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A Daniel
come
to judgement
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A funny thing happened on the
way
to the theatre
A
move
in the right direction
Advance
guard
Advance
warning
All aboard that's
coming
aboard
All good things must
come
to an end
All the
way
( euphemism for full sexual activity )
All things
come
to he who waits
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And that's the
way
it is ( A catchphrase from Walter Cronkite )
Another
way
( NatWest advertising slogan )
Any
advance
on
Any
way
the wind blows
Any
way
you slice it
Any
way
you want it
Any which
way
As
near
as dammit
As tough as they
come
Attack
is the best form of defence
Attack
of the Clones ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars series )
Balanced approach
Bear down
Bear down on
Bitch slap ( a full
swing
slap in the face intended to be humiliating )
Blow some my
way
( Chesterfield Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Blue Jay
Way
( Beatles song )
Bold
move
Born This
Way
( Lady Gaga song )
Bowel
movement
Brights
movement
Bust a
move
( dance in a stylish
way
)
By the
way
By
way
of a joke
By
way
of explanation
Career limiting
move
Change has
come
to America
Come
Alive! You're in the Pepsi Generation ( Pepsi advertising slogan )
Come
And Get It ( Badfinger song )
Come
Away with Me ( Norah Jones album )
Come
Fly With Me ( Frank Sinatra song )
Come
Into The Garden Maud ( Tennyson poem and Victorian song )
Come
On Baby Light My Fire ( The Doors song )
Come
On Over ( Shania Twain album )
Come
On Over ( Shania Twain song )
Come
Running ( Van Morrison song )
Come
Together ( The Beatles song )
Come
a cropper
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Come
about
Come
across
Come
again?
Come
and get it
Come
and talk to the listening bank ( Midland Bank advertising slogan )
Come
apart at the seams
Come
back for more
Come
between
Come
clean
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Come
down hard on
Come
down on someone like a ton of bricks
Come
down to earth with a bump
Come
down to the line
Come
easy to
Come
from behind
Come
full circle
Come
good
Come
hell or high water
Come
hither eyes
Come
home to Birds Eye Country ( Birds Eye Frozen Foods advertising slogan )
Come
home to a real fire ( Coal Board advertising slogan )
Come
home to roost
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Come
in from the cold
Come
into bloom
Come
into line
Come
into view
Come
into your own
Come
of age
Come
off it
Come
on down ( A catchphrase from The Price Is Right )
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Come
on in, the water's fine
Come
on like gangbusters
Come
on over
Come
on stream
Come
on women, man the factories ( WWII slogan )
Come
out
Come
out and play
Come
out fighting
Come
out in a cold sweat
Come
out in the wash
Come
out of the closet
Come
out of the woodwork
Come
out of your shell
Come
out on top
Come
out swinging
Come
out with your hands up
Come
out you're surrounded
Come
over all funny
Come
rain or shine
Come
round
Come
running
Come
the three corners of the world in arms
Come
to
Come
to Jesus
Come
to Marlboro Country ( Marlboro Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Come
to a head
Come
to a screeching halt
Come
to a sticky end
Come
to blows
Come
to fruition
Come
to grief
Come
to light
Come
to mama
Come
to nothing
Come
to papa
Come
to rest
Come
to the Central Park Zoo Cafeteria. Let the animals watch you eat for a change ( Central Park Zoo advertising slogan )
Come
to the aid of the party
Come
to the edge
Come
to the party
Come
to think of it
Come
to where the flavor is ( Marlboro Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Come
to your senses
Come
together right now over me ( Beatles song lyric )
Come
unstuck
Come
up and see me sometime ( A catchphrase from Mae West )
Come
up short
Come
up smelling of roses
Come
up trumps
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Come
up with
Come
up with the goods
Come
what
come
may
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Come
wind
come
weather
Come
with a begging bowl
Come
with me to the casbah ( A catchphrase from Charles Boyer )
Come
within an ace
Comic
timing
( The rhythm and tempo of delivery required for comic effect )
Coming
out of your ears
Coming
to a screen
near
you
Companion plant ( a plant grown
near
to another species to enhance its growth )
Cosy up to
Couldn't act his
way
out of a paper bag
Crying all the
way
to the bank ( A catchphrase from Liberace )
Death is nature's
way
of telling you to slow down
Denial of service
attack
Did the earth
move
for you
Do it the hard
way
Do you
come
here often?
