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To stay the same; to neither advance nor regress.
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It's a lot of work just to break even and keep the weeds down.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
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- take in
- tell apart
- tick over
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- hustle and bustle
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- keep one on one's toes
- kick ass
- lie through one's teeth
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