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Idioms with Letter D & E

Damp Squib: a firework that fails to go off, due to wetting; anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations: Dawn on someone: to suddenly understand, to be clear to someone: Daylight robbery: blatant overcharging: Desperate times call for desperate measures: In adverse circumstances actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the best choice:

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