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To come near to; to pass.
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Your beau came by while you were shopping.
Submitted on August 28, 2012
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- as if
- back-to-back
- breathe easy
- child's play
- cloud nine
- dog and pony show
- eye candy
- face to face
- fall off a truck
- flesh out
- for goodness' sake
- from time to time
- get one's claws into
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- hang out one's shingle
- have truck with
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- hold somebody's hand
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- jolly someone along
- keep an eye on
- keep one on one's toes
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- lie through one's teeth
- look like
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- nugget of truth
- one of those days
- over one's head
- pardon my french
- pass on
- pencil-neck
- price on one's head
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