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To come near to; to pass.
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Your beau came by while you were shopping.
Submitted on August 28, 2012
More phrases:
- come up
- hit upon
- look forward to
- pick up
- quieten down
- ring back
- run over
- stand by
- stand by
- wind down
- wolf down
- all hell breaks loose
- arm to the teeth
- as good as one's word
- bet dollars to donuts
- come to terms
- deafening silence
- fish or cut bait
- gear up
- goose is cooked
- hand in hand
- hem and haw
- hit the spot
- in light of
- in order
- keep your hair on
- lemon law
- magic bullet
- make headway
- no frills
- no holds barred
- nugget of truth
- nuts and bolts
- old stick
- on a roll
- on steroids
- on the spot
- one at a time
- out of house and home
- out of the question
- outside the box
- point the finger at
- pretty pictures
- pull one's weight
- put together
- quake in one's boots
- rainy day
- rock bottom
- rule of thumb
- salad years
- save face
- scare the pants off of
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- small fry
- spanner
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- take a bullet
- take a spin
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