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To abandon or maroon.
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The mutineers cast away the ship's officers in the longboat.
Submitted on March 14, 2010
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- fall behind
- mess up
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- run over
- sober up
- speak for
- tag along
- take down
- tick over
- at peace
- bear in mind
- bend over backwards
- bend somebody's ear
- by hand
- cooking with gas
- dead
- first port of call
- frog in one's throat
- full speed ahead
- give a ring
- good job
- grace period
- ground rules
- grunt work
- half a mind
- haul ass
- hit someone for six
- hold somebody's hand
- if needs be
- if only
- in evidence
- in line
- in one's cups
- it takes two to tango
- let her rip
- lion
- lion's share
- mind one's own business
- move heaven and earth
- no joy
- not be caught dead
- object lesson
- on the spot
- out of house and home
- out to lunch
- penny pincher
- pound sand
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- push the envelope
- raise a stink
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- see red
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- so there
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