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forewarned, forearmed

forewarned, forearmed is the alternative form of forewarned is forearmed.

Meaning of forewarned is forearmed

Proverb

forewarned is forearmed

  1. Advance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.
    • [W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1863, Charles Reade, chapter 4, in Hard Cash

Questions about forewarned, forearmed

What is forewarned, forearmed the alternative form of?
Forewarned, forearmed is the alternative form of forewarned is forearmed.

Words near forewarned, forearmed in the dictionary

  1. forewarming
  2. forewarms
  3. forewarn
  4. forewarned
  5. forewarned is forearmed
  6. forewarned, forearmed
  7. forewarner
  8. forewarners
  9. forewarneth
  10. forewarning
  11. forewarningly

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