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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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- potter around
- pour out
- pull up
- put on
- run about
- run around after
- scrounge up
- sniff out
- take on
- tee off
- throw out
- top off
- track down
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- at all hours
- at one's beck and call
- back-to-back
- baggage
- bright line
- catch-as-catch-can
- chew the fat
- company
- deep water
- eye candy
- fall off a truck
- family jewels
- fish or cut bait
- flea in one's ear
- full speed ahead
- give it one's best shot
- gloss over
- go red
- go without saying
- grain of salt
- have a look-see
- hit the spot
- hold somebody's hand
- in detail
- in the dark
- jump the gun
- keep quiet
- make fun of
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