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To fall on; to experience; to suffer.
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With the rise of the Internet, some media fell upon hard times.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
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- straighten out
- strip away
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- turn back
- a drop in the bucket
- babe in arms
- back-to-back
- be of two minds
- call it a day
- can of worms
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- catch a tan
- cross someone's path
- dog and pony show
- elbow room
- flower
- for the time being
- get a jump on
- give in
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- grace period
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- low-hanging fruit
- make an honest woman
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- no slouch
- nugget of truth
- off the bat
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