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beat the band

[beat the band] {adv. phr.}, {informal} At great speed; with much noise or commotion. - Used after "to". * /The fire engines were going down the road to beat the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

strike up

[strike up] {v.} 1a. To start to sing or play. * /We were sitting around the camp fire. Someone struck up a song, and we all joined in./ * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

band together

[band together] {v. phr.} To join a group to exert united force. * /The inhabitants of the ecologically threatened area banded together to stop the company from building new smokestacks./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

ten-four?

[ten-four?] {v. phr.}, {interrog.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} Do you understand? * /Is that a ten-four?/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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