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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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- take off
- take off
- throw out
- throw up
- zip up
- zonk out
- at a loss for words
- back-to-back
- beat a dead horse
- burst someone's bubble
- dead duck
- deliver the goods
- fair and square
- give a ring
- give birth
- go for it
- go up in smoke
- grunt work
- hack it
- have a cow
- have a green thumb
- hold somebody's hand
- in order
- jolly someone along
- keep your hair on
- kick the bucket
- low-hanging fruit
- middle ground
- mind one's own business
- muckety muck
- nervous as a cat
- on top of the world
- one of those days
- out of proportion
- play it by ear
- pound sand
- put together
- quarter past
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