in the offing
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American soundin the offing
intheoffing
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in - the - offing -> in the offing
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KO, abate, abolish, abort, abrogate, afterlife, aftertime, afterward, afterworld, annihilate, annihilation, annul, asphyxiate, assassinate, assassination, away, ax, back, behead, big chill, black out, blitz, blood, blood and guts, blood bath, bloodshed, blot out, blow away, blue pencil, bog, break, break off, bump off, bump-off, butcher, butchering, butchery, by and by, by-and-by, cancel, carnage, chill, close, cool, countermand, cover, crime, cross out, crucify, cut, death, decapitate, decline, decrease, deep-six, deface, defeat, delete, demolish, depart, deracinate, destiny, destroy, destroy; remove, destruction, die off, diminish, dispatch, dispatching, dispose of, do away with, do in, drain away, draw back, drop, drown, drub, dump, dust, dust off, dwindle, ebb, efface, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, erase, eternity, execute, expectation, expunge, exterminate, extermination, extinguish, extirpate, fade, fall back, fate, felony, finish, finish off, flow back, foul play, future, future existence, future life, futurity, garotte, garrote, get, go away, go back, go back on one's word, gore, grease, guillotine, hang, havoc, heaven, hecatomb, hell, hereafter, hightail, hit, holocaust, homicide, ice, immolate, infinity, kill, killing, knife, knifing, knock off, knock out, leave, lessen, level, life to come, liquidate, liquidation, lynch, lynching, mangle, manslaughter, mar, mark out, mass murder, massacre, millennium, misuse, morrow, mow down, murder, neutralize, next world, nix, nuke, obliterate, obscure
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add, advance, aid, allow, approve, arrange, ascend, assist, bear, begin, birth, build, construct, continue, create, develop, enact, encourage, enhance, enlarge, enter, establish, expand, extend, face, fail, fasten, fix, forge, forward, free, give, give birth, grow, guard, heal, heat, help, hold, imbalance, increase, initiate, inspirit, institute, keep, leave, leave alone, let go, life, light, loose, lose, maintain, meet, mend, miss, past, peace, permit, plant, preserve, prolong, protect, pursue, raise, ratify, restore, retain, revive, rise, sanction, save, schedule, set up, start, strengthen, support, tip, turn on, uphold
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