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make larger(verb, take, cover, increase)
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make longer(verb, increase, delay, extend)
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make mountain out of molehill(idiom, color, elaborate, exaggerate)
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make the grade
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make too much of(idiom, inflate, falsify, distort)
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moment of truth
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nervous tension(noun, worry, strain, anxiety)
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old sod(area, field, plot, ground)
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open out(verb, phrasal verb, increase, open)
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open up(verb, phrasal verb, increase, open)
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opening out(increase, development, spread, growth)
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pack like sardines(idiom, stop, close, block)
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phony up(verb, promote, twist, confuse)
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pop up(verb, advance, turn, raise)
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pretty up(inflate, falsify, distort, magnify)
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puff out(open, expand, fill, inflate)
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put in traction(verb, idiom, force, strain)
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put on(verb, inflate, falsify, distort)
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put on trial(verb, idiom, force, strain)
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ram in(stop, close, block, top)
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