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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
- dress up
- hang about
- muck about
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- polish off
- ramp up
- round up
- run to
- stand for
- take after
- take down
- a notch above
- burn the midnight oil
- chip off the old block
- cooking with gas
- day in, day out
- eat one's hat
- feather in one's cap
- for goodness' sake
- get one's act together
- give a ring
- good luck with that
- hand in hand
- hard of hearing
- head-in-the-sand
- heebie-jeebies
- hold your fire
- horse's ass
- hot potato
- hustle and bustle
- in the hot seat
- in the works
- is the pope catholic
- keep an eye peeled
- keep somebody posted
- light up
- middle of nowhere
- much of a muchness
- muckety muck
- nervous as a cat
- not half bad
- of late
- old school
- on the spot
- out of gas
- out of one's depth
- out of order
- out to lunch
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- piss up a rope
- play the race card
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- roll out the red carpet
- rule with an iron fist
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- see someone through
- see the light
- see yellow
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