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To abandon or maroon.
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The mutineers cast away the ship's officers in the longboat.
Submitted on March 14, 2010
More phrases:
- conk out
- muck out
- play along
- put out
- run on
- run through
- scrape off
- stand in for
- vote out
- after the fact
- all that jazz
- as all get-out
- at peace
- bent on
- bite one's tongue
- buy time
- call it quits
- catch flies
- company
- every which way
- face to face
- flea in one's ear
- flower
- for the time being
- front runner
- gloss over
- go on the rampage
- go red
- have a blast
- have a flat
- have a look-see
- heart of gold
- in light of
- kindred soul
- king
- kiss of death
- lion
- lower the boom
- lucky break
- make a decision
- make fun of
- no frills
- no holds barred
- number one
- nuts and bolts
- on steroids
- on the nose
- out of order
- piece of cake
- pound the pavement
- put down roots
- put one over
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- scare the pants off of
- see the light
- send up
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