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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
More phrases:
- fall upon
- knock out
- let up
- look into
- mess with
- muck out
- phase out
- pick up
- power up
- put by
- put in
- put on
- sod off
- step down
- stick up
- take aback
- wail on
- zero in on
- as far as one knows
- at heart
- be my guest
- bent on
- bright line
- come to terms
- curveball
- deep water
- do-or-die
- easy as pie
- easy does it
- every man jack
- fat of the land
- get somebody's goat
- go blue
- go red
- go without saying
- goose is cooked
- gray area
- hand in hand
- in detail
- it takes two to tango
- keep your hair on
- kick ass
- lump in one's throat
- not be caught dead
- off the bat
- on its merits
- on the right track
- out of gas
- out to lunch
- piffy on a rock bun
- piss up a rope
- play it by ear
- play old harry
- put one over
- put together
- quake in one's boots
- roll out the red carpet
- rough trot
- save face
- see red
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