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BBS

"Be back soon", or "bulletin board system/service"

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[stay put] {v. phr.} To stay in place; not leave. * /Harry's father told him to stay put until he came back./ * /The rocks can be glued to the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

go by the board

[go by the board] also [pass by the board] {v. phr.} To go away or disappear forever, be forgotten or not used. * /Tom had several chances to go to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

board

[board] See: [ACROSS THE BOARD], [COLLEGE BOARDS], [GO BY THE BOARD] or [PASS BY THE BOARD], [ON BOARD], [SANDWICH BOARD]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[sandwich board] {n.} Two advertising signs worn by a man, one on his chest and the other on his back. * /The man walking along Main Street wore a sandwich […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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