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To befall; to affect; to happen to; to come upon.
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I pray no harm will come to you.
Submitted on August 27, 2012
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- are your ears burning
- been to the rodeo
- center field
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- cream of the crop
- cross someone's path
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- gray area
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- home stretch
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- out of proportion
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- same old story
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