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ex·pect / ikˈspekt/ • v. [tr.] regard (something) as likely to happen: we expect the best. ∎ require (someone) to fulfill an obligation: [tr.] we expect employers to pay a reasonable salary. ∎ (I expect) inf. used to indicate that one supposes something to be so, but has no firm evidence or knowledge: they're just friends of his, I expect.PHRASES: be expecting (a baby) inf. be pregnant.to be expected completely normal: wild swings in the weather are to be expected.DERIVATIVES: ex·pect·a·ble adj.
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expect what can you expect from a pig but a grunt? used rhetorically of coarse or boorish behaviour; saying recorded from the mid 18th century.
See also blessed is he who expects nothing, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
See also blessed is he who expects nothing, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
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