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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
More phrases:
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- go down
- mess around
- pop off
- puff out
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- put down
- put up
- quiet down
- start up
- take on
- tie up
- turn back
- a drop in the bucket
- a notch above
- around the clock
- as good as one's word
- born yesterday
- center field
- drop a dime
- ears are burning
- fat chance
- for goodness' sake
- for the hell of it
- give it one's best shot
- give somebody an earful
- half a mind
- hand in hand
- hand in hand
- hold your fire
- in evidence
- in light of
- in one's cups
- in the works
- is the pope catholic
- let her rip
- lie through one's teeth
- low-hanging fruit
- lump in one's throat
- make out like a bandit
- middle of nowhere
- nervous as a cat
- off-color
- on board
- on the nose
- one fell swoop
- one of those days
- own up
- pardon my french
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- pull one's head in
- put down roots
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