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cast lots

verb as in draw lots

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In the fifth week their provisions ran out, and it was decided they would cast lots.

Set designer Todd Rosenthal’s vast bridgework gives the cast lots of avenues for chase scenes, and you can’t say the music sabotages Bart’s compositions; in particular, the songs are a respectful and often smart remix.

“Well, we’re familiar with that. Judas sat with Jesus and he was a killer. And how did Jesus handle that? Jesus said as they cast lots, as he laid on that cross, ‘Forgive them, Lord, for they know not what they do.’”

They have all cast lots of votes.

So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jo-nah.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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