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To come towards, to approach.
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I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
More phrases:
- drag out
- fit into
- kick off
- look after
- pack away
- pay for
- puff out
- run off
- spread out
- stand in for
- take a stand
- take aback
- take back
- throw out
- around the clock
- bad joke
- bend somebody's ear
- blow off steam
- bring owls to athens
- call it a day
- cheek by jowl
- crown jewels
- cutting edge
- daily grind
- easy does it
- for the hell of it
- give in
- give it one's best shot
- go blue
- haul ass
- in the works
- kindred soul
- lion's share
- make fun of
- make headway
- make out like a bandit
- much of a muchness
- no holds barred
- off and on
- on one's toes
- one another
- out of proportion
- piffy on a rock bun
- pound sand
- put the clock back
- quarter past
- ride roughshod over
- right on
- run out of steam
- sell ice to eskimos
- set one's cap at
- shotgun
- shotgun approach
- sit tight
- smart off
- so much for
- sob story
- square meal
- state of affairs
- suck it up
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