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To become less agitated.
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I'd love to go to Iraq, but I'll have to wait until the violence cools down.
Submitted on July 26, 2010
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- follow through
- gear up
- get by the balls
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- grain of salt
- grunt work
- haul his ashes
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- object lesson
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- out of order
- pencil-neck
- play it by ear
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