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To befall; to affect; to happen to; to come upon.
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I pray no harm will come to you.
Submitted on August 27, 2012
More phrases:
- fall apart
- hold on
- nail down
- prevail upon
- put in
- run away
- run back
- run off
- sort out
- stamp out
- tie up
- at home
- at peace
- been there, done that
- burn the midnight oil
- bury the hatchet
- catch-as-catch-can
- dark horse
- false step
- get it on
- ground rules
- hang a ralph
- hit a snag
- if only
- in black and white
- in heaven's name
- in one's cups
- jump at the chance
- jump the gun
- keep somebody posted
- light a fire under
- lion's share
- low-hanging fruit
- lucky break
- make headway
- make out like a bandit
- middle of the road
- nail biter
- no biggie
- no joy
- not be caught dead
- on board
- on thin ice
- on top of the world
- one fell swoop
- out of gas
- out of order
- out of this world
- out to lunch
- own up
- pardon my french
- put one over
- rule of thumb
- salad years
- see someone through
- slip through the cracks
- so much as
- sob story
- spic and span
- spill one's guts
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