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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
More phrases:
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- cut down
- hack into
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- knock down
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- sort out
- stave in
- strike through
- take over
- tell apart
- think up
- zero in on
- all duck or no dinner
- apple of somebody's eye
- bet dollars to donuts
- creature comfort
- cut of one's jib
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- down to the wire
- every which way
- fat of the land
- get busy
- get it on
- give it one's best shot
- good luck with that
- have a word with
- keep an eye on
- lemon law
- magic bullet
- make fun of
- nine lives
- of late
- oh dark thirty
- old school
- on board
- on steroids
- out of order
- out of order
- outside the box
- penny pincher
- play one's cards right
- push the envelope
- put down roots
- ride shotgun
- run hot and cold
- sack out
- save face
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