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To be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed.
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Their plans to go hiking Saturday fell through because it rained.
Submitted on August 25, 2012
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- black babies
- brush up
- by and large
- cloud nine
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- fear
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- lie through one's teeth
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- out of gas
- out to lunch
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