bring the wood
v. phr.— «Thomas declined to say what “bringing the wood” means. “We’d like to keep that a secret ourselves,” Thomas said. “Everyone on the team understands about bringing the wood. We don’t want to share it with the outside world.”» —“Huskers Brought ‘Out the Wood’ to Back Up Their Words” by Steve Sinclair, Michael Kelly Omaha World-Herald (Neb.) Jan. 2, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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