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the vultures are circling

the vultures are circling phrase: something is about to go wrong.

Phrase

the vultures are circling

  1. (idiomatic) Something is about to go wrong.

Questions about the vultures are circling

What does the vultures are circling mean?
The vultures are circling means something is about to go wrong.
What part of speech is the vultures are circling?
The vultures are circling is a phrase.

Words near the vultures are circling in the dictionary

  1. the victor gets the spoils
  2. The Villages
  3. The Ville
  4. the vine that ate the South
  5. the voice of the people, the voice of God
  6. the vultures are circling
  7. The Warren
  8. The Wash
  9. the way
  10. the way that
  11. the way things are going

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