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To soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
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The sandpaper strips off the old green paint, but it gunks up quickly.
Submitted on March 17, 2011
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- walk into
- wolf down
- all duck or no dinner
- as good as one's word
- at a loss
- at the wheel
- bend the truth
- carry a torch for
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- cut of one's jib
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- easy does it
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- flower
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- for the time being
- frog in one's throat
- from time to time
- get one's act together
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- give somebody an earful
- green light
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- have a word with
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- heart of gold
- if needs be
- if only
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