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To take place, happen.
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A big heist went down yesterday by the docks.
Submitted on August 18, 2011
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- been to the rodeo
- blow off steam
- breathe easy
- bring owls to athens
- brown thumb
- brush up
- by hook or by crook
- cheek by jowl
- company
- cutting edge
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- every which way
- fair game
- for crying out loud
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- ground rules
- hand in hand
- hard of hearing
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- in one's cups
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- nine lives
- no holds barred
- not half bad
- number one
- on the right track
- out of house and home
- out of one's depth
- out of the question
- pachyderm
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