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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
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- elbow room
- get one's act together
- give a ring
- gloss over
- gold mine
- ham it up
- hang out one's shingle
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