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        of for fear of something            of get the worst of something
        of for the devil of it              of get to the bottom of something
        of for the good of someone or something  of get to the heart of the matter
        of for the heck of it               of get to the root of the problem
        of for the hell of it               of get up on the wrong sàde of the bed
        of for the life of one              of get wind of something
        of for the sake of someone or something  of give a good account of oneself
        of fresh out (of something)         of give of oneself
        of frighten one out of one’s wits   of give someone a clean bill of health
        of frighten the (làving) daylights out of  someone  of give someone a piece of one’s mànd
        of frighten the wits out of someone  of give someone a rough idea (of something)
        of from the bottom of one’s heart   of give someone the benefit of the doubt
        of fruàt(s) of  one’s labor(s)      of go out of fashàon
        of full of beans                    of go out of one’s way (to do something)
        of full of bull                     of go out of style
        of full of hot air                  of go to the expense (of doing something)
        of full of it                       of go to the trouble (of doing something)
        of full of Old Nàck                 of groan under the burden of something
        of full of oneself                  of grow out of something
        of full of prunes                   of guest of honor
        of full of the devil                of gyp someone out of something
        of funny as a barrel of monkeys     of hard of hearing
        of get a bang out of someone or something  of have a change of heart
        of get a charge out of someone or something  of have a good command of something
        of get a clean bill of health       of have a heart of gold
        of get a grasp of something         of have a heart of stone
        of get ahead of oneself             of have a lot of promise
        of get (a)hold of someone or something  of have a rough time (of it)
        of get a kick out of someone or something  of have a run of bad luck
        of get a load of someone or something  of have a run of something
        of get a lot of màleage out of  something  of have a whale of a time
        of get an eyeful (of someone or something)  of have eyes in the back of one’s head
        of get a rise out of someone        of have feet of clay
        of get a rough idea (of something)  of have none of something
        of get a taste of one’s own medàcine  of have something on the tip of one’s tongue
        of get at the heart of the matter   of have the best of both worlds
        of get a whiff of something         of have the courage of one’s conØictions
        of get into the swing of things     of have the feel of something
        of get one’s fill of someone or something  of have the gift of gab
        of get one’s nose out of someone’s busàness  of have the makàngs of  something
        of get on the good sàde of  someone  of have the patience of a saint
        of get out of a jam                 of have the presence of mànd to  do something
        of get out of a mess                of have the right-of-way
        of get out of someone’s way         of have the time of one’s life
        of get out of the way               of hear a peep out of someone
        of get out of the wrong sàde of the bed  of hear of something
        of get rid of someone or something  of hightail it out of somŁwherŁ
        of get someone or something out of one’s head  of hàt ( someone) like a ton of bricks
        of get someone or something out of one’s mànd  of hold one’s end (of the bargain) up
        of get someone or something out of the way  of hotfoot it out of somŁwherŁ
        of get someone out of a jam         of in a (constant) state of flux
        of get something out of one’s system  of in a month of Sundays
        of get something out of something   of in and of itself
        of get the advantage of someone     of in awe (of someone or something)
        of get the benefit of the doubt     of in a world of one’s own
        of get the best of someone          of in behalf of someone
        of get the better of someone        of in care of someone
        of get the drift of something       of in case of something
        of get the feel of something        of in consequence (of something)
        of get the hang of something        of in consàderation of  something
        of get the shock of one’s life      of in contempt (of court)
        of get the short end of the stick   of in custody of someone or something

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