come out for
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Elisha began interrupting Maggie while in session, sending in notes, “Come out for a moment from those coarse people … Surely you can rest a minute! Come dearest fluttering bird! Come!”
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Rowdy put up with Daisy’s nursing for one day; then he hopped out the window, went back under the house, and refused to come out for anyone.
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When all this was over, Owen planned to curl up under a big, heavy blanket on his couch and not come out for months and months, like a momma bear in her den.
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In 2017, Ferrero was just starting out as a photographer when he invited Nery, who he knew, to come out for a photoshoot.
From BBC
Tesla’s board didn’t come out for or against the xAI measure ahead of the vote, despite issuing recommendations on most of the 14 proxy proposals.
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