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To intensify one's efforts.
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It's 9:41, 58 degrees, and I'm flunking out. Time to bear down.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
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- all of a sudden
- all things being equal
- by hook or by crook
- carry a torch for
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- deafening silence
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- jolly someone along
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- off and on
- off the mark
- old school
- on a full stomach
- on a roll
- on edge
- on one's toes
- on the nose
- on the pill
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