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To come towards, to approach.
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I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
More phrases:
- hang about
- let up
- look on
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- put down
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- reckon without
- rule out
- run into
- start up
- step down
- take apart
- take back
- top off
- at once
- babe in arms
- bad joke
- beauty sleep
- bolt bucket
- breathe easy
- by hand
- cat and mouse game
- chow down
- cut and dried
- dead duck
- down-to-earth
- easy as pie
- forty winks
- get a handle on
- gold mine
- golden opportunity
- have a cow
- hot potato
- how's tricks
- in touch
- it takes two to tango
- keep an eye out
- keep an eye peeled
- keep somebody posted
- kick ass
- lemon law
- look like
- make an honest woman
- middle ground
- middle of the road
- morning, noon and night
- nail biter
- not half bad
- number one
- old stick
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- on top of the world
- one-off
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- pay for it
- right on
- rock bottom
- rough around the edges
- run out of steam
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