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To conclude, turn out, sometimes unexpectedly.
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How did things end up with you and the bricklayer? — Great. We got married!
Submitted on August 30, 2012
More phrases:
- fall in with
- pig out
- punch in
- rely on
- sneak up on
- speak for
- stamp out
- take away
- take off
- zero in
- all hell breaks loose
- ass over teakettle
- be all ears
- beside oneself
- carry a torch for
- catch-as-catch-can
- chain reaction
- curveball
- fair and square
- flutter in the dovecote
- from the word go
- gear up
- good luck with that
- hit someone for six
- in its infancy
- in the nick of time
- jolly someone along
- keep an eye on
- lion
- lion's share
- magic bullet
- make headway
- not be caught dead
- old school
- on its merits
- on the pill
- out of character
- out of proportion
- out of the blue
- out to lunch
- penny pincher
- play one's cards right
- pull one's head in
- put the clock back
- red letter day
- rule with an iron fist
- run out of steam
- same old story
- shot in the arm
- shotgun
- shut down
- smart off
- sob story
- spin one's wheels
- spruce up
- take the liberty
- third degree
- turn to stone
- under lock and key
- under one's wing
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