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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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- fend off
- go down
- hold back
- hold up
- jump down
- phase in
- run across
- run into
- run over
- scarf down
- sneak up
- take away from
- take off
- talk down
- turn out
- at the ready
- bend the truth
- beside oneself
- bring owls to athens
- call it a day
- carry one's weight
- catch-as-catch-can
- check is in the mail
- dead on
- every which way
- flower
- for goodness' sake
- go for it
- gold mine
- golden opportunity
- grunt work
- lump in one's throat
- make believe
- make out like a bandit
- much of a muchness
- off the bat
- off-color
- on a roll
- on the horn
- out of gas
- pachyderm
- put down roots
- raise a stink
- salad years
- same old story
- shotgun
- shut down
- slip through the cracks
- smart off
- smash hit
- sob story
- spill one's guts
- stand one's ground
- stars in one's eyes
- sure of oneself
- take the liberty
- take to the cleaners
- talk a blue streak
- thanks a bunch
- there ya go
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