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in dribs and drabs
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in dribs and drabs
in small portions; bit by bit. I'll have to pay you what I owe you in dribs and drabs. The whole story is being revealed in dribs and drabs.
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in dribs and drabs
in small amounts or a few at a time We could only afford to pay the builder in dribs and drabs. The hostages have been released in dribs and drabs.
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in dribs and drabs
in small amounts She says she keeps getting information in dribs and drabs.
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Most instructors now recognize that discussion of a novel, whatever the course, will occur in dribs and drabs as students digest the material in carved-up chapters.
Soldiers joined the track club in dribs and drabs, including Caesar.
The Northern Heritage fund was a nice idea, but it scatters money in dribs and drabs all over the North.
 
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