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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
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- be all ears
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- by heart
- carry one's weight
- child's play
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- eat one's words
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- from the word go
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- go red
- ham it up
- hang a ralph
- in black and white
- in detail
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- jump the gun
- keep a close watch on
- keep somebody posted
- light up
- mind one's own business
- muckety muck
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- odds and ends
- on edge
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