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To delay, especially in school.
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He's a year younger than his classmates because he was held back in second grade.
Submitted on January 10, 2012
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- mock up
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- reckon without
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- stand by
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- take off
- tee off
- tide over
- back to square one
- bite one's tongue
- born yesterday
- eat one's words
- fair and square
- flutter in the dovecote
- give a ring
- gloss over
- go out on a limb
- good job
- ground rules
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- haul his ashes
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- heart to heart
- in black and white
- in detail
- in one's cups
- keep somebody posted
- lump in one's throat
- number one
- of late
- off-color
- on hold
- out of order
- out of the question
- pachyderm
- piffy on a rock bun
- push the envelope
- put together
- quick-and-dirty
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