To work at arm's length
| to work disadvantageously. |
See also: Arm
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Perhaps most importantly, it required whoever the lead partner was on an audit to rotate off that project every five years, reducing the tendency of those who are supposed to work at arm's length from getting too cosy.
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- To wet one's whistle
- To whack away
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- To whip the cat
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- To Whom It May Concern
- To wield the scepter
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- To work double tides
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- to write the book
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- toad
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- To wing a flight
- to wing it
- To wipe a joint
- to wipe it off the books
- To wipe one's nose of
- to wipe out an old score
- to wipe out an old score with
- to wipe out an old score with somebody
- to wipe out an old score with someone
- to wipe out old scores
- to wipe out old scores with
- to wipe out old scores with somebody
- to wipe out old scores with someone
- to wipe something off the books
- To wipe the nose of
- to wit
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- to wit
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- to wit
- to within an inch of life
- to within an inch of life
- to within an inch of life
- to within an inch of life
- to within an inch of your life
- To word it
- To work a passage
- To work a traverse
- to work around the clock
- To work at
- To work at arm's length
- to work at cross purposes
- to work at cross-purposes
- to work both sides of the aisle
- to work both sides of the street
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- to work hand in hand with
- to work hand-in-hand with
- To work in
- to work in concert
- To Work in Gaining Skills
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- to work one's arse off
- to work one's ass off
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- to work someone's arse off
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