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Become widely known or evident.
Come to light
make an effort to live normally in spite of difficulty.
Keep going
The Chancellor must ___________ about his plans for increasing taxation
The Chancellor must come clean about his plans for increasing taxation
It is without saying that this Christmas will be better than last.
It goes without saying that this Christmas will be better than last.
Our designs are almost finished. We just have to make one more minor ____________.
Our designs are almost finished. We just have to make one more minor adjustment.
to be more important than something else
Come first
develop in an undesirable way.
Go wrong
Success hasn't ____________ for her.
Success hasn't come easily for her.
You just have to keep yourself busy and come clean. You'll succeed.
You just have to keep yourself busy and keep going. You'll succeed.
When she tried to self-publish her book, she came up ____________ some problems.
When she tried to self-publish her book, she came up against some problems.
To be easy to achieve or accomplish
Come easily
much more to do
Long way to go
____________ you never married, Jimmy?
How come you never married, Jimmy?
The ship came to light in the dense fog.
The ship went missing in the dense fog.
He wrote most of his novels around ____________ turn of the 18th century.
He wrote most of his novels around the turn of the 18th century.
occur or present itself, especially unexpectedly.
Come up
very active or busy.
Be on the go
His party has ________________________ since he became leader"
His party has gone from strength to strength since he became leader"
Life is good now, but the best goes without saying.
Life is good now, but the best is yet to come.
The actor would _______ become a successful musician and release several albums.
The actor would later become a successful musician and release several albums.
be faced with or opposed by something such as an enemy or problem.
Come up against
do something for a long time without achieving anything but purposeless repetition.
Go round in circles
It wasn't the first time. I'd ____________ this kind of problem before
It wasn't the first time. I'd come up against this kind of problem before
If this is so, then how well several major parties and the majority of Sunnis in central Iraq boycotted the poll?
If this is so, then how come several major parties and the majority of Sunnis in central Iraq boycotted the poll?
Simon loves metal bands. He says the ___________ the music, the better.
Simon loves metal bands. He says the louder the music, the better.