Don't
come
the raw prawn
Don't cross the bridge till you
come
to it
Don't know which
way
to look
Dream
come
true
Drive your
way
( Hyundai advertising slogan )
Each
way
bet
Easy
come
easy go
Every Step Of The
Way
( Mark Ballas song )
Every Which
Way
But Loose ( Clint Eastwood movie )
Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better ( Self-help slogan )
Everything's
coming
up daisies
Everything's
coming
up roses
Faith will
move
mountains
Far better for being
near
to you ( The Chesham Building Society advertising slogan )
First
come
first served
First responder ( the member of the emergency services to
arrive
at a disaster )
Fly the American
way
( American Airlines advertising slogan )
Get a
move
on
Get into the
swing
of it
Get under
way
Get your
way
Give
way
Go all the
way
Go down the wrong
way
Go out of your
way
to help
Go the
way
of all flesh
Go the whole
way
Go your own
way
Going my way?
Good things
come
in small packages
Good things
come
in small parcels
Good things
come
in threes
Good things
come
to those who wait ( Guinness advertising slogan )
Good
timing
Got it
coming
Guess Who's
Coming
To Dinner? ( Sidney Poitier / Spencer Tracy movie )
Hard to
come
by
Have it
coming
Have it your own
way
Have it your
way
( Burger King advertising slogan )
He's got a
way
with him
Heart
attack
on a plate
Heart
attack
waiting to happen
Here I
come
to save the day ( A catchphrase from Mighty Mouse )
How come?
I Like To
Move
It ( Reel 2 Reel song )
I'll
swing
for you
I'm with you every step of the
way
I've
come
here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum
Idea whose time has
come
If you build it they will
come
If you think that you have another think
coming
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If your friendly neighborhood grocer doesn't have a jar knock something off a shelf on the
way
out ( Dilly Beans advertising slogan )
In a bad
way
In a big
way
In a
way
In full
swing
In harm's
way
In the family
way
In the
swing
Inexpensive. And Built to Stay That
Way
( Subaru advertising slogan )
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got
swing
It went down the wrong
way
It's All
Coming
Back To Me Now ( Meatloaf song )
It's a long
way
to Tipperary
It's better to travel hopefully than to
arrive
It's
come
to a pretty pass
It's the
way
it shatters that matters ( Violet Crumble advertising slogan )
Johnny
come
lately
Just the
Way
You Are ( Bruno Mars song )
Keep out of harm's
way
Laugh all the
way
to the bank
Line of
attack
Little Boy Blue
come
blow your horn ( line from nursery rhyme )
Look the other
way
Love the
Way
You Lie ( Eminem with Rihanna song )
Love will find a
way
Made the American
Way
( Miller High Life advertising slogan )
Make a
move
on
Make
way
Make your
move
Make your
way
Motion
picture
Motion
picture event
Move
It On Over ( Hank Williams song )
Move
On Up a Little Higher ( Mahalia Jackson song )
Move
heaven and earth
Move
in the best circles
Move
over
Move
right along
Move
with the times
My Boomerang Won't
Come
Back ( Charlie Drake song )
My ship has
come
in
My
way
or the highway
Near
and dear to my heart
Near
death experience
Near
miss
Near
sighted
Near
the knuckle
Near
to one's heart
Ninth inning ( A baseball expression meaning an event or process is
near
the end )
No room to
swing
a cat
No
way
No way, Jose
Not backward in
coming
forward
Now is the time for all good men to
come
to the aid of the party
Oh, that
way
madness lies
On the
move
On the
way
out
Only 1 out of 25 men is color blind. The other 24 just dress that
way
( Mohara Suits advertising slogan )
Oscar Meyer has a
way
with BOLOGNA ( Oscar Meyer advertising slogan )
Out of harm's
way
Out of the
way
Pave the
way
for
Pay your
way
Poetry In
Motion
( Johnny Tillotson song )
Put the make on
Rain, rain go away,
come
again another day ( line from nursery rhyme )
Rock And Roll Dreams
Come
True ( Meatloaf song )
Rub up the wrong
way
See which
way
the cat jumps
See you
way
clear
Serious as a heart
attack
Set in
motion
Singapore Girl, you're a great
way
to fly ( Singapore Airlines advertising slogan )
Skim milk does not
come
from skinny cows ( Alba Dry Milk advertising slogan )
Slow
motion
Smooth
move
Snack
attack
So no one told you life was gonna be this
way
Some day my prince will
come
Some day my prints will
come
Something wicked this
way
comes
Soothe it away the Oraldene
way
( Oraldene advertising slogan )
Steam
coming
out of your ears
Suck it up ( accept a bad situation and
move
on )
Sultan of
Swing
( Nickname of Wasim Akram - Pakistani cricketer )
Summer time ( the time adopted during the summer in
advance
of the standard time )
Swing
both ways
Swing
by ( slang expression meaning drop in for a visit )
Swing
for the fences ( A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain )
Swing
in the wind
Swing
the lead
Take a
swing
at
Take cuts at someone ( A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal
swing
or striking a blow at a reputation )
Take the easy
way
out
Taste Me! Taste Me!
