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up to the last minute

[up to the last minute] {adv. phr.} Until the last possible moment; until the very end. * /When I try to send in an important eyewitness report from the scene […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Albert Einstein

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. […] www.english-slang.com

step out

[step out] {v. phr.} 1. To go out, particularly socially, as on a date. * /Paul said to Sylvia, "You look so dressed up tonight - you must be stepping […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

take five

[take five] {v. phr.} To take a five-minute break during some work or theatrical rehearsal. * /"All right, everyone," the director cried. "Let's take five."/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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take pity on

[take pity on] also [take pity upon] {v. phr.} To feel sympathy or pity and do something for. * /Mary took pity on the […]

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