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To depart; to leave.
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I don't know where he's going—he went off without a word.
Submitted on October 10, 2012
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- be my guest
- been to the rodeo
- brass ring
- burst someone's bubble
- catch-as-catch-can
- diamond in the rough
- fair and square
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- out to lunch
- outside the box
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- set one's cap at
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