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To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen.
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We have to ask, how did this come about?
Submitted on September 27, 2010
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- put away
- put by
- run off
- scrounge up
- square up
- start up
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- arse about face
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- fair and square
- fair game
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