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— William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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noun

One who, or that which, accelerates.

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give it a rest

Part of Speechverb

Stop doing that; stop nagging, complaining, or otherwise being a nuisance.

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knock it offgive someone a breakget off someone's caseleave aloneget off someone's backhear the end of itshut upput the brakes on

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