
- in its infancy
- in light of
- in line
- it takes two to tango
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- lion
- lower the boom
- no frills
- one thousand
- outside the box
- over and over
- own up
- pretty pictures
- red letter day
- run into the ground
- rush hour
- see red
- shore up
- sign in
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