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To come towards, to approach.
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I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
More phrases:
- hold back
- pep up
- pick up
- pull up
- read out
- ring out
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- run off
- stick up
- tag along
- tee off
- think up
- at a loss
- at the ready
- be all ears
- breath of fresh air
- brush up
- call a spade a spade
- call it a day
- carry one's weight
- chain reaction
- cloud nine
- cream of the crop
- dead
- down-to-earth
- easy does it
- eye candy
- fair and square
- flower
- frog in one's throat
- get busy
- get one's claws into
- gray area
- hat in hand
- have a cow
- hot potato
- in order
- keep a lid on
- keep an eye peeled
- keep quiet
- kindred spirit
- lucky break
- mind one's own business
- no frills
- no holds barred
- number one
- off and on
- on a full stomach
- on the horn
- one another
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