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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:
- end up
- hold on
- hold out
- run into
- run up against
- spell out
- take aback
- tie up
- walk into
- a different ballpark
- all of a sudden
- big cheese
- buy time
- cut of one's jib
- even money
- fight tooth and nail
- fish or cut bait
- for the time being
- frog in one's throat
- gear up
- get one's act together
- go on the rampage
- go red
- green light
- ground rules
- grunt work
- honest-to-goodness
- if needs be
- in light of
- in order
- in touch
- keep somebody posted
- kick ass
- kindred soul
- muckety muck
- no biggie
- not in kansas anymore
- nugget of truth
- nuts and bolts
- oh dark thirty
- old stick
- on a full stomach
- on one's toes
- on thin ice
- one fell swoop
- one thousand
- out to lunch
- over and over
- play it by ear
- pound sand
- pound the pavement
- price is right
- quake in one's boots
- raise a stink
- right on
- rock the boat
- round of applause
- run out of steam
- see the light
- see yellow
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