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To enter by force or illicit means.
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Someone broke in and stole his radio.
Submitted on August 30, 2012
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- tie up
- answer on a postcard
- at once
- be of two minds
- bend the truth
- can of worms
- cut it out
- cutting edge
- dry run
- ears are burning
- eat one's words
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- good luck with that
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- in the nick of time
- keep an eye peeled
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- make believe
- night owl
- no holds barred
- on the horn
- out of the blue
- out of the question
- pay for it
- piss up a rope
- play it by ear
- price is right
- put down roots
- rough around the edges
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