sharpen one's pencil

Make sure you sharpen your pencils before the test begins.

"You sharpen your pencils and try to be better," he said.

Sharpen your pencils: it's a long list, and you won't want to miss a thing.

You really have to sharpen your pencil to make a sale."

Sharpen your pencils, Royal historians, because that may be about to change.

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You may need one to sharpen your pencil.

Sharpen your pencils trendline off the 2009 low comes in just above 1.50 as a clear initial target.

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OK, maybe the census, but sharpen your pencils Steve, it's income tax week.

"Sharpen your pencils," Fassel said with a laugh as he exited today's team practice.

Sharpen your pencils, and here we go!

Get ready to sharpen your pencils and your imaginations!

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So sharpen your pencils, make your picks and compare them to ours below while we count down to the big show.

Actuaries, put down your gloomy mortality tables and sharpen your pencils!

So sharpen your pencils and put your thinking cap on.' '

School's back in, so sharpen your pencils and study our list of eminent educators, from the inspirational to the irredeemable.

So sharpen your pencils and your rhymes, and check back here in a couple of weeks for details!

Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils.

So, sharpen your pencils — right after you remember what a pencil is, or just go dust your keyboard — and take it all in.