Phrase guide
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verb
To be merged or coalesce; to become identical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To come together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Of the eyes: to close, especially from tiredness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Newfoundland, archaic, intransitive
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verb
to contract
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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History
The idiomatic sense “to merge” may be a loan translation of to coincide. Compare also German zusammenfallen (“to merge”).
