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To accumulate, to pile up.
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Every since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up.
Submitted on March 06, 2011
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- creep up
- finish off
- hang up
- muck about
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- point out
- run off with
- run over
- step up
- stick out
- suck up
- take upon
- tie up
- turn back
- zoom down
- a little bird told me
- all hell breaks loose
- are your ears burning
- at peace
- at the ready
- bear in mind
- bright line
- burn the midnight oil
- check is in the mail
- chow down
- diamond in the rough
- easy does it
- eat one's words
- full speed ahead
- gear up
- get by the balls
- give a ring
- give birth
- go red
- grace period
- gray area
- half a mind
- hammer home
- have a flat
- have a green thumb
- heart of gold
- heart to heart
- in its infancy
- in line
- morning, noon and night
- no holds barred
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- on the nose
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