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| do the honors(expression, respect) | |
| drag your feet(expression, delay, postpone, adjourn) | |
| find ways to help(verb, expression, help, assist) | |
| give a rain check(expression, delay, shelve) | |
| give assent(expression, assent) | |
| give away the store(expression, yield, surrender, submit) | |
| go to pieces(expression, break, collapse, faint) | |
| going with the flow(verb, expression, go, observe) | |
| hold in reverence(expression, respect) | |
| lay down your arms(expression, stop, withdraw, surrender) | |
| leave to another time(expression, delay, postpone) | |
| nod assent(expression, assent) | |
| pay attention(expression, respect) | |
| pay respect(expression, respect) | |
| postpone an action | |
| present arms(expression, respect) | |
| prostrate oneself(expression, respect) | |
| put to one side(verb, expression, keep, delay) | |
| say ditto(expression, assent) | |
| show courtesy(expression, respect) |
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