in spitting distance
about, around, at hand, close, hard, near, nearby, nigh, thereabouts, within reach ,
organ - affiliate, agency, agent, annual, appendage, appliance, arm, bimonthly, biweekly, bough, branch, branch office, calliope, channel, chapter,
amateur radio operator - ham, mixer, monitor, radio operator, radio technician ,
beating heart - biological clock, biorhythm, blood, breath, heart, heartbeat, life cycle, life force, life principle, lifeblood, soul, spark of life, spirit ,
claimed - alleged, avowed, hypocritical, imperative, in name only, ostensible, pretended, professed, specious ,
put in practice - apply, bring off, carry off, carry out, carry through, come through, enforce, fulfil, get through, go through, implement, put through, work out ,
deer fly fever - German measles, ague, anthrax, black death, cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, flu, hepatitis, herpes, hookworm, hydrophobia, infantile paralysis, influenza, leprosy,
brick wall - backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, boom, breakwater, breastwork, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, dam, defence, dike,
in the front - ahead, before, first, foremost, in advance ,
pick off - charge, cock, detonate, discharge, drop, eject, fell, fire, fire off, gun, gun for, hit, let fly, let off, load,
hold by - abide by, act up to, adhere to, attend to, be faithful to, comply with, conform to, do justice to, fill, follow, fulfil, heed, keep, keep faith with, live up to,
amateur radio operator - ham, mixer, monitor, radio operator, radio technician ,
beating heart - biological clock, biorhythm, blood, breath, heart, heartbeat, life cycle, life force, life principle, lifeblood, soul, spark of life, spirit ,
claimed - alleged, avowed, hypocritical, imperative, in name only, ostensible, pretended, professed, specious ,
put in practice - apply, bring off, carry off, carry out, carry through, come through, enforce, fulfil, get through, go through, implement, put through, work out ,
deer fly fever - German measles, ague, anthrax, black death, cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, flu, hepatitis, herpes, hookworm, hydrophobia, infantile paralysis, influenza, leprosy,
brick wall - backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, boom, breakwater, breastwork, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, dam, defence, dike,
in the front - ahead, before, first, foremost, in advance ,
pick off - charge, cock, detonate, discharge, drop, eject, fell, fire, fire off, gun, gun for, hit, let fly, let off, load,
hold by - abide by, act up to, adhere to, attend to, be faithful to, comply with, conform to, do justice to, fill, follow, fulfil, heed, keep, keep faith with, live up to,