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To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.
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Her son balls up in fear whenever there is a storm.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
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- run to
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- steer clear
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- throw up
- tumble to
- zero in
- zoom down
- all duck or no dinner
- as well
- at heart
- at the wheel
- be my guest
- bury the hatchet
- by leaps and bounds
- chain reaction
- cream of the crop
- diamond in the rough
- first port of call
- flower
- full speed ahead
- give somebody pause
- hack it
- hang out one's shingle
- hard of hearing
- have other fish to fry
- have truck with
- in a nutshell
- in detail
- in one's cups
- in the dark
- in the works
- keep an eye out
- kick ass
- lie through one's teeth
- light up
- nugget of truth
- off-color
- oh dark thirty
- on one's toes
- on the spot
- one another
- one thousand
- out of the question
- outside the box
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- pull one's weight
- quake in one's boots
- raise the bar
- rock the boat
- run out of steam
- save face
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