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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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- bent on
- call it quits
- carry one's weight
- catch-as-catch-can
- cherry-pick
- don't get me started
- face to face
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- forty winks
- go bananas
- green light
- haul his ashes
- have second thoughts
- hit a snag
- in detail
- in touch
- keep an eye out
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- lump in one's throat
- make fun of
- make out like a bandit
- no slouch
- nugget of truth
- odd and curious
- on edge
- on one's toes
- on steroids
- on thin ice
- out of line
- out of this world
- pardon my french
- play one's cards right
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- raise the bar
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