To get things done.
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- Business jargon, based on the title song of the 1951 Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon, I'm on my way:
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John, you still haven't closed that deal, you need to paint that wagon now!
Submitted on July 07, 2010
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peindre le wagon
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paint with a broad brushpaint outpaint your back door red!the wheels fell off the wagonhitch your wagon to a star!hitch one's wagon to a starlike buzzards on a gut wagonoff the wagonFix Your Wagonpaint oneself into a cornerpaint outfix someone's wagonknow someone from a can of paintcold as a wagon tire
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