TAKE IT AWAY
Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick  (adapted)

[Each phrase below is missing a key word (or words). First, determine what the word is, and then think of a well-known expression which describes how the word was "taken away." For example, given the clue: A man, a canal, Panama - the missing words are a plan - completing the celebrated palindrome: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama. An expression describing how "a plan" was taken away would be Cancel a plan.]

1. Bend over ward
2. Just a one-horse
3. It really hits
4. Foot fancy and free
5. In time saves nine
6. Get in on the floor

Answers:

1. Bounce back - Bend over backward
2. Skip town - Just a one-horse town
3. Remove the spot - It really hits the spot
4. Cut loose - Footloose and fancy free
5. Drop a stitch -  A stitch is time saves nine
6. Lose ground - Get in on the ground floor