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To stay, linger or loiter.
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If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
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- bang up job
- blaze a trail
- bolt bucket
- breathe easy
- cross someone's path
- deliver the goods
- fly off the handle
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- give a ring
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- heebie-jeebies
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- kick ass
- let her rip
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- lip service
- lucky break
- lump in one's throat
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- object lesson
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