Come
on and Taste Me! ( Doral Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Thank you,
come
again ( A catchphrase from Apu In The Simpsons )
That's the
way
the ball bounces
That's the
way
the cookie crumbles
That's the
way
to do it ( A catchphrase from Punch And Judy )
The Brits are
coming
The King of
Swing
( Nickname of Benny Goodman )
The Only
Way
Is Essex ( British reality television series )
The Russians are
coming
The best is yet to
come
The best
way
of expressing your intelligence ( Zenith Data Systems advertising slogan )
The best
way
to get music out of your system ( Philips advertising slogan )
The chickens have
come
home to roost
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The coward's
way
out
The light at the end of the tunnel may just be a train
coming
the other
way
The lighter
way
to enjoy chocolate ( Maltesers advertising slogan )
The
motion
of the ocean
The old-fashioned
way
The only
way
to fly ( Western Airlines advertising slogan )
The shape of things to
come
The sweet you can eat between meals without losing your appetite ( Milky
Way
advertising slogan )
The time has
come
the walrus said to talk of many things
The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things, Carroll )
The
way
of all flesh
The
way
of the cross
The
way
of the world
The
way
the ball bounces
The
way
to a man's heart is through his stomach
The
way
we were
The wheel has
come
full circle
The wheels have
come
off
There's more than one
way
to skin a cat
They never
come
back
Things to
come
Third
way
Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to
attack
an opponent by aiming at their head )
Till the cows
come
home
Timing
is everything
To kingdom
come
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to
arrive
Triumph has the bra for the
way
you are ( Triumph Lingerie advertising slogan )
Two
timing
Under
way
Up and
coming
Want to reach 8 out of 10 adults - walk this
way
( Yellow Pages advertising slogan )
Way
Moby
Way
cool
Way
off beam
Way
off the mark
Way
to go
Way
with words
We do it your
way
( Burger King advertising slogan )
We make money the old fashioned way, we earn it ( Smith Barney advertising slogan )
We really
move
our tail for you ( Continental Airlines advertising slogan )
We will cross that bridge when we
come
to it
What goes up must
come
down
What has
come
over you?
When sorrows come, they
come
not single spies, but in battalions
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, and down will
come
baby, cradle and all ( line from nursery rhyme )
When you
come
to think of it
Where there's a will there's a
way
Who are you? ( Nintendo Game Boy
Advance
advertising slogan )
Why don't you
come
up sometime and see me? ( She Done Him Wrong )
With You Every Step Of The
Way
( John Waite song )
With you every step of the
way
With you, all the
way
( State Bank of India advertising slogan )
Worm your
way
into something
Wrong
Way
Corrigan ( Nickname of Douglas Corrigan )
You are now free to
move
about the country ( Southwest Airlines advertising slogan )
You don't need a weather man to know which
way
the wind blows
You'd be so nice to
come
home to
You'll love the
way
we fly ( Delta Airlines advertising slogan )
You've
come
a long way, baby ( Virginia Slims Cigarettes advertising slogan )