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To come near to; to pass.
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Your beau came by while you were shopping.
Submitted on August 28, 2012
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- strike up
- strip away
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- tee off
- zoom down
- all of a sudden
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- as if
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- deafening silence
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- grunt work
- hang out one's shingle
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- have a cow
- have a look-see
- have second thoughts
- in one's cups
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