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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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- arse about face
- burn the midnight oil
- buy time
- carry a torch for
- center field
- cooking with gas
- crown jewels
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- is the pope catholic
- keep somebody posted
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- make fun of
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- odds and ends
- old school
- on hold
- on the horn
- on top of the world
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- out of order
- out of order
- out of proportion
- out of the blue
- out of this world
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