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To come towards, to approach.
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I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
More phrases:
- cut up
- fall in
- kick in
- pass out
- pay up
- pull away
- quieten down
- run off
- run off
- strike up
- take down
- take to
- tick over
- a drop in the bucket
- back-to-back
- bad egg
- bad joke
- be all ears
- beat around the bush
- bet dollars to donuts
- bite one's tongue
- bite one's tongue
- bread and butter
- call it quits
- daily grind
- do-or-die
- down the drain
- feather in one's cap
- for goodness' sake
- for the time being
- frog in one's throat
- give in
- go blue
- grain of salt
- hand in hand
- haul ass
- have a cow
- hustle and bustle
- if needs be
- in black and white
- in the dark
- keep quiet
- kindred spirit
- kiss of death
- light a fire under
- light up
- muckety muck
- nuts and bolts
- off and on
- on its merits
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- on the nose
- on the right track
- on the spot
- one thousand
- out of gas
- out of order
- play the race card
- put the clock back
- quarter past
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