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have another think coming

have another think coming verb: to be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.

Verb

have another think coming (third-person singular simple present has another think coming, present participle having another think coming, simple past and past participle had another think coming)

  1. (idiomatic) To be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.
    • If you think you're going to marry my daughter, you have another think coming.
    • My finish then less clearly do I see, / For lo ! I have another think a-coming.1901, Wallace Irwin, The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum, section VIII

Forms of have another think coming

third-person singular presenthas another think coming
present participlehaving another think coming
past participlehad another think coming
pasthad another think coming
alternative formhave another guess coming
alternative formhave another thing coming
alternative formhave another think a-comin
alternative formhave another thought coming

Questions about have another think coming

What does have another think coming mean?
Have another think coming means to be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.
What part of speech is have another think coming?
Have another think coming is a verb.
What is the past tense of have another think coming?
The past tense of have another think coming is had another think coming.

Words near have another think coming in the dictionary

  1. have an easy time of it
  2. have an eye for
  3. have an in
  4. have another thing coming
  5. have another think
  6. have another think coming
  7. have another thought coming
  8. have at
  9. have at you
  10. have bats in one's belfry
  11. have been around

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