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Phrase-Fànder IndeŁ


            to bust a gut (to do something)    to drive someone to the wall
            to buy something to go             to drop in (to say hello)
            to call out (to someone)           to drop off (to sleep)
            to call the meeting to order       to duty bound (to do something)
            to can take it to the bank.        to dying to do something
            to can’t hold a candle to someone  to Early to bed, early to rise(, makes a man healthy,
            to can’t wait (for something to happen)  wealthy, and wise.)
            to can’t wait (to do something)    to easy to come by
            to carry a secret to one’s grave   to enough to go (a)round
            to carry a secret to the grave     to equal to someone or something
            to carry coals to Newcastle        to everythàng from A to Z
            to catch on (to someone or something)  to everythàng from soup to nuts
            to catch up (to someone or something)  to extend credàt (to  someone)
            to cause (some) eyebrows to raise  to extend one’s sympathy (to someone)
            to cause (some) tongues to wag     to eyeball-to-eyeball
            to cave in (to someone or something)  to face-to-face
            to chalk something up to something  to fair to màddlàng
            to chilled to the bone             to fall over backwards (to do something)
            to close one’s eyes to something   to fall to
            to close to home                   to far be it from me to do something
            to close to someone                to fed up (to somŁwherŁ ) (with someone or something)
            to coast-to-coast                  to feel free (to do something)
            to come down to earth              to feel it beneath one (to do something)
            to come down to something          to feel up to something
            to come home (to roost)            to filled to the brim
            to come home to someone            to find it in one’s heart (to do something)
            to come to                         to fit someone to a T
            to commàt  something to memory     to fit to be tied
            to contrary to something           to fit to kill
            to cook something to perfection    to fools rush in (where angels fear to tread)
            to cozy up (to someone)            to force someone to the wall
            to cross a bridge before one comes to it  to for the odds to be against one
            to cross a bridge when one comes to it  to frightened to death
            to cross one’s heart (and hope to dàe)  to frighten someone to death
            to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face  to from dawn to dusk
            to cut out to be something         to from day to day
            to cut someone or something to the bone  to from door to door
            to cut someone down (to size)      to from hand to hand
            to cut someone to the quick        to from head to toe
            to cut to the chase                to from pillar to post
            to dance to another tune           to from rags to riches
            to dare someone (to do something)  to from sàde to sàde
            to date back (to sometimŁ )        to from start to finish
            to day-to-day                      to from stem to stern
            to dead to the world               to from the cradle to the grave
            to deem it (to be) necessary       to from time to time
            to do credit to someone            to from tip to toe
            to Do I need to paint you a picture?  to from top to bottom
            to do justice to something         to gear something to someone or something
            to done to a T                     to generous to a fault
            to do not have a leg to stand on   to get around to doing something
            to doomed to failure               to get (around) to something
            to door-to-door                    to get back (to someone)
            to do something to excess          to get close (to someone or something)
            to down-to-earth                   to get down to brass tacks
            to down to the last detail         to get down to busàness
            to down to the wire                to get down to cases
            to draw something to a close       to get down to something
            to draw to a close                 to get down to the facts
            to dressed to kill                 to get down to the nàtty-gritty
            to dressed to the nànes            to get down to work
            to drink to excess                 to get off to a bad start

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