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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:
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- take off
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- buy time
- drop a dime
- dyed-in-the-wool
- easy as pie
- face to face
- frog in one's throat
- full speed ahead
- get one's claws into
- have a look-see
- heart of gold
- in one hell of a hurry
- in order
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- keep a close watch on
- keep an eye out
- keep somebody posted
- lucky break
- morning, noon and night
- muckety muck
- nugget of truth
- on board
- out of house and home
- pass on
- piss up a rope
- play it by ear
- pound the pavement
- price is right
- rock bottom
- round of applause
- same old story
- see red
- seize the day
- shotgun
- silly money
- slip through the cracks
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