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To fall on; to experience; to suffer.
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With the rise of the Internet, some media fell upon hard times.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
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- hang out
- kick around
- kick down
- mess around
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- put by
- put up
- sort out
- spread out
- take down
- turn into
- turn off
- wear down
- be of two minds
- bend somebody's ear
- come to terms
- ears are burning
- fat chance
- go out on a limb
- hack it
- hold your fire
- in black and white
- in evidence
- in heaven's name
- in the dark
- keep a close watch on
- king
- kiss of death
- labor of love
- lemon law
- lie through one's teeth
- light up
- low-hanging fruit
- make out like a bandit
- no biggie
- on board
- out of character
- out of line
- out to lunch
- piffy on a rock bun
- piss up a rope
- put down roots
- same old story
- second banana
- shore up
- shotgun
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- spill one's guts
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- suck it up
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- take one's time
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