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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
More phrases:
- cool down
- crush out
- hammer out
- pick up
- piss off
- pour out
- rely on
- rub up against
- run back
- suck up
- take apart
- take over
- tick over
- track down
- turn into
- vote out
- all fired up
- all hell breaks loose
- all walks of life
- assault and battery
- bend somebody's ear
- blow off steam
- call a spade a spade
- call it a day
- catch flies
- center field
- check is in the mail
- cut and dried
- deafening silence
- elbow room
- fall off a truck
- fine line
- from cover to cover
- front runner
- go red
- go up in smoke
- go without saying
- grace period
- hammer home
- hat in hand
- haul his ashes
- in black and white
- keep a lid on
- keep quiet
- kindred spirit
- light up
- nervous as a cat
- no biggie
- no holds barred
- nuts and bolts
- off the bat
- on a roll
- on the horn
- one of those days
- out of house and home
- out of line
- over and over
- play it by ear
- play one's cards right
- push the envelope
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