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enough
[enough]
See: GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, KNOW ENOUGH TO COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN, LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE, SURE ENOUGH.
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates
© 2010
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