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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
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- take to
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- at home
- back-to-back
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- early bath
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- give a ring
- gold mine
- green light
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- in the dark
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- keep an eye out
- lemon law
- lion's share
- middle ground
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- no holds barred
- not be caught dead
- not half bad
- on one's toes
- on the nose
- out of house and home
- out of line
- out of the question
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