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See: ON PAPER, WALKING PAPERS.

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bad paper

[bad paper] {n.}, {slang} 1. A check for which there are no funds in the bank. 2. Counterfeit paper money. * /Why are you so mad? - I was paid […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on paper

[on paper] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} Judging by appearances only and not by past performance; in theory; theoretically. * /On paper, the American colonies should have lost the Revolutionary War./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[brown paper bag] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} An unmarked police car. * /The beaver got a Christmas card because she didn't notice the brown paper bag at her […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

put on paper

[put on paper] See: [BLACK AND WHITE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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