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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 into
- knock down
- polish off
- pour out
- put forth
- rely on
- round up
- run across
- run off
- run on
- stick up for
- strike up
- strip away
- suck up
- take a stand
- at home
- at last
- baggage
- center field
- chow down
- cream of the crop
- creature comfort
- dark horse
- deliver the goods
- from cover to cover
- get one's act together
- get somebody's goat
- give birth
- go up in smoke
- ham it up
- haul ass
- have a word with
- heart of gold
- jump the gun
- keep a lid on
- keep an eye peeled
- kindred soul
- lemon law
- nail biter
- nine lives
- no holds barred
- number one
- off-color
- one of those days
- one-off
- out of the question
- pardon my french
- piffy on a rock bun
- play one's cards right
- play the race card
- price is right
- price on one's head
- pull one's head in
- rough around the edges
- rough trot
- same old story
- second banana
- see yellow
- sit tight
- smack of
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