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To cut corners

To quit the rat race

To be fired

To jump the gun

To go back to the drawing board

To miss the boat

Take the bull by the horns

To be dead wood

To jump on the bandwagon

To move the goalposts

To hold the fort

To do the donkey work

To be put on the map

To be in the loop

To cook the books

To get the green light

To twist somebody's arm

To run on a shoestring

To be snowed under

To be in the red - black