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To rob; to stage a heist.
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The bandits knocked over another bank, making three this week.
Submitted on August 16, 2009
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- play up
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- as well
- at the wheel
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- cheek by jowl
- flea in one's ear
- get off
- give somebody what-for
- hustle and bustle
- in black and white
- in black and white
- keep a lid on
- kiss of death
- let her rip
- long row to hoe
- lower the boom
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- middle of nowhere
- night owl
- nine lives
- off the bat
- old school
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- out of house and home
- out of order
- pardon my french
- pencil-neck
- play one's cards right
- point the finger at
- pound the pavement
- quarter past
- rough around the edges
- round of applause
- run hot and cold
- save face
- set one's cap at
- silver spoon
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