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To wait or delay.
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Hold up a minute. I want to check something.
Submitted on March 09, 2012
More phrases:
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- zip up
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- answer on a postcard
- as if
- be all ears
- be of two minds
- bear in mind
- beside oneself
- big cheese
- breathe easy
- call it a day
- call it quits
- carry a torch for
- catch-as-catch-can
- chain reaction
- creature comfort
- cut of one's jib
- deafening silence
- down the drain
- easy does it
- fat chance
- fine line
- flower
- front runner
- gear up
- get a jump on
- get busy
- get into trouble
- go for it
- go on the rampage
- hand in hand
- haul ass
- hold somebody's hand
- honest-to-goodness
- in heaven's name
- in layman's terms
- in order
- keep a lid on
- keep quiet
- kick ass
- light up
- look like
- make an honest woman
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- nine lives
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- off the bat
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