to make one's comeback
                        
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                        to get one's hands on ...
                        
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                        to secure the majority of votes cast
                        
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                        to conquer one's independence
                        
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                        to secure independence
                        
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                        to obtain a measure of economic independence
                        
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                        to obtain a government position through interest with a cabinet minister
                        
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                        to get a job by push
                        
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                        to obtain a position
                        
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                        to have sb's support in an election
                        
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                        to get the best out of sth
                        
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                        to derive revenue from sth
                        
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                        to have a rake off on sth
                        
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                        to achieve something by oblique ways
                        
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                        to obtain something at a ransom price
                        
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                        to obtain something by trick
                        
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                        to take someone for sth
                        
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                        to obtain something under false pretenses
                        
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                        to have something down in black and white
                        
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                        to get the most out of
                        
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                        to get the utmost out of
                        
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                        to get the best out of
                        
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                        to get hold of a secret
                        
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                        to succeed in the face of many difficulties
                        
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                        to have success with sb
                        
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                        to have success with sb
                        
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                        to walk away from sb
                        
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                        to have the wind of sb
                        
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                        to gain the advantage over sb
                        
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                        to obtain something through something
                        
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                        to obtain something through something
                        
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                        to gain in something
                        
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                        to come by something
                        
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                        to reap a great success
                        
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                        to make huge profits
                        
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                        to go gain majority support
                        
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                        to secure a majority
                        
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                        to gain in something
                        
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                        to recover judgment against the defendant
                        
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                        to pay dearly one's experience
                        
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                        to secure the best value
                        
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                        to obtain the necessary majority
                        
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                        to get news secondhand
                        
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                        to redeem one's rights
                        
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                        to obtain damages in tort
                        
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                        to derive an improper personal benefit
                        
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                        to line your own pockets
                        
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                        to pull the wires for office
                        
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                        to get a fas reduced
                        
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                        to retrieve one's reputation
                        
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                        to recover one's credit
                        
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                        to get a good position in the civil service
                        
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                        to fetch a good price
                        
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                        to draw a good price
                        
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                        to obtain legal force
                        
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                        to generate earnings
                        
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                        to gain by one's business
                        
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                        to take a house on lease for several years
                        
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                        to recover by products from coal
                        
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                        to register small gains
                        
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                        to obtain by artifice
                        
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                        to obtain a licence license under false pretences
                        
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                        to recover a judgment
                        
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                        to issue out of land
                        
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                        to take by inheritance
                        
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                        to acquire the title
                        
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                        to reduce into possession
                        
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                        to secure the assent
                        
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                        to make the most of one's resources
                        
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                        to obtain voting support
                        
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                        to manipulate voters
                        
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                        to come off with flying colours
                        
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                        to gain advantages over one's competitor
                        
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                        to gain an advantage over one's competitors
                        
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                        to get an appointment
                        
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                        to get only a small profit
                        
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                        to obtain credit by fraud
                        
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                        to have the controlling interest
                        
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                        to reap political gains
                        
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                        to smooth one's crumpled feathers
                        
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                        to get one's discharge
                        
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                        to carry the who before one
                        
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                        to get full membership
                        
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                        to coax a secret out of sb
                        
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                        to provide an exemption from registration
                        
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                        to obtain an arrest warrant
                        
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                        to obtain large sums of foreign exchange from tourism
                        
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                        to poll a majority of votes
                        
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                        to obtain money by false pretences
                        
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                        to realize a (high) price
                        
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                        to command a high rent
                        
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                        to fetch a high price
                        
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                        to wash gravel for gold
                        
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                        to try hard for a job
                        
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                        to scheme for a post
                        
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                        to make a play for sth
                        
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                        to move heaven and earth
                        
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                        to be a few votes short of majority
                        
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                        to be a few votes short of majority
                        
                        
                    
                 
                
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        to refer for decision
                        
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                        to pay dearly one's happiness
                        
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                        to command a high rent contract rent