par for the course

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par for the course

typical; about what one could expect. (This refers to golf courses, not school courses.) So he went off and left you? Well that's about par for the course. He's no friend. I worked for days on this proposal, but it was rejected. That's par for the course around here.

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If you have tried and failed to achieve the sort of body that is fat-free and ready for flaunting, then you may want to look into other methods beyond the standard diet and exercise that most people consider par for the course. Abdominoplasty - Is a Tummy Tuck Right for You? by Pablo Scott / Health, general community The Chelsea midfielder said: "I am not particularly surprised about the criticism Steve McClaren has taken recently because, when you are England manager, it is par for the course. Criticism of manager 'par for course' by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) But worrying is par for the course in the real estate world. "Luxocrats" Keep Buying in 2006 by Observer Staff / The New York Observer			palm palm off palsy-walsy pan pan across to pan for pan out pan over pancake pander to pandora panic panic at panic by panic stations pant pant for pant for air pant out paper paper over paper over the cracks paper trail par par excellence par for the course parade parade by parade in front of parade out paradise parcel parcel out parcel up pardon pardon for pardon me Pardon me for breathing! Pardon me for living! Pardon my French Pardon my French! pare pare down pare off park park it Parkinson's law parlay into parley with parrot parrot-fashion			PAQS PAQSM PAQT Paque Paquelin's cautery Paquelin's thermocautery Paquet PAQUID Paquin technique par par par par par par par Par Asset Swap Par Avion Par Avion (Lost) Par bond Par Bonds Par Cilveka Tiesibam Vienota Latvija Par delictum Par delictum Par Domain Protein 1 par excellence par excellence Par Fabian Lagerkvist Pär Fabian Lagerkvist Par file par for the course Par Force Hunting Par in parem imperium non habet Par Intérim Pär Lagerkvist PAR lamp PAR lamp PAR lamp PAR lamp PAR lamp par of exchange par of exchange par of exchange par of exchange par of exchange Par Terre de Rire par value par value par value par value Par Value Modification Act Par value of currency Par Values Par Values Par Values Par yield PAR% Par'o Par'o Par'oh Par'oh

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