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something tells one

something tells one phrase: one has a feeling, hunch or a gut feeling that (something is true).

Phrase

something tells one

  1. One has a feeling, hunch or a gut feeling that (something is true).
    • Something tells me the project is going to succeed.

Questions about something tells one

What does something tells one mean?
Something tells one means one has a feeling, hunch or a gut feeling that (something is true).
What part of speech is something tells one?
Something tells one is a phrase.

Words near something tells one in the dictionary

  1. something or another
  2. something or other
  3. something or the other
  4. something something
  5. something somethings
  6. something tells one
  7. something terrible
  8. something to
  9. something to write home about
  10. something's
  11. something's up

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