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Also, in the event that. See under in case, def. 2.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
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in the doldrums, in the driver's seat, in the dumps, in the dust, leave someone, in the end, in the event of, in the eye, in the eye of, in the face, in the face of, in the family way
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