[rub up against] {v. phr.} To come into contact with. * […]

[saddled with] {adj. phr.} Burdened with; handicapped. * /The business was […]

[send one about one's business] {v. phr.} To dismiss someone summarily; […]

[slow up] {v.} 1. To go more slowly. * /The truck […]

[speakeasy] {n.} A bar during Prohibition where illegal alcoholic beverages were […]

[take kindly to] {v.} To be pleased by; like. - Usually […]

[take over] {v.} 1a. To take control or possession of. * […]

[team up with] {v. phr.} To join with; enter into companionship […]

[the business] {n.}, {slang} - Usually used with "give" or "get". […]

[tie-up] {n.} A congestion; a stoppage of the normal flow of […]