meet one at every turn
verb
Roget 186:
exist in space,
be present
etc.
adj.;
assister†;
make one of,
make one at;
look on,
attend,
remain;
find oneself,
present oneself;
show one's face;
fall in the way of,
occur in a place;
lie,
stand;
occupy;
be there.
people;
inhabit,
dwell,
reside,
stay,
sojourn,
live,
abide,
lodge,
nestle,
roost,
perch;
take up one's abode
etc.
(be located)
184;
tenant.
resort to,
frequent,
haunt;
revisit.
fill,
pervade,
permeate;
be diffused,
be disseminated,
be through;
over spread,
overrun;
run through;
meet one at every turn.
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Roget 641:
superabound,
overabound†;
know no bounds,
swarm;
meet one at every turn;
creep with,
crawl with,
bristle with;
overflow;
run over,
flow over,
well over,
brim over;
run riot;
overrun,
overstock,
overlay,
overcharge,
overdose,
overfeed,
overburden,
overload,
overdo,
overwhelm,
overshoot the mark
etc.
(go beyond)
303;
surcharge,
supersaturate,
gorge,
glut,
load,
drench,
whelm,
inundate,
deluge,
flood;
drug,
drug the market;
hepatize†.
choke,
cloy,
accloy†,
suffocate;
pile up,
lay on thick;
impregnate with;
lavish
etc.
(squander)
818.
send coals to Newcastle,
carry coals to Newcastle,
carry owls to Athens†;
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs;
pisces natare docere [Lat.];
kill the slain,
gild refined gold,"
gild the lily,"
butter one's bread on both sides,
put butter upon bacon;
employ a steam engine to crack a nut
etc.
(waste)
638.
exaggerate
etc.
549;
wallow in
roll in
etc.
(plenty)
639;
remain on one's hands,
hang heavy on hand,
go a begging.
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