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Because he wanted to fall into their clutches, they seemed to regard him as a king who could do no wrong.
bob10 On the Tories' plan to cut benefits I personally know of people, recently made redundant, who have been faced with the humiliation and degrading treatment that the job centres dish out to those unfortunate enough to fall into their clutches.
The barrister said the gang's three-and-a-half year operation also saw Porsches, Mercedes and Range Rovers fall into their clutches.
People with little or no training who will offer unqualified, half-baked, possibly dangerous solutions to the problems of those naive enough to fall into their clutches.
She also ruled out castration, suggesting the fiends should instead be helped so children don't fall into their clutches.
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- fall in on
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- fall into (someone or something's) clutches
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- fall into a heap
- fall into a trap
- fall into decay
- fall into disfavor
- fall into disgrace
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- fall into somebody's hands/the hands of somebody
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- fall into the trap
- fall into the trap of (doing something)
- fall into the wrong hands
- fall into their clutches
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- fall into/avoid the trap of doing something
- fall like dominoes
- fall like ninepins
- fall off
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- fall off a lorry
- fall off a truck
- fall off the back of a lorry
- fall off the back of a truck
- fall off the cabbage truck
- fall off the map
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- fall off the radar
- fall off the roof
- fall off the turnip truck
- fall off the wagon
- fall on
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- fall on deaf ears
- fall on face
- fall on hard times
- fall on knees
- fall on one's face
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- fall into somebody's lap
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- fall into someone's trap
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- fall into the gutter
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- fall into the hands of her
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- fall into the hands of us
- fall into the hands of you
- fall into the trap
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- fall into the trap of (doing something)
- fall into the trap of doing something
- fall into the wrong hands
- fall into their clutches
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- fall into their laps
- fall into your clutches
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- fall into/avoid the trap of doing something
- Fall Joint Computer Conference
- fall like a ton of bricks
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- fall like dominoes
- fall like flies
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- fall like ninepins
- fall like ninepins
- fall line
- fall line
- fall lines
- fall lines
- Fall Money
- Fall Mountain Regional High School
- Fall of a Body
- Fall of Adam
- Fall of Autumn Skies
- Fall of Byzantium
- Fall of Constantinople
- Fall of Empires
- fall of ground
- Fall of Istanbul
- Fall of Land
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